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dieselfanatic
01-09-2010, 12:08 AM
Tonight I have to idle engine all night how many gallons will I. Use?

jlawles2
01-09-2010, 12:09 AM
Why would you need to idle truck all night? Cold weather?

turnpike
01-09-2010, 12:17 AM
It will burn about a gallon and a half an hour on base idle.
On high idle it will burn just over two gallons an hour.
Unless its down below zero I wouldn't leave it run all night. On base idle it will sort up badly. Would take a while to clean out with a heavy load.

mavcaster
01-09-2010, 04:14 AM
from what i've always read, it'll only burn just under a gallon of fuel for every three hours idling at low rpm.

mavcaster
01-09-2010, 04:19 AM
http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/showthread.php?t=345542