25+ miles per gallon in a Dodge CTD....

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Nov 26, 2008 | 01:47 PM

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garbri

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Originally Posted by Steve-l

That milage is definitely not possible with the third generation trucks, especially newer than model year 2004.5 and newer. Model year 2003 - 2004 see 19 to 20 best (Two injection events per cycle) and trucks after that not better than 14 -17 (Three injection events per engine cycle).

My last two tanks have averaged over 24 mpg, and this is mixed driving. The tank before these, I got 22.34 mpg, but I had a small trailer for 70 of those miles along with 2.5 miles of pulling a parade float for Veteran's day.

My mileage has gone up since summer, as I'm not using the AC much, and a fresh pan of Rotella synthetic seems to have boosted the MPG by about 1 mpg.

All of my numbers are hand calculated, and my overhead guesser is *usually* within +/- 1mpg.

It's been said before, but I'll say it again: these trucks are living, breathing creatures with their own personalities. Treat them well, and they'll treat you well.

garrett