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« Reply #15 on: February 10, 2011, 09:46:53 PM » |
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100k on a well maintained duramax is nothing. This thing if anything is going to run buttery and you found a good deal if you scored it for that much. What year?
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A2low240
Location: Filth a delphia, Pa. / West Chester
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« Reply #16 on: February 13, 2011, 04:22:00 PM » |
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100k on a well maintained duramax is nothing. This thing if anything is going to run buttery and you found a good deal if you scored it for that much. What year?
It's an 04.5 and it's a 4x4 4 door. I tried it out yesterday to pickup a buddies car, diesel was certainly the way to go. 12mpg and it barely noticed anything was hitched to it. Cruise control doesn't even wind out the motor like a gasser would. I'm pretty happy with it. It's ugly as sin GOLD but it was a "loved" truck and I only own it to do one thing: Haul the fun stuff. I'm also happy that I own a diesel now because I get to educate myself a little more on it. Diesel engines have always been a little bit of a mystery to me. |
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BJones
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Location: Equatorial Guinea, Africa
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« Reply #17 on: February 13, 2011, 05:39:46 PM » |
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Wait, 12 mpg? Is that normal?
My friend's 06 Megacab Ram 2500 gets 19-20 actual towing highway with his huge Wrangler on an open trailer. I kind of thought these were all similar in the mileage range, is that not the case?
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How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour, and that one, is what we are doing. -Annie Dillard
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« Reply #18 on: February 13, 2011, 06:53:08 PM » |
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Wait, 12 mpg? Is that normal?
yea pulling 9k with my truck nets me about 17-19 mpg... average highway unhooked is 23-25 |
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b rad
Location: Baltimore, MD
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« Reply #19 on: February 13, 2011, 08:10:51 PM » |
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Wait, 12 mpg? Is that normal?
yea pulling 9k with my truck nets me about 17-19 mpg... average highway unhooked is 23-25 My truck which is chipped gets 22 unloaded 15 loaded pulling a 9k enclosed doing 70-80mph. Something sounds wrong there when I first picked mine up it had a bad injector and the milage was down around 17 unloaded. |
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you make me want to suck off a shotgun to completion.
i'd love to take PCP and eat your face
it's not all 100% accurate, but whatever. Rave girls are usually hot, dumb and rolling on E.
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A2low240
Location: Filth a delphia, Pa. / West Chester
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« Reply #20 on: February 14, 2011, 01:13:31 PM » |
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On the 12mpg,
I'm just going by what the information center was giving me not actual calculations. Is this thing accurate? Who knows what it's getting until I get on a solid road trip. I was pulling a 28ft enclosed with a 35-40mph head wind on Saturday.
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Brian W.
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« Reply #21 on: February 14, 2011, 01:22:31 PM » |
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open trailer is loads better on MPG than enclosed also.
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Olive Garden
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Location: San Diego
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« Reply #22 on: February 14, 2011, 01:27:32 PM » |
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Make sure the maintenance is current on that beast matt and go from there. 12mpg is alright but it could be better, and it will definitely improve with a chip.
Does yours have the Allison trans?
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« Reply #23 on: February 14, 2011, 01:33:38 PM » |
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Also the indicator that something maybe up is the difference in your loaded vs unloaded mpgs like brad said. My 2500HD does around that and it's a gasser and lifted a bunch so maybe bring it in to chevy an have them give it a look through. Should only be like $100 or so.
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A2low240
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« Reply #24 on: February 14, 2011, 05:50:38 PM » |
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Make sure the maintenance is current on that beast matt and go from there. 12mpg is alright but it could be better, and it will definitely improve with a chip.
Does yours have the Allison trans?
I have an Edge w/ attitude programmer on it now, I really have not messed with the settings at all yet. Yes it's an Allison Trans. According to the Duramax forum it's right on par. With the open car trailer im sure it would be a lot better. |
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« Reply #25 on: February 14, 2011, 05:59:47 PM » |
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12 MPG with enclosed is correct, you can hypermile it higher trying hard, but mine gets around that with enclosed, 15-17 with open, and 18-20 unloaded. I drive lightly on the pedal though. You can cut those by30% or more if you use the gas pedal alot.
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BJones
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Location: Equatorial Guinea, Africa
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« Reply #26 on: February 14, 2011, 06:26:33 PM » |
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open trailer is loads better on MPG than enclosed also.
Yeah but with this on it...I think it's a lot closer than an S-chassis that's significantly lower than the truck.  |
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Location: San Diego
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« Reply #27 on: February 14, 2011, 06:27:13 PM » |
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duramaxdiesels.com is pretty good if you're on that one. Well aslong as it's running well and kicking ass that's all that matters. I'm sure theres a recipe for these dudes getting insane mpg's. Wheres stewbro, I want to know what kind he's getting with his dmax thats lifted all sick.
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b rad
Location: Baltimore, MD
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« Reply #28 on: February 15, 2011, 09:30:26 PM » |
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This just came to mind your trucks 4wd right matt? Mine is 2wd which is going to make a pretty sizable difference. Be careful with that programmer I'm not sure how open they are with tuning fuel and such but I know on the dodge forums Ive read a handful of dudes tuning their trucks with handhelds and melting down pistons. Post some pics up of the truck
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you make me want to suck off a shotgun to completion.
i'd love to take PCP and eat your face
it's not all 100% accurate, but whatever. Rave girls are usually hot, dumb and rolling on E.
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josh
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« Reply #29 on: February 15, 2011, 09:35:58 PM » |
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This just came to mind your trucks 4wd right matt? Mine is 2wd which is going to make a pretty sizable difference. Be careful with that programmer I'm not sure how open they are with tuning fuel and such but I know on the dodge forums Ive read a handful of dudes tuning their trucks with handhelds and melting down pistons. Post some pics up of the truck
programmer is fine up to 3 or 4 iirc, anything over that and you risk grenading your tranny. you wont do anything to the motor |
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