i dunno guys..... i sure am feeling the blues. I get 280 kilometers ya thats
right kilometers not miles in my 2000 Dakota R/T then the fuel light comes
on. I dont drive this thing hard either. I have the 22 gal tank as well. and
only get to put 16 gals in at that point. maybe my fuel sending unit is bad.
I do know one thing tho, I get 30 kms and the needle is moving from full
Ed
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From: "andy levy" <andy-dml@levyclan.us>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 12:19 AM
Subject: Re: DML: My 360 V8 MPG Numbers!!!
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> On 5/10/2004 5:03 PM, Michael Maskalans wrote:
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> | On 5/10/04 13:43, "Terrible Tom" <SilverEightynine@aol.com> wrote:
> |
> |
> |>>I traveled approximatly 250-260 miles - I regret I did not check the
> |>>tripometer when I got off the expresway. But based upon previous trips
> |>>- that is about right. I had slightly over half a tank of gas
remaining
> |>>at the end of that trip. Now I didn't refill until I was on empty -
> |>>well into Friday night - by that time I had burned up the other half of
> |>>the tank in lots of stop and go city driving and that murdered my fuel
> |>>economy.
> |>>
> |>>According to specs I have a 26 gal. fuel can on the Ram. Based upon
that
> |>> I estimated what my economy was prior to evaporating half a tank of
gas
> |>>in $hitcago. Here is what I found:
> |>>
> |>>13 gal of gas (approx half a tank) divided by 255 miles (estimated
> |>>miles) = 19.6 MPG!
> |
> |
> | Well if I did math that way I'd get great mileage too. The fuel gauge
is
> | not linear - the top "half" of the tank is a lot bigger than the bottom
> | "half".
> |
> | About twice as big from what I've seen - I can get about 200 miles on
the
> | top, but hit E at 300 miles (on my *best* mileage days - my range is
> usually
> | 250-260 miles)
> |
> | That would make for 255/17=15MPG
> | This is a number I can believe. Unlike almost 20.
>
> I won't bore the list (first time for everything) with my thoughts, as
> I've been talking to Tom a lot about this (had a slow day at work). But
> more to consider:
>
> Tom's tires are nearly bald. His truck is calibrated for new tires.
> Thus the odometer and everything attached to it will read high,
> artificially increasing MPG.
>
> Tom never made any scientific measurements on the real amount of gas
> used at the beginning.
>
> I tend to see better gas mileage on the first half of a tank than the
> second. Which I know makes no sense, as it's an electric fuel pump, and
> thus shouldn't be affected by the amount of gas pushing down on all the
> gas going into the inlet.
>
> - --
> - -andy
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> http://home.rochester.rr.com/alevy/dakota - andy-dml@levyclan.us
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> "Whatever Adam does, do the opposite and you'll be fine"
> -Bob Tom
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