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Old Jan 10, 2023 | 06:36 PM
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excessive def usage?

2022 f350 towing a 7000 lb trailer on the interstate at around 75 mph

got my 500 mile def warning and 100 miles later I got my in 50 miles I will be limited to 50 mph warning

and 1000 miles later I got the 500 mile def warning?

Preaching to the choir but this Def is a PIA! just plain wrong my 500 mile warning is really 150 miles luckily I had a truck stop nearby.

Surely this can't be normal? my 2018 used significantly less Def than this truck, it was around 7500 miles to tank from my memory.


 
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Old Jan 10, 2023 | 06:42 PM
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something is wrong with the sensors.

Best to let it run down and down a complete fill for less confusion. that should be around 5 to 6 gallons.

Sounds like you should take it in.
 
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Old Jan 10, 2023 | 06:43 PM
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In my 2022 F350 work truck, I am getting about 4000 miles to 5 gals of def. Uses alot more than my personal truck, a 2019 F350.
 
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Old Jan 10, 2023 | 07:21 PM
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I do not remember exactly on the amount of def I put in, but it took a fair amount 4-5 gallons is a solid guess.
I always fill at a truck stop, I am in CA so unfortunately that means I typically get b20 biodiesel
 
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Old Jan 10, 2023 | 07:27 PM
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DEF usage changes with load, follows fuel economy, so the miles to empty and the 50 miles reduction warning can change accordingly.
 
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Old Jan 11, 2023 | 08:55 AM
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I have read somewhere a while back that Ford changed the programming on the '22 to use less EGR, and the tradeoff would be to use more DEF.

If this is true, which it sound like that's what people are experiencing (myself included), then I'll gladly take less soot in my intake system and burn more DEF.
 
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Old Jan 11, 2023 | 11:35 AM
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I believe the 20+ models have the newer strategy to use more DEF and less EGR.
 
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