I always laugh when I see the posts from the diesel guys raving about their good gas mileage. Yeah well us gassers can get good MPG too so suck on this one!




Joe

I have pulled 32 more then a few times with mine and even 28 towing a 1300cc Busa. All i have to say is i am never going gas again. You have to look at it this way yes maintaining a diesel may cost more but they are rated at 1 million plus miles. While the gas motor is rated around 400 thousand if i remember correctly. Also i go 6.5K on Royal Purple oil before and oil change without any hesitation i want to see you do that with a gas. So that makes maintaining our vehicals equal there and of course gotta love that torque any gassers wanna hook up to some pulling sleds and see who wins and what fuel mileage looks like then?

Your CRD will never see 1 million miles,bet it does not even make 200k.I have yet to see a CRD(or heard of one) with over 150k on it without a major failure(IE turbo for you guys) that is 100% stock(no mods like unhook MAP or EGR,no trans upgrades,no tunes).There are many gasser KJ's on this board with well over 150k with no major issues beyond normal maintenance items.

Sorry but so far that is fact for small diesels in the US,gas is the better choice until you get above a 1/2 ton truck.

Comments like this hurt your credibility. How many VW Jetta TDIs are running around with 200, 300, 500 thousand miles on them? Can you count them all? How many Benz diesel from the 1980s are still on the road here? I see them all the time. The Jeep KJ CRD has only been out for 5 years!!! And despite that, I've already seen some with over 150K on the clock.

Do some research, then post. Small diesels last as long or longer than any of the junk V8 diesels in 3/4 and 1 ton trucks, with the exception of the legendary Cummins ISB family, because they were originally not designed for pickup trucks.

I guarantee you that eventually you'll see CRDs with hundreds of thousands of miles on the odo....and there won't be a gas KJ even close to that number. The 3.7/4.7/5.7 engine family from Chrysler is known to have sludge issues. Oh, but you knew that...right?

I have pulled 32 more then a few times with mine and even 28 towing a 1300cc Busa. All i have to say is i am never going gas again. You have to look at it this way yes maintaining a diesel may cost more but they are rated at 1 million plus miles. While the gas motor is rated around 400 thousand if i remember correctly. Also i go 6.5K on Royal Purple oil before and oil change without any hesitation i want to see you do that with a gas. So that makes maintaining our vehicals equal there and of course gotta love that torque any gassers wanna hook up to some pulling sleds and see who wins and what fuel mileage looks like then?

I'm only talking about the CRD,and I'm well aware of the VW TDI issues(there junk).Let's see proof of 100% stock CRD here is the states with 150k+ without major failure.

There are documented 3.7/4.7's with 300k+ and all original,the 5.7 is not the same engine family.


Oh and before the SFA swap............................

I could easily average what your claiming as a average.

My average is skewed because I routinely have been making trips with a 7,000 lb. trailer in tow, and 'wheeling, and so forth.

If you took out those tanks I'd be mid 20s average doing a 50/50 city/highway mix. My wife's 04 KJ 3.7 BONE STOCK was averaging 16-17 on the same driving circuit.

Translation: The CRD blows the gas KJ out of the water when you are looking at fuel economy. The last time I towed the 7K lb. trailer...I hand calculated 16 MPG...which is what most gas KJs are averaging running empty.

As of today, I have 400 miles on this tank and my EVIC is showing 28 MPG. That's with 255s and a lift kit. Read it and weep. A gas KJ can do that if you leave the engine off and tow it behind a motorhome maybe.