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18.5 mpg with the 600

04-08-2004, 12:33 AM

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18.5 mpg with the 600

I have 4500 miles on my 4x2 600 now and on the last fill up it was 18.5mpg, hand calculated. I did not think I got a good fill up but drove about 20 miles and put 1.1 gal in the tank to fill it up again. I put Valvoline Premium Blue in the engine, and amsoil in the axle @ 4000 miles. 70% highway going 70mph, 30% driving around town. I have an early build, Jan 5th with no reflash. I have towed a 3500lb boat maybe 250 miles. I'm going to try to talk my friend into letting my tow his 8700 lb boat down to the keys next month, to do a little more breaking in.
Keep in mind I live in SE Florida, so its always 65-75 when it starts up, and has always run #2 fuel.
Anyone else getting 17-18mpg?

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