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Old Jan 23, 2012 | 06:59 PM
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2 things...well, actually 3

So I ended up driving about 300 miles each way last saturday night to do a killer trade for my old Ironhead bobber. Anyways, I went 61 mph (4.11 gears) and got 17.3 mph towing a dual axle enclosed trailer loaded. And the truck did flawlessly on the drive too, 283000 and ticking.

A question though, my rear tank does much worse on mileage than my front tank does. MPG wise its 4 mpg off. Why the deviation? Dirty? clogged?

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Old Jan 23, 2012 | 08:04 PM
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How many times have you checked this mpg difference? Any chance you're just not filling up the rear tank the same each time?
 
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Old Jan 23, 2012 | 08:11 PM
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my rear tank will run way past the E mark.like 100 miles past plus without the vent mod its hard to fill all the way up.
 
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Old Jan 23, 2012 | 08:20 PM
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I've only tested it our once but I've suspected the deviation for some time. I figured driving the same speed on 95 the entire 2 tanks would give me a decent reading. I ran them both to the same spot on the guage. Then refueled and did the math. I'm scared to death run it out of fuel.
 
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Old Jan 23, 2012 | 08:21 PM
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And the tanks were as full as they could be, for sure.
 
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