Anybody who drives a diesel on the road is going to get "bad fills" with foamy diesel fuel. When that happens - it kind of feels good because it will seem like extremely high MPGs for that one tank full. Next tank though will be the converse. So OK. I've had many occasions when one tank "fill" showed 24-25 MPG with my 3/4 ton diesel truck. I'm not fool enough to believe it means anything. It happens mostly with my Ford (small filler neck) or the rear tank on my 92 Dodge. 25 MPG for one fill, and 11-12 MPG for the next. I pity any poor person trying to buy and fix up and old truck who believes some of these BS stories. I fell for them once - a long time ago. The farmer next door bought a first-year Ford F250 with a 6.9 diesel. He bragged for years it got 25 MPG ALL the time. Well I borrowed it and drove it 1200 miles. It got a average of 13.2 MPG for a long highway trip. 4.10 axles, 4WD, and C6 trans. There was also a guy in town with a 1987 Chevy diesel Suburban with 4WD, 6.2 diesel, TH400 trans and 3.73 axles. He said he got 30 MPG on the highway. I ended up owning it and it's still running and on its third engine. It has never gotten better then 18 MPG on the highway and 13 MPG "stop and go." That is in NY at 1300 feet. When at 5000 feet in Colorado it got a best of 14 MPG. And these 45 MPG stories with diesel LUVs and Isuzu PUPs - pure BS. I've had many and am still driving a 85 PUP with the 2.2 diesel. A gas truck with a 2 liter engine would be cheaper to drive. Big problem as I see it when looking for small trucks now-adays is this. Hardly anyone makes 4WDs with small engines. I was searching for years for a Ranger with 4WD and a four cylinder engine. Very scarce.
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