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Old 06-19-2019, 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted by oneodd1
How in the world do you have 800+ miles to empty? I'd kill for that kind of range.
22.3 MPG x 36 gallons = 803 DTE

Thats not too far fetched if he was on a long interstate run and then just filled up.
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Old 06-19-2019, 05:23 PM
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Originally Posted by rngtrtl
22.3 MPG x 36 gallons = 803 DTE

Thats not too far fetched if he was on a long interstate run and then just filled up.

I suppose I could have stopped to figure that out. Thanks for pointing it out though. I've been without a truck for the last three years and have become really spoiled by my golf tdi mileage but I'm looking to start pulling a travel trailer and don't think the golf will cut it.


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Originally Posted by oneodd1
How in the world do you have 800+ miles to empty? I'd kill for that kind of range.
Date Miles Gallons MPG Price

4/21/19 419.50 17.308 24.24 2.639
4/19/19 257.00 10.718 23.98 2.799

70 MPH Interstate.
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Old 07-14-2019, 05:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Sharkhunt
So, the trans line that runs to the radiator on non tow-package trucks, can I just add an aftermarket cooler in that loop? I’ve got the 5.0, so I on fabbing a bracket for the lower grille area.
I did just that! I went to tasca auto parts, found a oem trans cooler since i didnt have one, installed it into the loop and dont forget any plastic mounting hardware you may need, pm me for further questions, i have pics of my job
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Originally Posted by Steven Gilland
This past weekend pulling my toyhauler fully loaded (~8,000 lbs) up to Payson, AZ from Mesa, AZ, I saw temps reach 226* on the ascent. My house is around 800 ft elevation, Payson is about 5,000 over the course of 68 miles. Ambient external temp was 100* when I left. Coming back down I never saw anything over 215*. I believe anything up to 230/240 is safe, but from what I understand the truck will put you into de-power mode if temps on anything get too hot. On the second pass (Mt Ord) a coolant temperature message popped up on my dash letting me know my truck was decreasing power to decrease engine temps...which was kind of irritating, because the analog temp gage was just a hair to the right of the middle position. It was nowhere near the hot side, but just a smidge to the right of middle, whereas normally it's a smidge to the left of middle. Overall though, it pulled very well (3.5 10spd), despite 6mpg on the way up @ 68-70mph.
Hi Steven, I just did that same drive up to Payson to do some camping in Forrest lakes. My trailer is 33ft total and weighed probably just a tad over 8k loaded. This was just a week and a half ago. Temps were high 90’s to low hundreds pulling through those grades to Payson. A bit humid with the thunderstorms and rain when we arrived at Bashas up there. My engine and transmission temps both got fairly hot for the first time in my 18 3.5 max tow w/18k miles. Mostly it was the transmission but the engine did have 2 grades that put it at 3/4 on the gauge. The trans hit 237 which concerned me of course. Looking into it I’ve seen talk about up to 245 is ok for the transmission for extreme conditions and for short intervals. Hopefully that’s the case but still would like to see it not heat up so much. Didn’t hit power down mode but had to of been close on engine and trans. I’m planning to send some oil to black stone this run to see how well the oil held up to this abuse. There is a lot of towing on the 3500 miles this oil has on it. Probably around 2k miles of towing the travel trailer. It will be interesting to see how the factory blend oil held up. After seeing these temps I’m planing on switching over to Pennzoil ultra platinum or Castro’s Edge to give her a little more love for working so hard. Most of my towing is around 65mph. 60 up the hills but Slowed as low as 50 when my temps were up.
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Why would you read the manual?

None of the good stuff like.....

Which plug to unplug under dash to disable start-stop, How to recalibrate Fuel Mileage readout or enter "Engineering Mode" to monitor other parameters are even in there.
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