it gets better at about 1500 miles or so mine did the same thing.
arnold
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike" <spammikeREMOVE@home.com>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2001 8:54 PM
Subject: DML: Bad milage
> Is it just me or is this really bad milage? I'm hoping that this is
because
> the truck is still new, and it will get better as it breaks in. I have a
> 2001 Dakota CC 4X4, 4.7L, auto, 3.55 LSD, P265/70R16 tires. The truck has
> 1000 Km on it and I'm on my 4th tank of gas. Milage to date is:
>
> 11.5 MPG 8.64G/100
>
> 4.9 Km/L 20.3 L/100
>
> I estimate about 80Uity and 20 1987015280ghway up to this point. I'm not
driving
> it that hard as I'm still letting it break in, however I do step on it
from
> time to time.
>
> On a side note, I'm going to put Amsoil synthetics in the engine, tranny,
> and diff's at 10,000 Km. Can anyone tell me which they use in their truck
> (0W30, 5W30, 20W50, and 75W90 or 80W90 in the diffs)?
>
> Thanks for the help,
> Mike
>
>
>
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