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12-31-2011, 01:26 PM
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My MPG Dropped Significantly When I Changed To Fresh Oil!!!
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mine did the same.. i'm wondering if its the winter blend fuel?
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Originally Posted by firebird_1252
mine did the same.. i'm wondering if its the winter blend fuel?
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I buy all my fuel in FL, so we don't have winter blend.
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Have you had oil sample done? All I can think of is the fresh oil was thicker, as maybe the old stuff lost viscosity possibly due to fuel oil dilution. Hope not for your wallet's sake.
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Originally Posted by YerDaddy
Have you had oil sample done? All I can think of is the fresh oil was thicker, as maybe the old stuff lost viscosity possibly due to fuel oil dilution. Hope not for your wallet's sake.
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The oil analysis said there was no fuel, water or glycol in the oil.
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I can't think of nay reason why that would happen. I've never noticed it happen to me with 20,000 - 30,000 intervals and dino oil.
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I'm still trying to digest the fact that a truck driver can spell
[h=2]Significantly[/h]
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Spell Check is a wonderful tool.
I'm thinking with YerDaddy, sounds like a heavier weight oil went back in than what was spec'ed. I know my personal vehicle got crappy mileage when I ran 10W until it got about 4,000 miles in on normal everyday driving to and from work. After that the mileage jumped up about 3 mpg. Of course on long distance trips 10W actually got better mileage than the 5W got.
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I'm still trying to digest the fact that a truck driver can spell
[h=2]Significantly[/h]
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I tend to believe, oil has nothing to do with it. Or at least didn't played a major role. In any case it takes more than a small viscosity difference to loose a whole 1mpg! Probably combination of factors, but since it's back to normal, i wouldn't pay much attention to it....
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