On Wed, 15 Nov 2000 22:26:47 -0600, grndak4x4@home.com ("Kyle
Kozubal") wrote:
>Mike,
>I dont know what to tell a man. I recently changed the dist cap, dist rotor,
>spark plugs, and fuel filter. I also just cleaned the TB and always use some
>kind of fuel injector/fuel system cleaner. I am also running synthetics in
>the tcase, front diff and rear diff. Within the past month or two, my
>mileage has also dropped considerably. I would say on the average I now get
>an easy 30-40 miles less per tank. Highway wise, I barely get 15mpg, where
>before I could clear 18. City mileage has dropped a ton, and I wont even
>post those numbers. My truck does run awesome is has all the power in the
>work, just the mileage sucks.
Just a thought... I was getting some pinging with mine recently. I'll
be trying to fix it in a couple of weeks, but in the mean time I've
switched to 89 octane. I noticed that I get 30-40 miles *more* per
tank than I have been for the past couple of years with 87 octane.
Have you tried using different gas just as an experiment?
I only noticed the pinging within the past couple of months. I'm not
sure how to explain the increase in mileage. My only theory is that
maybe I've been getting some light pinging that I couldn't hear for
quite a while.
Does pinging waste fuel? Seems like you're not using the chemical
energy properly, so it just gets wasted. I don't really know, I'm
just guessing (sounds good though).
If this is so, maybe we can get the EPA to pressure Chrysler to figure
out how to fix the pinging problem instead of letting dealers get away
with "they all do that."
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Jason Bleazard http://www.bleazard.net Toronto, Ontario
his: '95 Dakota Sport 4x4, 239 V6, 5spd, Reg. Cab, white
hers: '98 Dakota Sport 4x4, 318 V8, Auto, Club Cab, black
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