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Floridastorm
Feb 07, 2017Explorer
Hello Folks,
I am a mechanical idiot (Contracts Manager my entire career)and know next to nothing about engines with the exception to what I read. Am still considering a motor home for getting around Florida and Georgia in retirement.
Can you help me with the reasoning behind the inability of engine manufacturers to produce an RV engine that can get decent gasoline mileage. I worked with engineers my entire career and don't really understand why they would not want to build this type of engine considering the hundreds of thousands and possibly millions of motor homes built every year. Is it a physical problem or scientific? I would imagine this would address the trucking industry also.
Also, is it better to use premium gasoline compared to regular in a motor home? How about synthetic oil as compared to standard oil?
I am a mechanical idiot (Contracts Manager my entire career)and know next to nothing about engines with the exception to what I read. Am still considering a motor home for getting around Florida and Georgia in retirement.
Can you help me with the reasoning behind the inability of engine manufacturers to produce an RV engine that can get decent gasoline mileage. I worked with engineers my entire career and don't really understand why they would not want to build this type of engine considering the hundreds of thousands and possibly millions of motor homes built every year. Is it a physical problem or scientific? I would imagine this would address the trucking industry also.
Also, is it better to use premium gasoline compared to regular in a motor home? How about synthetic oil as compared to standard oil?
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