Re: Bad milage

From: Paul Bumann (Ramsport96@home.com)
Date: Sat Mar 10 2001 - 20:17:59 EST


anyone have any ignition suggestions? i had a jacobs setup till the
processor blew..i want to get an MSD, just don't know which one? 6A or 6AL?
or just the 5? any help would be appreciated..
Paul.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Al & Jeanna Figols" <ALJF@mhonline.net>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 8:29 AM
Subject: Re: DML: Bad milage

> Sorry, I have 15K mostly highway miles on my '00 QC 4.7L auto 4X4 3.92
> anti slip and the best mileage to date is 16 MPG. When towing a trailer
> I get 12 MPG (highway). I'm sure the 4X2's get alittle better mileage.
> For oil, I'm running 10W-30 non synthetic(like I run in all of my
> cars), but the dealer mechanic told me that you should only run 5w-30
> because the oil ports are so small that they can get plugged easier with
> the thicker oil. I don't see a problem with thicker oil becasue first
> of all, i change my oil every 3K miles and second, the owners manual has
> 10W-30 listed as an accepted oil viscosity.
> On a side note, I don't go near synthetic engine oil anymore. Most
> synthetics actually have a carbon base to them since the Gov. started
> allowing them to do so(up to now Mobil 1, as far as I know, is still
> 100% synthetic). I found for every day driving, change your oil every
> 3K miles and you will get no sludge or carbon build up. I had a 90 Full
> size chevy truck 350 with 240K miles(I still see it around the neighbor
> hood), a 96 with 120K miles, my wifes Cherokee currently has 158K miles,
> my Porsche 124K miles and countless other cars in my family all
> last(ed)well over 100K miles and all without a single oil related engine
> problem(not a single one burt a drop of oil). On everyone of them, when
> you remove the oil cap, the engine looks inside as good as the day I
> bought it.
> I've used synthetics before(in an 87 Fiero GT for about 15K miles)and
> the only advantage I noticed was in the extreme cold winter mornings,
> the oil pressure would build immediately. There wouldn't be the lifter
> tape associated with frozen carbon based oil. I didn't get any mileage
> increase or anymore power with the synthetics).
> Al
>
> Mike wrote:
> >
> > 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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