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Oct 16, 2019 | 01:40 PM

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and according to the OP, it was doing this before the tune.

Oct 16, 2019 | 05:50 PM

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All the more reason for me to believe it's getting what it's gonna get

Oct 16, 2019 | 07:27 PM

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A guy posted about his front diff getting stuck. Not exactly sure what his differential issue was, but try pulling the front driveshaft and see if there’s a mileage gain.

Oct 16, 2019 | 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by ReallySatisfies

Update: figured out my front diff was stuck, gave it a bit of a workout, and now drives better, got it up to 14mpg. Still not impressive, but I ordered black bear's data logger tune and just put a volant on today (sounds mean!). My cats tested great.

New issue started a few days ago, feels like it's randomly losing fuel pressure. Whether just accelerating from a light to 30, or getting on the freeway, it feels like I'm back and forth on the gas pedal. Really annoying, idles fine, starts fine. Any ideas???

Here it is

Oct 18, 2019 | 05:27 AM

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A guy posted about his front diff getting stuck. Not exactly sure what his differential issue was, but try pulling the front driveshaft and see if there’s a mileage gain.

Front diff isnl unlocked

Oct 18, 2019 | 08:18 PM

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I noticed I have a very bad motor mount, motor is hanging about an inch and a half low in the front, that wouldnt cause a noticable drop in mpg would.it, I mean because of the new driveline angle?

Oct 19, 2019 | 02:04 AM

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I noticed I have a very bad motor mount, motor is hanging about an inch and a half low in the front, that wouldnt cause a noticable drop in mpg would.it, I mean because of the new driveline angle?