Recent content by dusty76

Re: Question on map sensor readings The best I have got is 14 to 14.5 mpg. I drive to school on the interstate and keep it around 65-70 trying to get good fuel mileage. The only non engine thing i can think of is it seems to need an alignment, it pulls to the right pretty bad and feels darty...

Re: Question on map sensor readings Nothing? C'mon, you guys seem to know these trucks down to every nut bolt and washer. Has nobody ever noticed this oddity.

I borrowed my buddies Snap-On scanner trying to find any issues that would be causing my bad fuel economy. about the same time, i for some reason checked the Distributor cap and found all of the terminals were corroded bad. 1500 miles on complete rebuild and all new ignition componets. so i...

Re: New in Illinois I drill in Granite City for the reserves. Wanna buy a Ty?

Hi there, I have been chasing poor fuel mileage for a while in my ty. the other day, I found that the egr valve leaks off vacuum. 20" goes away in about 5 to 10 seconds. Is the valve definately bad? it does move when i hold the throttle up in park, but not very far. Any help would be...

Re: Terrible Fuel Mileage I did find tonight that the egr diaphragm doesn't hold vacuum. It does move when you hold the rpm up in park. when i put a mighty vac on it, it drops from 20" vacuum to 0" in about 5 seconds. My thought is that it pulls all of the timing wi\hile cruising if the egr...

Re: Terrible Fuel Mileage I understand it isn't a prius, but I don't think that 18 to 20 mpg seems unreasonable. I have done plenty of looking around and that seems to be the average for a stock truck. Last night, i downloaded datamaster and my cable checks out ok, but it won't recognize the...

Re: Terrible Fuel Mileage I drive pretty reasonably, because I want the fuel mileage to be good. I use the cruise and go between around 65 and 75, but more towards 65 to 68. I figured out how to get the cable i built to test good in tunerpro rt v5, but i couldn't get any data still today. A...

I bought my Typhoon while i was deployed thinking it only needed a head gasket. 4 bent rods and two gand later, it runs great. But, the fuel economy is dismal. The best I have gotten so far is like 14.6 mpg on a tank. I commute about 110 miles a day to school and it is all interstate. I kept...

Re: Lower Intake Destroyed There she is. My machinist is going to replace it for me. He is knowledgable, and I have used him for my motorcycle engines for well over 10 years. He said a personee he talked to said that some manifolds from the early 90's were not really normal aluminum. I dont...

I bought a Typhoon while in Iraq thinking it only needed a head gasket. I got home three weeks ago to find that it had 4 bent rods and on set of broken rings. I am getting it wrapped up and went to get my heads toe other day to find out that my lower plenum melted apart at the machine shop...