That brought the overall mileage up from 21.6 to 21.8, just below the combined EPA estimate. Mileage over those eight weeks averaged out to 23.1 miles per gallon. And aside from the addition of some DEF, these last few months were no different.īetween Novemand January 1, 2016, we added 5,200 miles to the Ram's odometer and made 12 trips to the pump.
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With tens of thousands of towing-miles and a good balance of city and highway miles, the Ram's numbers don't change much these days. We're knocking on the door of 50,000 miles in our long-term 20 EcoDiesel and fuel economy has pretty much leveled out.
2014 DODGE ECODIESEL SERVICE DEF SYSTEM SEE DEALER UPDATE
Six months quickly turned into fifteen months and now it's finally time to put the truck back to the way we bought it.Ģ0 EcoDiesel: Fuel Economy Update - More MPG, More DEFīy Travis Langness, Social Media Editor on January 8, 2016 Out of sheer will, desire and interest to see how it held up, we kept the Ram much longer than our regular long-term vehicles. Those six months lasted a lot longer than expected. We'd get six months with the step bars, six months without them, a pretty perfect comparison test. At the time, it was theoretically halfway through our 12-month test with the Ram. Remember when I took the step bars off our long-term 20 EcoDiesel? I do. 20 EcoDiesel: Putting the Step Bars Back Onīy Travis Langness, Social Media Editor on February 4, 2016