6.5 Detroit Diesel
12-16-2008, 10:26
As anyone who has driven the Coquihalla highways knows, it has some long hills.
Yesterday I took a trip to Vancouver to pick up a car for a friend.
GCVW was 11,500lbs. Well over the half the trip was either spent in four wheel or else battling 90-100kmh head winds. When able, the truck was cruising at 110Kmh. The biggest issue was the turbo gauge hose blowing off at high pressure. The truck average 14.5mpg and the pyro never went past 1000F. I attribute that to the rather low temperatures that we have right now.
All in all, I am really pleased with the truck since the overhaul.
Yesterday I took a trip to Vancouver to pick up a car for a friend.
GCVW was 11,500lbs. Well over the half the trip was either spent in four wheel or else battling 90-100kmh head winds. When able, the truck was cruising at 110Kmh. The biggest issue was the turbo gauge hose blowing off at high pressure. The truck average 14.5mpg and the pyro never went past 1000F. I attribute that to the rather low temperatures that we have right now.
All in all, I am really pleased with the truck since the overhaul.