96 Ford PSD Fuel Mileage

[wfishtx]

After reading a few post this morning about fuel mileage on brand new diesel trucks, I thought I would share with all of you a little about my trip this past weekend.

I headed to the hill country (Lampasas, TX to be exact) Friday evening after topping off both tanks of my old truck. All I was hauling was myself, a small overnight bag, and my golf clubs (so basically no load). As I pulled away from the pumps I reset the trip meter to zero and when I returned to my house (Katy, TX) Sunday afternoon the trip meter read 437 miles. Later that evening I went back down to the service station and topped her off again so I could check the mileage and couldn't believe it when the calculator read 18.6 MPG!

That's right...over 18 MPG on an 11 year old truck with over 250k miles on it. It just makes it real hard to image only getting 14 MPG on these brand new diesel trucks.

I guess its a real testament to just how good that motor is as well as the benefits of keeping the oil and air filters changed regularly.

500K miles here I come!

[bowed up]

My 95 Pwstke Was Making 17 With A 4:10 Rearend Front And Rear Full Replacements And A Toolbox Loaded With *****. The Early 7.3 Pwstke Were Some Of The Best Engines I Have Ever Seen. I Add 150k To The 180k Already On It. No Major Problems And Good Mileage And Would Pull Anything Hooked To It. I Changed My Oil And Filter Faithfully Every 5k. Never Get Rid Of That Truck, Becuase They Just Dont Make Em Like They Used To.

[MLCinNCTX]

My truck is a 96crew cab F350 PSD, auto with 4.10 gears, and a long box. If I can stand to drive at 60-62 MPH (2000 RPM) I can get 20+ MPG. When I first bought the truck the speed limit was 55 and I once got 22.1 mpg. I went in and out of the north rim of the Grand Canyon. Truck has 278,000 miles on it and still going strong. Put a transmission (BTS) in at 240k and that was the only major repair. Have done 61 oil changes, 24 air and fuel filters, 5th set of tires and 4th set of batteries.