Why I love my CRD.

CRD Joe · **Posted:** Sat Oct 01, 2011 10:47 am

Took a little highway trip to Eastern Washington to go backpacking.

324 miles and one tick ABOVE a quarter tank. Ya gotta love that..

striperman36 · **Posted:** Sat Oct 01, 2011 10:53 am

how did you do that? I'm not even close to that? you burning WVO?

CRD Joe · **Posted:** Sat Oct 01, 2011 11:05 am

striperman36 wrote:

how did you do that? I'm not even close to that? you burning WVO?

While I do run bio, the truck suffers in the mileage department. Bio doesnt produce the same BTU per unit as normal diesel. If youre looking to maximise your mileage stick with normal diesel and use a good fuel additive.

Discipline! 57 MPH on cruise (1700rpm) mirrors folded in and the antenna off (Sat radio).

If I kept to the freeway I bet it would be another 700+ mile tank.

mikey1273 · **Posted:** Sat Oct 01, 2011 12:20 pm

that's pretty darn good. I won't do all that but i use satellite radio too and took off my antenna. I don't fold in mirrors because i like them to see around me. I have seen EVIC report 33 mpg in the highway keeping my rpm under 2000 with out cruise

tim wulf · **Posted:** Sat Oct 01, 2011 1:00 pm

I like the check engine light !

Classic.

Siardi · **Posted:** Sat Oct 01, 2011 3:08 pm

That's freaking phenomenal !!!

If I can get half of that I'll be super-happy. I can see myself doing the mirror trick on the highway, not the antenna, need the radio.....

Willy.

CRD Joe · **Posted:** Sat Oct 01, 2011 3:22 pm

tim wulf wrote:

I like the check engine light !

Classic.

You get that by unplugging your EGR.

Greasey Bob · **Joined:** Tue Dec 14, 2010 3:34 am **Posts:** 228

I just drove from the east coast of Florida to the West coast of Florida. I noted that the fuel gauge was in the exact same place as your. But we already had 1100 miles on that tank of diesel. Went we got home it was at 1400 miles and the gauge went to 3/4 exact.

Of course striperman is right I am burning WVO and the Jeep loves it. Grease is not for everybody but that is why we love our Jeep. Everything has risk.

irollgen4s · **Posted:** Sat Oct 01, 2011 6:10 pm

i just was halfway between empty and 1/4 when i traveled 292 miles.... whats going on here.

CRD Joe · **Posted:** Sat Oct 01, 2011 7:29 pm

Greasey Bob wrote:

I just drove from the east coast of Florida to the West coast of Florida. I noted that the fuel gauge was in the exact same place as your. But we already had 1100 miles on that tank of diesel. Went we got home it was at 1400 miles and the gauge went to 3/4 exact.

Of course striperman is right I am burning WVO and the Jeep loves it. Grease is not for everybody but that is why we love our Jeep. Everything has risk.

So youre trying to tell me you got 1400 miles on ONE tank of fuel? I dont care what your burning, that's 70+ MPG and that's not possible!

Sorry. As its been said before, these trucks are "Bricks" being pushed through our atmosphere. 70mpg with this vehicle is not possible.

06CRD · **Joined:** Fri Aug 26, 2011 5:11 pm **Posts:** 45

I believe all the lights are on because he has the ignition in the aux mode; the motor isn't on....

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Sat Oct 01, 2011 8:42 pm

55mpg's in your CRD is impossible also.Your fuel gauge is off or your ODO is wrong.

Greasey Bob · **Joined:** Tue Dec 14, 2010 3:34 am **Posts:** 228

Actually I filled the tank this evening I went 1415 miles and used 6.8 gallons of diesel and that works out to 208 mpg. But that does not count the 3 times I filled the Veg oil tank mounted on the back of the truck. That fuel is free. The fuel guage in the dash does not move when burning WVO in a two tank system which is what I have. Really we are probably getting low 20's for each gallon of fuel burned driving 80 on the highway and stop and go traffic. But my wallet only registers the 208. Normally I only get 170 mpg the 208 was a good tank.

The longer the trip the less diesel that gets used and the more veg oil that gets used. The system is you start on diesel when it is hot you switch to grease and burn grease. When it is time to stop you flush the grease out of the system with diesel. This weekend I drove one miles and switched to grease then I drove 110 miles to our destination then I turned the grease off. Turn out we burn only one gallon of diesel every 208 miles.

