More on mileage
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More on mileage
The other day I was browsing and came across this on a Ford site. This is for you who are not getting the mileage you think you should. Should be interesting to hear from those of you who used to own a 7.3.
This quote is taken from David M. Johnson, Program Manager – Diesel Engines presentation dated 2/18/03 under "Powerstroke Powertrain Updates".
Hand that to your dealer!
This quote is taken from David M. Johnson, Program Manager – Diesel Engines presentation dated 2/18/03 under "Powerstroke Powertrain Updates".
– Improved Fuel Economy (over 10% vs. 7.3L)
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I can only find 8% and 10% from any Ford document. I have seen a press release that says 8% and this document saying 10%. Anything more than that must be Internet legend, unless someone can come up with an actual reference that isn't "I heard from this guy that knows ...." But then, I have a blue haze around my head.... 
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Originally Posted by SBV45
I can only find 8% and 10% from any Ford document. I have seen a press release that says 8% and this document saying 10%. Anything more than that must be Internet legend, unless someone can come up with an actual reference that isn't "I heard from this guy that knows ...." But then, I have a blue haze around my head....
i love my ford and i cant imagine anything else in my driveway. is that considered a blue haze???
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Originally Posted by SBV45
The other day I was browsing and came across this on a Ford site. This is for you who are not getting the mileage you think you should. Should be interesting to hear from those of you who used to own a 7.3.
This quote is taken from David M. Johnson, Program Manager – Diesel Engines presentation dated 2/18/03 under "Powerstroke Powertrain Updates".
Hand that to your dealer!
This quote is taken from David M. Johnson, Program Manager – Diesel Engines presentation dated 2/18/03 under "Powerstroke Powertrain Updates".
Hand that to your dealer!
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That is good news for some of ya'll.
But, just to play the devil's advocate for a sec. Who's to say what the mpg 7.3 they compared that 10% to? Ford just may say they calculated an average of 15 mpg on the 7.3. The documentation of THAT is what I'd like to see.
But, just to play the devil's advocate for a sec. Who's to say what the mpg 7.3 they compared that 10% to? Ford just may say they calculated an average of 15 mpg on the 7.3. The documentation of THAT is what I'd like to see.
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That has been my contention from the get go, what number did they use........10% of 16.7 .....well then..........hum...\
By the way how is the prices for fuel up there, and is it true that you cannot pump you own up there.
Some one told me that last week.
By the way how is the prices for fuel up there, and is it true that you cannot pump you own up there.
Some one told me that last week.
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In Troutdale, just east of Portland on I-84, at a Flying J I just paid $1.879. And I pumped my own. Their service stinks. 
It's a secret though. 
At the SpaceAge at the Hermiston exit on I-84 in Eastern Or., it was $1.949 last Thursday. Both are truckstops with seperate pumps for us kewl guys. Are you coming up through Salt Lake onto I-84?
But, by law you cannnot pump your own. So far no one has hassled me to finish off the topping of the tank. I actually put 29 gallons in the other day!! (See Shell thread)
It's a secret though. At the SpaceAge at the Hermiston exit on I-84 in Eastern Or., it was $1.949 last Thursday. Both are truckstops with seperate pumps for us kewl guys. Are you coming up through Salt Lake onto I-84?But, by law you cannnot pump your own. So far no one has hassled me to finish off the topping of the tank. I actually put 29 gallons in the other day!! (See Shell thread)
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Originally Posted by tn mac
SBV45
Do you have a link to that article, about the mpgs, have been told by the ford rep that ford doesnt consider mpgs problems on the superduty, because there are no posted mpg numbers.
Do you have a link to that article, about the mpgs, have been told by the ford rep that ford doesnt consider mpgs problems on the superduty, because there are no posted mpg numbers.
There is a Ford news release at News Release
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Originally Posted by huntercgr
In Troutdale, just east of Portland on I-84, at a Flying J I just paid $1.879. And I pumped my own. Their service stinks. It's a secret though. At the SpaceAge at the Hermiston exit on I-84 in Eastern Or., it was $1.949 last Thursday. Both are truckstops with seperate pumps for us kewl guys. Are you coming up through Salt Lake onto I-84?
But, by law you cannnot pump your own. So far no one has hassled me to finish off the topping of the tank. I actually put 29 gallons in the other day!! (See Shell thread)
It's a secret though. At the SpaceAge at the Hermiston exit on I-84 in Eastern Or., it was $1.949 last Thursday. Both are truckstops with seperate pumps for us kewl guys. Are you coming up through Salt Lake onto I-84?But, by law you cannnot pump your own. So far no one has hassled me to finish off the topping of the tank. I actually put 29 gallons in the other day!! (See Shell thread)
Yes I am coming through SL and then Boise and up and around down to Canby, seems the easy way to go. I sure do not like the someone else pump the fuel thing. I do Flying J's in the truck lanes not the car stuff. Do they do it for the truckers also?
I guess I will just stand there and top it off slow; I have the 44 gallon, for me it needs to be topped off… a real stickler I am on that. Wonder if the cost will come down any more.
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Here's a strange one concerning topping off the tank--when we bought our 03 250 psd were told by the salesman that topping the fuel tank off to the very top would run the PCM crazy and to only fill it to "automatic" shutoff (where the pump first shuts itself off". Anyone ever heard this crazy notion--I can't tell any difference topped off or "automatic shutoff"
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Originally Posted by npccpartsman
Here's a strange one concerning topping off the tank--when we bought our 03 250 psd were told by the salesman that topping the fuel tank off to the very top would run the PCM crazy and to only fill it to "automatic" shutoff (where the pump first shuts itself off". Anyone ever heard this crazy notion--I can't tell any difference topped off or "automatic shutoff"
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Originally Posted by npccpartsman
Here's a strange one concerning topping off the tank--when we bought our 03 250 psd were told by the salesman that topping the fuel tank off to the very top would run the PCM crazy and to only fill it to "automatic" shutoff (where the pump first shuts itself off". Anyone ever heard this crazy notion--I can't tell any difference topped off or "automatic shutoff"
Key word "salesmen" not really their job to understand the nuances of the 6.0
I would dismiss it immediately
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Do they do it for the truckers also?
Diesel today was $1.919 at the Space Age. Down .03 cents since last Thursday.