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05-21-2012, 09:51 PM

Bvill01

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2001 ford power stroker fuel

Fuel mileage on my truck is about 12miles to the gallon I have about 156000 miles . How can I get better fuel mileage ?

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05-21-2012, 10:05 PM

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Take the bus!

Have you done a tune up? You running oversized tires? Clean out your EBPV. There are a lot of variables that could contribute to poor mileage

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05-21-2012, 10:08 PM

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Or I can just stay home with the price of fuel

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05-21-2012, 10:11 PM

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Or I can just stay home with the price of fuel

There ya go! Problem solved!

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05-21-2012, 10:26 PM

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Never have given a tune up but ebpv not sure what that is ?

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05-21-2012, 10:38 PM

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Here is the EBPS cleaning I'm sure Brian was referring to.

Welcome to guzzle's Exhaust Backpressure Sensor Cleaning Maintenance Web Page

Here is a some good reading on possible Fuel Mileage issues.

MPG Thread

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05-21-2012, 10:47 PM

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Yeah, thanks Al!

. Trey also has video on it as well

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05-21-2012, 10:50 PM

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Thank u guys

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05-21-2012, 11:58 PM

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Trey also has video on it as well

How to: Improve MPG on 7.3L Powerstroke - Cleaning EBPS - YouTube

There are lots of things that can cause low MPG, 12mpg isnt unheard of, but could be a sign of something wrong, however, thats not alarmingly low.

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05-24-2012, 08:22 PM

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Thanks the line was plugged how often should i clean the sensor and line ?

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05-24-2012, 08:34 PM

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What gears are you running? I dont think theres a need to check it often, maybe every 6 months or so until you know how long it take to start clogging back up again.

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