cat mpg opinions and advice

Discussion in 'Trucks [ Eighteen Wheelers ]' started by morph, Oct 31, 2009.

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  1. Lucar

    Lucar Road Train Member

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    Anybody else cares to chime in any discovered ways to pull more miles out of the juice on our infamous sdp-s??
     
    Lucar, Jul 14, 2014
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    For me the Short answer is ......no.


    I just had overhead done and replaced cac hoses and clamps. Also checked bellows etc for leaks.....
    I do 107k on every load short haul (70 mph) and the best I get in the summer is 5.7 mpg.


    I've tried slowing down (for 3 weeks) and it didn't help... Kinda sucks !
    But that's life with an SDP/POS.....
     
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