Pleasant surprise

ShinerBock wrote:

FishOnOne wrote:
Took a trip to the Deer camp this morning. Filled up on my way out, reset the full economy screen and drove to the Home Depot to pick up some stuff and then headed west on I10 and then back east on I10. Filled back up at the same pump with one click. Hand calculation 19.7 mpg and on board computer 19.6 mpg. This is why I don't hand calculate my fuel mileage anymore.

Wow, out of the 9 people that I know that have 2011-2014 PSD's, you are the first that told me they got above 18 mpg hand calculated. You might want to send that into Guinness book of world records or tell all those 6.7L PSD owners on Fuelly that are getting 14-15 mpg that they are doing it wrong. Hell even my brother who drives like a snail can't get that in his 2012.

Yeah.... OK....

Turtle n Peeps wrote:


Quit; there is no charcoal canister on diesels. :R

Yep.

Dodge guy, diesel fuel doesn't have as bad of an evaporating issue like gasoline does. Take a quarter cup of diesel and quarter cup of gasoline to see which evaporates faster. You better bring a few sack lunches and a sleeping bag waiting on the diesel fuel.

FishOnOne wrote:
Took a trip to the Deer camp this morning. Filled up on my way out, reset the full economy screen and drove to the Home Depot to pick up some stuff and then headed west on I10 and then back east on I10. Filled back up at the same pump with one click. Hand calculation 19.7 mpg and on board computer 19.6 mpg. This is why I don't hand calculate my fuel mileage anymore.

Wow, out of the 9 people that I know that have 2011-2014 PSD's, you are the first that told me they got above 18 mpg hand calculated. You might want to send that into Guinness book of world records or tell all those 6.7L PSD owners on Fuelly that are getting 14-15 mpg that they are doing it wrong. Hell even my brother who drives like a snail can't get that in his 2012.

dodge guy wrote:

Turtle n Peeps wrote:

dodge guy wrote:

Huntindog wrote:

ShinerBock wrote:

Huntindog wrote:
Not if it is diesel. See my previous post about it foaming. It is easy to be off by several gallons of a full tank.

Yes I read what you wrote, but that should be a given for a diesel owner so it is kind of a moot point since he is not actually filling up his tank. I am talking about when you actually fill your tank which slowly filling and pumping again after it clicks should be done every time. That is unless 4x4Ford is ignorant to this and I am giving him too much credit.

From all the people I see just filling to the first click at gas stations.... Many are ignorant to this fact. It is likely that some of them will read this thread and learn something new.

It doesn't help that gas stations are littered with signs warning everyone NOT to top off their tanks.

Anyone that knows anything about modern cars knows you should not overfill the tank! That is don't keep filling even after the pump clicks off. Fuel cam and will go back I to the EVAP system and mess up the charcoal canister and sensors! I know this for a fact. Yes you may be lucky and have had no issues, but there are far more that end up with problems! Think about expansion if there were no room for it!!

Aaaaaaa, there're talking about diesel fuel not gasoline.

Yessssss........but some of that carries over to Diesels too!

Quit; there is no charcoal canister on diesels. :R

Took a trip to the Deer camp this morning. Filled up on my way out, reset the full economy screen and drove to the Home Depot to pick up some stuff and then headed west on I10 and then back east on I10. Filled back up at the same pump with one click. Hand calculation 19.7 mpg and on board computer 19.6 mpg. This is why I don't hand calculate my fuel mileage anymore.

Turtle n Peeps wrote:

dodge guy wrote:

Huntindog wrote:

ShinerBock wrote:

Huntindog wrote:
Not if it is diesel. See my previous post about it foaming. It is easy to be off by several gallons of a full tank.

Yes I read what you wrote, but that should be a given for a diesel owner so it is kind of a moot point since he is not actually filling up his tank. I am talking about when you actually fill your tank which slowly filling and pumping again after it clicks should be done every time. That is unless 4x4Ford is ignorant to this and I am giving him too much credit.

From all the people I see just filling to the first click at gas stations.... Many are ignorant to this fact. It is likely that some of them will read this thread and learn something new.

It doesn't help that gas stations are littered with signs warning everyone NOT to top off their tanks.

Anyone that knows anything about modern cars knows you should not overfill the tank! That is don't keep filling even after the pump clicks off. Fuel cam and will go back I to the EVAP system and mess up the charcoal canister and sensors! I know this for a fact. Yes you may be lucky and have had no issues, but there are far more that end up with problems! Think about expansion if there were no room for it!!

Aaaaaaa, there're talking about diesel fuel not gasoline.

Yessssss........but some of that carries over to Diesels too!

ppine wrote:
If you are serious about towing, step up to a diesel, any diesel and never look back. It is a waste of time to argue about which is best. Compared to gas engines they are all the best.

This is certainly true. In terms of performance, they are all incredibly capable trucks.

dodge guy wrote:

Huntindog wrote:

ShinerBock wrote:

Huntindog wrote:
Not if it is diesel. See my previous post about it foaming. It is easy to be off by several gallons of a full tank.

Yes I read what you wrote, but that should be a given for a diesel owner so it is kind of a moot point since he is not actually filling up his tank. I am talking about when you actually fill your tank which slowly filling and pumping again after it clicks should be done every time. That is unless 4x4Ford is ignorant to this and I am giving him too much credit.

From all the people I see just filling to the first click at gas stations.... Many are ignorant to this fact. It is likely that some of them will read this thread and learn something new.

It doesn't help that gas stations are littered with signs warning everyone NOT to top off their tanks.

Anyone that knows anything about modern cars knows you should not overfill the tank! That is don't keep filling even after the pump clicks off. Fuel cam and will go back I to the EVAP system and mess up the charcoal canister and sensors! I know this for a fact. Yes you may be lucky and have had no issues, but there are far more that end up with problems! Think about expansion if there were no room for it!!

Aaaaaaa, there're talking about diesel fuel not gasoline.

ppine wrote:
If you are serious about towing, step up to a diesel, any diesel and never look back. It is a waste of time to argue about which is best. Compared to gas engines they are all the best.

X2

ShinerBock wrote:

I know you didn't, and I wasn't talking about that. I was referring to the "Ford is perfect and better in every way and everything I have is the better than anyone else's" mentality that you and another Ram owner here has about Ram and Cummins products(you know who I referring to). I can understand liking a brand, but it comes off as a bit too fanboyish especially when it gets to the point when all logic and rational goes out the window. Thinking that a truck make is perfect in every way is irrational. Only focusing on the negatives of somethings else while turning a blind eye to the negatives of what you have is irrational.

I am with you on liking what you got because you should be proud of what you have earned, but I am against you when you want to piss on what everyone else has just because it is not a Ford or just because it is a Cummins. I agree with you up until you get to that point.

^^Good post.

As to mileage, it's just approximate info as far as I'm concerned. Too many variables for each tank burned, i.e. Payload, wind, terrain, different addatives, etc to be accurate down to the tenth consistently.

And just to add fuel to the fire concerning where an engine is most efficient; what moves a load? Horsepower or torque? Torque is mentioned here most, but reguardless of where you are in the torque curve, it takes the same amount of HP to move it right? Bringing it home to this topic, the question is, how much fuel do the various configuration of our trucks burn to make that HP at different RPM, in different gears, at different speeds. I will happily tell you what my truck averages for MPG's, but I won't get into a contest with another's, because he doesn't/didn't drive his exactly where, and how I do. Hope all that made sense :W

To the OP, happy for you. Enjoy that truck!