Diesel Vs Gas 2500/3500
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LBZ
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Been saying that since the 6.2 came out. Once I get rid of my toy hauler and if they came out with one of these in a 2500 I'd buy one for sure.
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That empty mileage is terrible. My '16 dmax coming up hwy 22 and through the mountains some of it in 4wd to sicamous today with one sled on the deck was between 13 and 17L/100.
iceman5689
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Hoping it brakes in and increases only 7000k on it
68000km on my 15 cummins and it's never regenerated. If you don't drive a minimum 10miles of hiway per day, don't buy a diesel. If you drive enough to actually warm up a diesel, get the oil up to temp, get the egts up etc, then get a diesel. They should really put this in the sales brochure. No modern diesel is made for slow driving in short cycles. A buddy just traded his 16 f350 platinum in on a Gmc gasser because it was always regening, or forcing him to drive fast. Would come on the dash, "drive over 80kph for 20 min" living and working in town it just wasn't worth the trouble. I live 30km from work, and mostly hiway, and pull smaller enclosed most days, so the diesel is good to me, great on fuel, etc. and it doesn't hurt that my truck has lifetime synthetic oil changes included with it, so I'm not paying $290 every time. Also, who actually pays full price for a diesel? Be patient and buy a left over. My crew cab 4x4 diesel was $53000. Sticker said 71000. Know how to play the game.
So you get a message it’s when regening? I don’t think mine has yet with 50 k on a dodge.
whoDEANie
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Geeze, my dmax sure is different then. The first 2 years I had it, I was driving 100km round trip by highway to work every day and it still regen'd at least once a month. That said, I've never had a message on my dash, you can just tell by the idle and how it smells.
I don't know if they have changed it but my dodge never said when it was in regen, I could smell it and temp went up. It has been given a less restrictive life and is happily putting the km on.
My Ford 6.4 would say when it was in regen usually every 8-1200 km for passive, active regen I only saw it once and the motor blew up midway thru.
Cdnfireman
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8L/100km? Thats like 33 mpg. I’m gonna pluck on that.
You shouldnt get a message that says it is in regen....
I highly doubt that is has never been in a regen where added fuel has helped to heat the exhaust to clean out the dpf. Maybe if it was always pulling, but even all highway driving where it is at temp all the time, it is going to regen at some point.
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All brands are different, but yes with the dodge it comes up and shows what % the filter is, and goes away once it gets below a certain point, only takes a few minutes. No idea why you can't bring up the filter % otherwise though.
I get 10 no problem (empty) with my stocker. 11-12 if it's windy or super cold. I don't think he's too far off. Loaded, or big ass mud tires, you can kiss that goodbye tho.
Keep it plugged in, run winter front below 0, and set cold high idle up to 1100rpm, I have the digital Lcd whatever dash, have never had the regen come up. Have seen it on lots of customer vehicles, never mine. Also always run mopar def. ran bulk from ufa once in a pinch, and I actually got a message in the message center for "incorrect def".
The cummins doesn't tell you everytime it's in regen. It will inform you if filter is "xx% full" and it will most definitely be in regen but I guarantee you it's done active regens many times without you knowing.
vegamark
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My 2016 dodge 3500 was going into regen everyday driving from tofield to smoky lake , got tired of it so deleted it, totally different truck now!
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the_real_wild1
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Guy at work has one. Seems to like it. Good mileage and lots of power. Had someone sideswipe it on his street. Not much damage but cost $8000 to repair with the aluminum body
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