ok, well recently i put a ppe standard setting 1 on my truck.....great feel and alittle better on fuel, put 287 miles from full to one line below 3/4's, ok great now the problem, i stopped to sleep "when i go to races over 3 hours drivin i sleep in the truck" well i sleept about 7 hours and the alarm on my phone went off, get up figure which end is up walkin around and notice that a white car is about a foot off my rear quarter panel by the pipe and the whole side is black anyhow i get in to leave the freek the fuel guage is now half, anyone else ever seen this
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So your saying it used that much fuel whie ideling? I have heard they use about 1/2 gallon a hour idling. Also, My gauge sticks sometimes. Maybe you used more then after the fuel sending unit settled the gauge dropped.
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mine does the same thing...it is amazing how much fuel it uses idleing. when i go to british columbia from north dakota and stop to sleep on the way i have to be careful where i stop and how much fuel i have cuz it uses plenty. came close to running out of fuel couple of times
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MY lly uses closer to 1 gallon a hour with the a/c on. also I notice when idling my fuel gauge goes back towards the full mark, then if I start to move again it goes back down to where it should be. I think the rheostat on the sending unit is getting hot at giving a false reading. well thats only a 230.00 dollar part with about 2 hour labor, get to drop the tank OHHHH BOYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!
__________________ 06 3500 express van with lly with 1" and 1000 pound extra cap front coil springs and super springs on rear. Amsoil all the way through. She is a highway queen with 210k+ on her and counting
Unless it's freezing cold or extremely hot......I would never let my truck run that long. My uncle told me that, when you let a diesel idle like that, soot builds up A LOT...and that's how most diesel trucks clog. He said it takes A LOT of idling...but still not good for it.
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I like it when it is cold.... Climb into the sleeping bag, curl up with the P91 and sleep like a baby...
No need to idle... If it is hot??? just get the mini fan out and hook it to the power inverter and set the alarm for every four hours to start the truck so that batteries do not die...
I know, it is a lot to deal with and I am risking new batteries for it... but most of the time when I haul it is not hot enough to even run the fan...
__________________ TRUCK ONE: '03 GMC Sierra 2500HD 4X4 Ext. Cab Short Bed LB7, K&N Intk AFE Fltr, 4in exhaust, Banks Six-gun w/ power PDA and Speed Loader, FASS Fuel System, 6-Spd Manual Tranny w/ Custom Ceramic Dual Disk Clutch By: South Bend, Pyro and Boost Gauges in the A-Pillar
TRUCK TWO: '02 GMC Sierra 3500 4X4 Ext. Cab Long Bed LB7 Allison; Stock for now but will be upgraded before too long.
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I like it when it is cold.... Climb into the sleeping bag, curl up with the P91 and sleep like a baby...
No need to idle... If it is hot??? just get the mini fan out and hook it to the power inverter and set the alarm for every four hours to start the truck so that batteries do not die...
I know, it is a lot to deal with and I am risking new batteries for it... but most of the time when I haul it is not hot enough to even run the fan...
Pull the negative on one of the batteries and sleep away...you'll have plenty of juice stored to restart after your beauty sleep.
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Pulling 10 tons daily.
2006 Chev 6.0L/4L80e 3500WT DRW Ex-Cab
9 'Flat/GN, Ride-Rite Air Springs, A/T Revos.
Pulling 6 tons daily.
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the freek the fuel guage is now half, anyone else ever seen this 
, Pyro and Boost Gauges in the A-Pillar
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