If it wasn't the exact same pump, flowing the same
rate, you can't be sure. Air trapped in the tank can
cause the lever to trip early, leaving you with less
gas in the tank than you think.
Try filling it on the same pump to the top, run 100+
miles returning to the same station, on the same day,
and fill it again to the top (witht he same pump), and
you might find that you probably got no more than 20
mpg (I have complete mileage figures for 100k on my
'95 19.8, 19.65 and a few over 20.0 mpg on long slow
trips (3.90 gearing))
Sam '00 RT
--- Jon Smith <fast4x4@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> umm.. ok 5gal into 125miles... 25mpg the only
> error possible would be the
> 5 gal, I consistently fill it until the 1st click
> where the pump shuts off
> the flow.. not exact, but good enough for
> government work. This was the
> first roadtrip after some questionable mods..
> apparently they netted me
> ~2-3mpg.
> ____________________________________________
> Jon Smith-Raleigh,NC-http://www4.ncsu.edu/~jdsmith4
> '95 318 auto CC 4x4: Accel Supercoil, JBA headers,
> dual glasspack, 14x3 FABM, F&B Stage I TB, !EGR,
> MSD 8.5's, self-moded intake, 180 degree thermo,
> ASP crank pulley, 16" Hayden elec. fan, MP SBEC,
> BEST: 0-60 in 6.3 & 1/4mi 15.4@88.95
> 207.2 RWHP, 276.2 RW ft/lbs
> ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <buckinghammk@nctsdg.navy.mil>
> To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
> Sent: Monday, November 29, 1999 12:10 PM
> Subject: RE: DML: mileage
>
>
> > I agree with Sam:
> >
> > My old 97 (I got a 99 now) had a 5.2L,(3:55 Diff)
> no mods, and I
> > managed to pull 23.4mpg, going around 50mph for
> 300 miles.
> > Oh, less I forget, I had the tailgate down.
> >
> > 25 is stretching, recommend you redo the math. :)
> >
> > Michael
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Sam Parthemer [mailto:rtdkota@yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Monday, November 29, 1999 4:47 PM
> > To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> > Subject: Re: DML: mileage
> >
> >
> >
> > Hey, downhill, being towed doesn't count.
> >
> > :P
> >
> > I was able to manage 20.5 mpg driving a constant
> 70
> > mph in my '95, and got a crazy 23.6 mpg driving
> 45-55
> > mph over 300 miles (following inlaw who was towing
> a
> > 5th wheel).
> >
> > Now, if you could get 19 mpg out of my RT, I would
> get
> > you booked on "The Worlds Most Impossible Stunts"
> >
> > Sam '00 RT
> >
> > --- Jon Smith <fast4x4@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> > > I'm to psyched to hold this in.. 25mpg over the
> > > course of 125miles, avg
> > > speed was about 70-75mph
> > > ____________________________________________
> > > Jon
> Smith-Raleigh,NC-http://www4.ncsu.edu/~jdsmith4
> > > '95 318 auto CC 4x4: Accel Supercoil, JBA
> headers,
> > > dual glasspack, 14x3 FABM, F&B Stage I TB, !EGR,
> > > MSD 8.5's, self-moded intake, 180 degree thermo,
> > > ASP crank pulley, 16" Hayden elec. fan, MP SBEC,
> > > BEST: 0-60 in 6.3 & 1/4mi 15.4@88.95
> > > 207.2 RWHP, 276.2 RW ft/lbs
> > > ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ
> > >
> > >
> >
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