On a side note the best non hybrid system mpg was in a 2000 Chevy Corvette. I was traveling on a long slow road and set the cruise control at 47 mph we got 49 mpg on that trip. It was idling down the road in 6th gear.

racertracer · **Posted:** Sat Oct 01, 2011 9:02 pm

CRD Joe wrote:

57 mpg

I didn't hear that ...... can you repeat and clarify.

racertracer · **Posted:** Sat Oct 01, 2011 9:06 pm

Greasy,

when my CRD comes back from the shop, I will be converting it to run on VO with an Elsbett VO system that I picked up from a member who decided to sell his CRD before installing it.

flash7210 · **Posted:** Sat Oct 01, 2011 9:12 pm

CRD Joe wrote:

striperman36 wrote:

how did you do that? I'm not even close to that? you burning WVO?

While I do run bio, the truck suffers in the mileage department. Bio doesnt produce the same BTU per unit as normal diesel. If youre looking to maximise your mileage stick with normal diesel and use a good fuel additive.

Discipline! 57 mpg on cruise (1700rpm) mirrors folded in and the antenna off (Sat radio).

If I kept to the freeway I bet it would be another 700+ mile tank.

Ok, I call BS.

I don't care what special additive you have in the fuel, it did not
help you get 300 miles on your first quarter tank.
I think you forgot to reset your trip ODO at your last fuel up.

If if I were to assume that your trip ODO is in fact accurate
then you are in for a big surprise when you hit 600 miles and
and the gauge suddenly drops to empty.

The fuel gauges on these Jeeps are seriously F-ed up.
A half tank should be ten gallons right?
Go ahead, run your tank to empty, add ten gallons and see
where the fuel gauge needle lies.
It WILL be somewhere between 3/4 and 1/2 full. Usually closer
to 3/4.

On my CRD, with a full tank I will go 100 miles before the
needle comes off F. At 200 miles I'm at 3/4 full. At 300
miles I'm at 1/2 full.
So I should be getting 30 mpg, right?
Wrong!
At 500 miles the low fuel light comes. Pull off to get fuel
and add 20 gallons to the tank. Thats 25 mpg!

Even if I correct for the measured 4% ODO error thats
still only 26 mpg.

Look, I realize that 30-34 mpg is not impossible for the
CRD. But please wait until you have reached the end of
the tank and filled up before posting your amazing mpgs.

CRD Joe · **Posted:** Sat Oct 01, 2011 11:20 pm

Sorry, I meant to say 57 MPH. Not 57 MPG.

Sorry Flash you insult me. Of course I reset my trip meter. Ive gotten over 750 miles on a tank before. This isnt the first time Ive been at 300 on a quarter tank. Just because you cant do it doesnt mean I cant. Do you fold in your mirrors and drive at 57 mph at 1700 RPM for HOURS? I do.

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Sat Oct 01, 2011 11:46 pm

CRD Joe wrote:

Sorry, I meant to say 57 MPH. Not 57 MPG.

Sorry Flash you insult me. Of course I reset my trip meter. Ive gotten over 750 miles on a tank before. This isnt the first time Ive been at 300 on a quarter tank. Just because you cant do it doesnt mean I cant. Do you fold in your mirrors and drive at 57 mph at 1700 RPM for HOURS? I do.

Yeah no one has ever gone past the 40mpg mark,your not going to blast past it with 55+.More so after adding a few hundred pounds of SkidRow skid plates.Mirrors folded in or not and even at 500rpm's doing 5mph.

CRD Joe · **Posted:** Sat Oct 01, 2011 11:55 pm

Of course I wouldnt claim that. Read the sentence with context. I was asked how Im getting that kind of mileage. 57 MPH at 1700 RPM.... Not 57 MPG......

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Sun Oct 02, 2011 7:33 am

CRD Joe wrote:

Of course I wouldnt claim that. Read the sentence with context. I was asked how Im getting that kind of mileage. 57 MPH at 1700 RPM.... Not 57 MPG......

324 miles on 1/4 tank.

You have a 20.5 gallon tank,your claiming just over 55mpg's.

Why I love my CRD.

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