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I hand calculated my MPG with this winter blend, using 93 octane and TCW3.

A not so good 9.75 MPG average.
Wow, that's pretty bad. I know you have a 3500 but what is it normally?
 

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Wow, that's pretty bad. I know you have a 3500 but what is it normally?

When it gets in the teen’s for days it really affects my MPG. In the summer with 93 octane i get a true 11-12 in town and about 14 on the highway.

My tires killed it by about 1.5 mpg
 

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Wow, you're making me feel good. If I behave myself I can sneak out 19 just back and forth to work. Cold weather I'm down to 16.5 , but I haven't necessarily been that good lately either. I'll have to clean my act up if I wanna see santa.

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When it gets in the teen’s for days it really affects my MPG. In the summer with 93 octane i get a true 11-12 in town and about 14 on the highway.

My tires killed it by about 1.5 mpg
If you talk the wife into moving to Alaska you'll get an oil payment that will help pay for you're gas.

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Hi All,

I went to my local shop today and had them put in RL 5-30 and RP filter. Truck sounds much quieter right away after changing from pennzoil that dealer used.

My coolant reservoir was also empty, so looks like dealer did not check on it after initially filling it up after the repairs. Crazy...

I'm hoping to get to Denver and back without any trouble next week.
 

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Well hope you make it out there with no troubles, but it should go as expected.
 
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FYI....Moderators,

Somthing happened to the direct links on my email notifications for a subsribed thread? I get notifications but the attached link is only to the forum and not the subscribed thread. So i have to navigate to the thread every time now.
 

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FYI....Moderators,

Somthing happened to the direct links on my email notifications for a subsribed thread? I get notifications but the attached link is only to the forum and not the subscribed thread. So i have to navigate to the thread every time now.

This is probably due to the switch to a different forum infrastructure.
 

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This is probably due to the switch to a different forum infrastructure.

I understand that. But is it somthing that is going to be fixed or will it always be like this?
 

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@ Hemi395 , as you can tell I still can't quote anyone ....annoying as hell !!

Strange you can't edit old post , I edited my 65RFE thread earlier today .

Another strange thing I noticed today is some not all but some threads I'm subscribed to I no longer get notified when there's a new post ... frustrating

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RLK wasn't your surgery on Tuesday, how did it go?
 

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He's good, didn't need a bypass. He is just getting a follow up I believe.
 

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He had 4 stents if remember correctly
 

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Yep feeling like a new Man ! I haven't had this much oxygenated blood in my body in years !! Stents only for me ..thank Godno By-pass .

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RLK


Did the install an external filter bypass system?

You can go like 1,000,000 miles on amsoil with one of those things.
 

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@Kap1 ,

I knew the Redline would quiet your engine down . I hope all goes well ! I still can't believe they didn't change all lifters & the cam ...
The dealer should have fully serviced the coolant and burped the system ..this does not surprise me as it's hard to find a dealership with high quality maintenance personnel , especially while working on warranty jobs[emoji36][emoji36][emoji36] UNACCEPTABLE IMO
. I'm lucky as one of my local dealerships has really good Maint & electronic techs ;however , another local dealer of mine ( during a free oil change ) left the drain plug finger tight only , broke and lost an air box clip , over serviced my oil by about TWO FREAKIN QTS , severely undertorqued my lug nuts ( tire rotation ) and rotated the tires differently than I requested .... Idiots !! This was the 3rd time in my life I ever had let anyone else work on a vehicle of mine second time at a dealership ...this is why I do my own Maint !!!!

Sorry for the rant [emoji16][emoji16]

I absolutely expect you to have more broken manifold botls because the dealer has to install the same old new junk manifolds and hardware. , I just hope all the other **** they had apart during their half ass repair job stays together and don't start showing more codes .... This is why I don't purchase used vehicles is too many repair shops are terrible .

Good luck on your trip Sir ! Keep us informed here .

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My engine noise was put into perspective today when we all went outside early to start a vehicles about five minutes before the day was over. I was parked next to a buddy with his Chrysler 300. it has the 3.6 in it. His engine was noisier than my 6.4.

I hope my redline wear numbers are as equally impressive.
 
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Yep feeling like a new Man ! I haven't had this much oxygenated blood in my body in years !! Stents only for me ..thank Godno By-pass .

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Good to hear. You can now switch back to 5w30 blood :D
 

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Ha ha I think the additives the Dr has me on I'll be running about 10wt at least till the stents get broken in [emoji16]after the break in period I'll be back to 30wt [emoji106][emoji106]
I expressed my concerns to my Dr about my roller brgs and cam wear he ensured me the additives he prescribed we're high ppm of Molybdenum , zinc & phophorus...

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Ronnie

Im curious to know if you truly had a conversation even remotely similar to that..LOL.

That would be hilarious.
 
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