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chuckie
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This is another one of those issues where people who actually are involved have to make up their own minds and assess the risks. Much of the advice
comes from folks who dont own diesels, but "read on the internet" ...etc. Common sense has to come into play....Davids impassioned for sure statement
had alot of ifs...if you run your battery down, if the dealer finds, if xyz code occurs...You pays your money and you makes your choice...I aint
worried...
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chuckie
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Suggest anyone fretting over these alleged problems go to the Dodge diesel forum and read the service bulletins re ULSD..The only only warranty
comments have to with the catalyic system..MAY MAY not be covered if continous use etc....More concern about dermatitis from microbes..read em...
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| Quote: | Originally posted by willardguy
its clear the only way we're gonna get to the bottom of this is to bring in bob-n-susan  |
everyone is going down the WRONG road...
the REAL reason he manufacture says you HAVE to use only ULSD is because it has to meet strict smog rules...
If the manufacture said even veggie oil would burn in their diesel then they would have to pay an EXTRA tax on every truck they sold...its all about
the MONEY!!!
oh yea...new diesels even run on veggie oil
as for the CAT exhust system...there is a "burn off system" to clear the filters...
drive those diesels...they are WAY better than cars...
as for davide knowing about new diesel trucks...he has trouble buying new tires for his old car...how can he give advice ona new $60k diesel
truck...sorry davide
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DavidE
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Pays to stay informed. Many times is appreciated when a bit of caution is correctly added so that others can see for themselves when to say "Well is
it? Yes or no? Better to ask the dealer about this!"
I put 400,000 miles on a diesel almost all of them in Mexico. Back when the diesel looked like strong lemonade with built-in fungus.
Myself, I would really familiarize myself with the process of catalyst regeneration and bring enough UREA additive to last a long time. What do people
do in Mexico when their newer Ford diesel loses a battery or the system gets run down. The ECU goes into open loop, the light comes on, 20% of total
fuel mileage is lost as is overdrive in an automatic transmission - until the vehicle is returned to the USA and a hundred dollars is paid a
dealership (OBC 2 will not do it) to reset the ECU?
Even my clunker MUST HAVE synthetic automatic transmission fluid or it will fail in a few thousand miles (MoPar). Brave New World.
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chuckie
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Davide, as usual is trying to obfuscate his total misinformation, by attempting to drag us off on yet another path. This thread was about the
availability of diesel in Baja....I agree with Drive em....and dont use calcium chloride on your pickles....
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mtnpop
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As I remember the switcheroo was Jan. 2007 to the new diesel engines that were supposed to only use low sulpher diesel per our friends in Washington..
I bought my 2007 Duramax in early 2007 but it was manuf before Dec 2006 when the manuf. retooled or whatever its called to put the new engines on line
for the new law that took effect then... So I have no experience with the newer engines just the stories... As with everyone else with trucks pre mid
2007 model year I don't seem to have any problems...
My mileage in Mexico is lower but I figure that is the pump telling me its put in 50 litres and really only 45.. but thats just my opinion..
Its probably all Californias fault... emissions and all...
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chuckie
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Its always Kalifornias fault....I suffrered a diesel leak problem at 106000 miles on my 95 Dodge which was fixed under warranty in Whitehorse Yukon
Territory, because of an old service bulletin warning about a potential problem....warranties aint all bad,,,,
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BajaParrothead
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mtnpop,
The change took place June/July 07. My 07 5.9 cummins was manufactured in june of 07. After June, they went to the 6.7 cummins, DPF and problems.
| Quote: | Originally posted by mtnpop
As I remember the switcheroo was Jan. 2007 to the new diesel engines that were supposed to only use low sulpher diesel per our friends in Washington..
I bought my 2007 Duramax in early 2007 but it was manuf before Dec 2006 when the manuf. retooled or whatever its called to put the new engines on line
for the new law that took effect then... So I have no experience with the newer engines just the stories... As with everyone else with trucks pre mid
2007 model year I don't seem to have any problems...
