Gas engine fuel mpg?
Anyone using a 350/3500 class SRW gas engine truck for a camper hauler I would appreciate hearing about your mpg’s - make and powertrain spec - empty truck, camper on board, and camper & trailer-...
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Grit dog wrote:Kayteg1 wrote:
If I remember it right between 2012 and 2018 the gasoline become less gasoline and more ethanol.
Same with diesel having 5 to 20% of bio in it.
Ethanol (up to 10%) in regualr gas was present before then. Started mid 2000s and was full swing by 2010 or before.
And AK does not have any ethanol gas at all, at least up until a couple years ago. Not sure now, as there's some city gas stations that now have multiple grades of gasoline. Through 2016-2107 though, I never saw eth or mutli grade. Whole sate is/was 90 octane no ethanol.
Drove a classic car from Oregon to Minnesota & back last summer. I always run premium. Charted my mileage. Once I got out of the coast states I started to see pumps offering 100% gas. Of course I filled with that fuel instead. I jumped from 14-15mpg to 15-16mpg with the 100% gas. This in a car with 60+ year old aerodynamics & a 350ci motor, running the interstate at the posted 80mph.
(I know there are a lot of different studies & stories about the effects of ethanol and the value of premium fuel. I totally admit this is a small sample and is only one guy's experience. I am just sharing, not debating. Do what works best for you.)
Oh, and the prices were a lot cheaper too. That, however, is more a function of the coast states having much higher gas taxes.
-Eric
