Diesel fuel prices are dropping here now. They peaked at around $3.05 I think, yesterday I say $2.79.
Fuel consumption in The White Whale has been creeping back up. I had a few tanks that hit 24 mpg, now back down to 22 mpg. I've had the roof cross bars mounted for a bit, and haven't checked the tire pressures, but I think the major factor is AC season. My commute has also changed, used to be mostly surface streets that flowed pretty good at about 45-50 mph, now I get on the belt line highway which is mostly 65 - 75 mph. I still need to adjust the injection pump, I think it is over-fueling and I know the maximum engine speed is set to low at around 4500 RPM. ------------- Max Charleston SC On Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 10:17 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > It appears as if I may be acquiring a 96 E300 so I thought I would compare > it to all the other 606 power vehicles in my fleet on fueleconomy.gov. > So basically 95, 96, 97, 98. As we know, 95 is the last year 124 and has > the 4 speed 722.4. 96 was 1st year 210 with basically the same > engine/trans combo as the 95. In 97 we have the same non turbo engine > except with the 5 speed 722.6. 98 is the turbo engine with same 722.6 > trans. I would have figured the best mileage of all of them would be the > 98 since it has turbo and 5 speed trans. I would have thought the 97 would > beat 96 in the mileage dept because the 97 has 1 more gear than the 96. > So, I was surprised to discover per fueleconomy.go the 96 supposedly gets > the best mileage of all of them. Anybody got any theory as to why? Maybe > something to do with emissions? Or maybe the 722.4 is more efficient than > the 722.6 for some reason? > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > https://www.avg.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
