c15 bridge motor woes

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  1. sewj12

    sewj12 Bobtail Member

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    I have an 04 379 with a C15 bridge motor. I am a farmer and do not run the truck even on a weekly basis but i do haul a fair bit of hay and cattle in the winter and obviously its kept busy at harvest. What I have noticed so far is the truck makes awful fuel milage [maybe 4-5?] and just recently i seen its leaking some oil by the turbo. mechanic says its not bad enough to change yet but when i do get to that point is there anything i could do to help my fuel milage and give me a bit more boost? It has a garret turbo in now that has been rebuilt about 450k ago. I know a turbo wont fix everything so is there some other tricks I can do to this engine to make it come a bit more alive?
     
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  3. magoo68

    magoo68 Road Train Member

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    Yup but we can't talk about them here mbn is basically same as the year before if that helps
     
  4. little cat 500

    little cat 500 Road Train Member

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    easy fix where are you from
     
  5. PaulE

    PaulE Medium Load Member

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    You can get fixed at The Diesel Garage
     
  6. little cat 500

    little cat 500 Road Train Member

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    lap top and about 200 bucks will get ya any file ya want here
     
  7. russtrucker

    russtrucker Road Train Member

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    How come they didn't ban you?
     
  8. sailboatjim

    sailboatjim Light Load Member

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    Where did the guys go (what site) that used to talk about modifications before this site made that illegal to talk about or discuss?
    Just wondering because there used to be a bunch and the conversations were interesting.
     
  9. Cat sdp

    Cat sdp . .

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    Read post #4.......

    A lot of us miss the old discussions....
     
  10. sailboatjim

    sailboatjim Light Load Member

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    Ya I missed that completely. Thanks.
    I always enjoyed it because I race cars and just like hearing about what guys were doing to their trucks.
     
  11. T800H

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    just to think that you can't even talk about something on internet were no body has any prove of anything, sends chill to my spine, it reminds me a lot of the country where I was born, that I had to leave for that very reason, they can actually put you in jail just because you think of something.

    back then we didn't have a first amendment, it looks like the one that we have here is not going to be for too long.
     
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