That's not too good, but it should get better. Give it some time.I bought
mine in Dallas & drove home 625 miles & got 17's first 2 tankfulls at 70
mph. same truck & drivetrain except Quad cab.
----- Original Message -----
From: Arnoldo Silva <silva@rio.bravo.net>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2001 8:43 PM
Subject: DML: Re: Bad milage
> 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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