My mileage in Mexico is lower but I figure that is the pump telling me its put in 50 litres and really only 45.. but thats just my opinion..
Its probably all Californias fault... emissions and all... |
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boe4fun
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My understanding, after some research, is that any diesel engine built and installed after Jan. 1, 2007 is required to use only ULSD at 15PPM sulfur.
You can find some '07 trucks with engines installed PRIOR to Jan. 1st and those can also burn LSD diesel fuel (at 500PPM). To be safe, when I bought
my diesel I purchased a very slightly used 2005 GMC Duramax - a great combo and very economical for a full ton truck - my computer twice clocked 28.1
mpg between King City and Salinas. I was not towing anything, was not loaded with any weight, drove 55 mph on mostly flat land, didn't have the AC
on, etc. I have heard of 2 issues where the warranty was voided because of the use of LSD fuel in engines requiring ULSD fuel.
Two dirt roads diverged in Baja and I, I took the one less graveled by......
Soy ignorante, apático y ambivalente. No lo sé y no me importa, ni modo.
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bajaguy
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Dodge Trucks
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_Ram
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Bob and Susan
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| Quote: | Originally posted by boe4fun
I have heard of 2 issues where the warranty was voided because of the use of LSD fuel in engines requiring ULSD fuel. |
I've also heard that there is a "loc-ness monster" but no one seems to catch it
these stories are right next to the "short gas" myth
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chuckie
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I bought a gizmo off homeshopping network that wrapped around the fuel line that got 81 MPG on my 96 Dodge diesel.....but some guys from EXXON gave me
50,000 dollars for it and swore me to secrecy . (name withheld for safety reasons)
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What is the latest cost for Diesel VS regular?
We don't stop playing because we grow old;
we grow old because we stop playing
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Bob and Susan
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this month its $3.30 usa a gallon
12.2 pesos to the dollar at the border friday
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shari
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our wee gas station here in Asuncion...not a Pemex...does sell diesel...when they have it and they do run out sometimes. The big machines like the
road grader use diesel and as mentioned in an emergency, you can also buy it from the fishing cooperativas. If you live in baja, you may want to do
what we do and just buy your own barrel of fuel so you dont run out.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by chuckie
I can get a lil over 600 miles per tank with my Dodge, havnt had any problem for a number of years finding diesel except at San Ignacio..with all the
new stations and a 600 mile range a person would almost have to plan a problem...As to getting them worked on? My current Dodge has 336000 miles on
it, and except for getting the valves adjusted every 100000 or so has had no problems....There are Cummins shops in almost every major ag center in
Baja...My 90 Dodge, which I gave to my boy has almost 800000 miles on it, needed a new injector pump a while ago... |
Well that's good news. My '97 has 221,000 miles on it with zero problems. I guess it's just getting broken in. My '92 only has 180,000 miles. Is
your current Dodge a 12 valve?
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DavidE
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Paid yesterday 3:00 PM in Vizcaino
11.88 for Premium red pump.
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Bob and Susan
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DavidE
Paid yesterday 3:00 PM in Vizcaino
11.88 for Premium red pump. |
the red pump squirts premium gas
always buy regular from the GREEN pump
never use the red pump
yesterday green gas was 10.29
that is $3.19usa a gallon
diesel was 10.64
that is $3.30usa a gallon
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chuckie
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I was wondering how he got diesel from the red pump? This thread IS about diesel isnt it? I quit worrying about fuel prices in Mexico a long time ago,
its not like you can really DO anything about them...
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DavidE
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Mood: 'At home we demand facts and get them. In Mexico one subsists on rumor and never demands anything.' Charles Flandrau,
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Then why oh why are you concerned with the prices then? Any of them? Like flooding on the flood plain of the Rio de Sta Rosalia in Mulege, don't worry
- buy a decompression chamber and periscope and be done with it.
I GUARANTEE YOU there's nothing you can do about it...
[Edited on 8-6-2013 by DavidE]
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