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Idle at only 500 rpm's???

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Old Feb 4, 2010 | 09:35 PM
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Idle at only 500 rpm's???

Truck is running like a top. With the Rotella synthetic and warmer temps in the 20's with my Dura's aired down to 60psi, I just got 28.3mpg on the lie-o-meter on a 120 mile trip at 62mph. My lie-o-meter is consistently 18% high, so that would work out to 23.2 mpg on winter diesel.... Wow.

Anyway, the tach shows idle at 500 rpms. Sounds okay, and a bump on the high idle puts it right at 1000 rpms.

Reading the engine plate says 750 idle. Should I put a gauge on it?
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Old Feb 5, 2010 | 08:38 AM
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if it's running fine, it could just the dash gauge. If you want to feel better, I would put a gauge on it.
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Old Feb 5, 2010 | 08:40 AM
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Where does the gauge get its signal? Maybe I have to dust off a sensor....
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