1998 detroit 60 12.71998 detroit 60 12.7 smoking

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  1. Rideandrepair

    Rideandrepair Road Train Member

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    Maybe the rings aren’t fully sealed up yet. When they were brand new, used to take 70k miles then suddenly mpg’s would jump about 1 mpg. My Dad would get a new one every 100k. It was a consistent thing. My mpg’s didn’t go up till just recently at about 180k. Then it blew the head gasket. Don’t know what to think about all that. Very disappointed. When I get it apart hopefully with help from everyone on ttr, I can figure out why it happened.
     
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  3. JoeyJunk

    JoeyJunk Road Train Member

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    I would almost guarantee mine will be the one that goes to 100K before anything good happens and not one mile sooner lol. That’s just my luck.
     
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  4. DDguy

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    You running a tune in there ?
     
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    Rideandrepair Road Train Member

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    No
     
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