Yep, born and raised right here in Philly. I live in a section called "Mayfair" get it ??

I used to work out in Media, Lima actually. It's out right next to the Granite Run Mall. I like it out there. To the right, you have beautiful Lancaster about 45 minutes away, and to your left you have Phliiy about 45 minutes away. Pretty cool.

 

LMAO, I worked at Granite Run Mall at Sears in the hardware dept when I was younger. I lived on State Street in Media, right across from the church and across from the tennis courts at the school, next to that parking garage behind CVS. I loved going to the flea markets thay have on state street. What a small world lol.

 

I use stayadine and its been approved by john deere and a few other companies, also Diesel injector services reccomend it. I used it and changed out the timing senoe and picked up 1.3 MPG on a 500 mile trip. I guess we will have to wait and see.[sm=confused06.gif]

 

Why did you change out the timing sensor? I'm curious because I am only getting 13 mpq ave daily driving and am trying to improve it.

I have already stopped using the brew two tanks ago but have yet to see good results.

 

13 mpg???? Something sounds wrong. Im getting close to 20 with a 6.7 diesel.

 

I looked around and ROKK timing sensor advances the timing 2 degrees and the truck has a little more pick-up and go and better MPG. The senor is only 70$ and 5 min install time.

 

I might have to invest in one of those then

 

13 mpg sounds wrong to me too I have tried everything I can think of, fuel filter, put in an Airaid filter, ran "brew" even had the dealer reflash the computer. Nothing seems to work. I try to keep it at or under 2K during accelleration. The only thing I can think of is the winter fuel mix.

I am running the stock tires at the correct size and tow maybe 2K once or twice a week.

I am always open to ideas.

 

It may be the winter mix, I dont have winter mix here in So-Cal. That may be the issue.

 

Well, here is that "MythBusters" issue that you were talking about. The products they were testing WERE NOT diesel specific and they were all the little hocus pocus crap like Tornado's, Fuel Magnets, etc.

Also, the tests were done on dyno's, at constant speed, like the old EPA mileage tests, which we all know are a bunch of BS.

The only thing they tested with the '80's Mercedes diesel was Veg Oil and the myth on that was WOULD IT RUN on it.

All I know is that running PS & MMO or 2 stroke, my engine runs smoother, idles better, and doesn't blow a crap load of smoke. Plus, I generally see slightly better mileage. Not stratospheric or anything like 4 MPG, but better.

Great Gas Conspiracy

Myth: Automakers and fuel suppliers are in collusion to keep us dependent on expensive gasoline and inefficient cars. There are many devices that one can use to cut your fuel consumption.
They got a carbureted car and a fuel-injected car to test several types of devices. The cars were placed on a dynamometer, which allows the car to drive without moving anywhere.
Test devices and additives:
[ul][*]Fuel line magnets: working on the "principles of hydrodynamics," they are supposed to align the molecules for more efficient consumption. [*]Acetone additive: supposed to make gasoline burn more efficiently [*]300mpg 'super' carburetor [*]Hydrogen fuel cell generator: flammable hydrogen gas produced by electrolysis. Adam labeled it "Gasbuster: Stickin' it to the Man" [/ul]
They tested each car on the dynamometer at 35mph and 55mph with each 'device.'
Carburetor car:
[ul][*]Baseline: 17mpg at 35mph and 25mpg at 55mph [*]Magnets: exactly the same as baseline busted [*]Acetone: 16.7mpg at 35mph and 24mpg at 55mph busted [*]Super carb: much worse than baseline, 12mpg at 35mph and 17.7mpg at 55mph busted [/ul]
Fuel-injected car
[ul][*]Baseline: 19mpg at 35mph and 27mpg at 55mph [*]Magnets: 18mpg at 35mph and 26mpg at 55mph busted [*]Acetone: 18mpg at 35mph and 26mpg at 55mph busted [/ul]

Hydrogen fuel cell generator

Hydrogen fuel cell generator: the car started, but it turned out it was due to leftover fuel. They tried again with the residual fuel gone and the car wouldn't even start.
Adam: "My God! It doesn't work! I can't believe it doesn't work. I found it on the Internet, man!"
Jamie rolled a tank of hydrogen gas over and squirted the gas directly into the carburetor. The car started up with the gas, much to the excitement of Jamie and Adam. It was so much fun they tried it again, only to get caught off guard as the gas exploded inside of the carb, ending that particular test.

Cooking oil

Adam picked up some used cooking oil from a restaurant and filtered it to turn it into fuel. They got a diesel Mercedes and drove it around a 2.9 mile course at Alameda designed for constant 35mph driving. With the diesel baseline test they were able to go 8.8 miles on 1 liter (33.3mpg). They then switched to the used cooking oil and ended up getting 30mpg, only 10% less efficient.
They made no modifications to the diesel car and all they did to the cooking oil was filter it.

Mythbusted:none of the devices they tested made the car more fuel efficient. The EPA has tested 104 of these devices, and only 7 showed improvement in fuel efficiency. However, none of these improved efficiency over 6%.
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