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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 06:42 PM
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and touched down to temps in the mid 50's. . .thats so much better

anyhoo, I think I may have a problem with my truck. . .so much so it will **** steve off something fearce. I've been running my TST at 8/5 for the last tank useing the old PS MMO mix gragging ricers and hot heads all over atlanta leaving them in massive clouds of black death. . .and the occasional smoke show at work. anyhoo, after all that I thought my mileage would be in the toilet. . .boy was I wrong. . . .I filled up yesterday and hand calculated 17.8mpg

what am I doing wrong here[8D]
 
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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 07:55 PM
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lol, congrats on the 8/5 setting & 17+ mpg... almost makes me wish I had the manual gear box...
 
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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 08:46 PM
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I bet your glad to be back home and I bet your wife was very gald your home but was the dog Jealous when you kicked him out of the bedroom

At 50 degrees I would of been looking for the nearest swiming pool to go swiming in When we hit mid 20 on Saturday and when I was working outside I could only wear a windbreaker due to it being so warm. We have been up to 40 the past 2 days and they say more of this heat the rest of the week At lease we can still make snow angles up here and you can't[8D]


 
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Old Feb 20, 2007 | 10:50 PM
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yea. . .the dog wasnt too happy. . .but he's got his own room
 
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Old Feb 21, 2007 | 12:32 AM
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You can keep your snow angles, I haven't shoveled snow in more than 10 years. IF it snows here we look at it, and tomorrow it's gone. No need to shovel or plow!!!!
 
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Old Feb 21, 2007 | 01:18 PM
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Iowa a little too nipply for ya, Drew?
 
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Old Feb 21, 2007 | 01:38 PM
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Iowa a little too nipply for ya, Drew?
down in the south we dont comprehend tempratures below 0F. . .our themometers stop at 10F, but go to 110
 
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Old Feb 21, 2007 | 02:02 PM
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Welcome back Drew!

You know these past few weeks I've been in Champaign ,Il (about 4 hrs from my Iowa home) for work and have been staying in hotels during all of this weather. I have been running the statadyne mix with good results but the last couple weeks the temps with the wind factored in were running about -20 with a low recorded at -34.

I noted the motor was a bit hesitant to kick off those morns as I couldnt plug in. It would fire 3 times in a row but it wouldnt stick. Of course this was a bit nerve racking but she always came around on the 3rd or 4th try.

Becouse of this at the next fill up (never went below 1/2 tank) I put about 4-6 oz of the PS 911. The next morn I went out (again -20 to -30) and she fired right up without hesitation.

The weather finally broke here as well but I think I'll continue this practice when the weather calls for these extreme temps as it made an immediate impact on the cold weather starts.



 
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Old Feb 21, 2007 | 03:53 PM
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We had ours down to -2 here in bushland Texas no record but cold, as well as -26 in the mountains of new mexico started with no problems the high idle came in handyFor some reason mine runs better in cool than hot maybe its just me i don't like hot by the way i don't plug it in it doesnt have the plug need to get it though.
 
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