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Old 03-22-2008, 08:07 PM
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Originally Posted by daveuz View Post
I would normally disagree BUT I believe that the gas powered ones are so much cheaper to buy than the diesels that even if the cost per mile was cheaper with the better fuel mileage in the diesel , the cost difference in trucks would be too much to overcome .
Oil change is 15-16 quarts at a time. Change that ever 3000 and if you don't have a reason, you are screwing yourself. Also, with diesel, you have another issue. HUEI systems are totally dependent on oil. Cold temps and the oil doesn't work as well. So, you have to switch to synthetic oil.
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