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Old Apr 3, 2008 | 1:27 PM
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I just bought a 1998 chevy 2500 it has the 350 in it, has 170,000 miles on it. i just had a tune up on it and i am still getting 12 is this normal? or what should i be getting and is there anything else i can do to increase the mileage
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Old Apr 3, 2008 | 1:55 PM
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Welcome to the forum!!! What rear end gears do you have?
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Old Apr 3, 2008 | 2:58 PM
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3.73
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Old Apr 3, 2008 | 2:59 PM
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Do you have stock size tires?
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Old Apr 3, 2008 | 3:02 PM
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no i got 265/75R16 on it now stock is 245/75R16
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Old Apr 3, 2008 | 3:11 PM
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What kind of driving are you doing mostly? city? highway?
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Old Apr 3, 2008 | 3:17 PM
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highway about 36 miles round trip
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Old Apr 3, 2008 | 3:21 PM
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like mr. northey has asked for nothing but city driving lots of stop and go. that would probably be about right. but if thats with nothing but highway driving i would start thinking that the tires need to be downsized. is it an auto trans or stick. one thing you could do is go through and change all oils, to synthetic, something like mobil or royal purple.
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Old Apr 3, 2008 | 3:21 PM
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12 Maybe normal with 3.73 gears, mine gets 15 highway with 3.43 gears andI bet your truck a little but heavier than mine.
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Old Apr 3, 2008 | 3:26 PM
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its an automatic and all that i do run and all that was run before i got it was synthetic
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