08-30-2013, 06:24 PM
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Well........I now have just short of 14,000 on 14-0623 (my truck's number) and it turns out that not only do I have the best runner of the bunch but it also is at the top of the fuel mileage heap!
I average between 6.5 and 6.8 MPG and have topped the 7 MPG mark a few times with the best being 7.5 MPG. The rest are getting somewhere between 5.6 MPG and 6.3 MPG.
On top of that, these new emission standards engines (Certified Clean Idle) are equipped with a diesel particulate filter on the exhaust system and run DEF injection. A consequence of this is that they occasionally need to run a regeneration cycle. Most of the trucks have "asked" (by way of an idiot light) for a regeneration before 10,000 miles and 2 of them have asked twice. Mine has yet to ask.
I sure ain't complaining. Luck of the draw? I won't look a gift horse in the mouth!!!!!
I average between 6.5 and 6.8 MPG and have topped the 7 MPG mark a few times with the best being 7.5 MPG. The rest are getting somewhere between 5.6 MPG and 6.3 MPG.
On top of that, these new emission standards engines (Certified Clean Idle) are equipped with a diesel particulate filter on the exhaust system and run DEF injection. A consequence of this is that they occasionally need to run a regeneration cycle. Most of the trucks have "asked" (by way of an idiot light) for a regeneration before 10,000 miles and 2 of them have asked twice. Mine has yet to ask.
I sure ain't complaining. Luck of the draw? I won't look a gift horse in the mouth!!!!!
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