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hockeybronx
09-05-2005, 11:40 PM
Does anybody know off hand the fuel economy numbers for the Dodge Ram Cummins Turbo Diesel engines?

I drove one up to Edmonton the other day and I put on 830 km and still had a quater tank left. I guess that doesn't mean much if it has a 120 litre tank or something.

If anybody knows the city km/litre and highway km/litre and also the tank size, throw it on up here, I'd like to look into them.

Oh yeah and I already looked on Dodges website and have done some searching so please don't suggest that.

Thanks!
dreamchaser
10-17-2005, 01:15 PM
did youfind anything?
lastprodigy
10-17-2005, 01:16 PM
sounds like around 10L/100 km!
5.9 R/T
10-17-2005, 01:25 PM
The second you go over 110kph it sucks back the gas, at 110 I've managed to get well over 1000km out of a tank and it isn't even broken in yet. According to the overhead computer about 19 US mpg or approx 12-13L/100km or 23-24 Canadian MPG. This is on an '05 club cab 4x4. Tank size is 120L.
Rockski
10-17-2005, 01:54 PM
it aint nothing like a duramax though ;)
dreamchaser
10-17-2005, 02:51 PM
how is duramax? better or worse?
Rockski
10-17-2005, 03:51 PM
chevy.... im just chevy bias thats all i found that when you go into diesel they all kinda run the same... hate to say it... but they'll all run for days on a tank of fuel
hockeybronx
10-17-2005, 03:52 PM
Originally posted by 5.9 R/T
The second you go over 110kph it sucks back the gas, at 110 I've managed to get well over 1000km out of a tank and it isn't even broken in yet. According to the overhead computer about 19 US mpg or approx 12-13L/100km or 23-24 Canadian MPG. This is on an '05 club cab 4x4. Tank size is 120L.

Man, talk about resurrecting an old post.

Yeah I expected the highway mileage to be around 1000km per 120 litre tank. I was more wondering about city driving, but according to some guys I've talked to it only gets about 700-750km per tank in the city.
5.9 R/T
10-18-2005, 11:52 AM
Originally posted by hockeybronx


Man, talk about resurrecting an old post.

Yeah I expected the highway mileage to be around 1000km per 120 litre tank. I was more wondering about city driving, but according to some guys I've talked to it only gets about 700-750km per tank in the city.

It depends on how you drive it. Driving around the city I've managed a best of 17-18 US MPG which is still fairly respectable. Usually equates to just a little less then 1000k per tank, but I've never had less then 800k per tank when driving it in a conservative manner.
hockeybronx
10-18-2005, 12:55 PM
Originally posted by 5.9 R/T


It depends on how you drive it. Driving around the city I've managed a best of 17-18 US MPG which is still fairly respectable. Usually equates to just a little less then 1000k per tank, but I've never had less then 800k per tank when driving it in a conservative manner.

Okay thanks, somewhere down the road I could see myself owning one, but we'll see what happens to fuel in the next 10 years.