From: Jim Newton (jnewton@laurel.com)
Date: Mon Jul 21 2003 - 00:04:09 PDT
Hi Everyone...
Whenever I drive my (multifuel running diesel) deuce a long way
(several hundred miles or so), whenever I stop to fuel it up there is
quite a lot of smoke or vapor that comes out of the tank as soon as I
open the cap.
Does this happen on anyone else's deuce? What is causing this smoke?
I'm not worried...just curious.
***
BTW, I drove the deuce from the San Francisco peninsula almost to Reno
and back (382 miles) on a single tank of fuel this weekend, and that
was with the 7,000 lb CUCV Suburban in tow and including a bunch of
4-wheeling ...er, I mean 6, make that...10 wheeling up in the mountain
dirt fire trails with 30 troops on board! Not bad. Comes out to
right about 7-1/2 MPG. That's probably better than the soccer mom's
big Ford Excursion down the street gets. ;)
Thanks!
--Jim "Ike" Newton
o 1984 M1007 CUCV Military Suburban 6.2 Liter (378 CID) Turbo-Diesel Engine 5/4 Ton Cargo Capacity, 4WD
o 1971 M35A2 Military Troop/Cargo Truck "Deuce and a Half" 478 CID Turbo-Diesel Multi-Fuel Engine Air Shift Front Axle 2 1/2 Ton Cargo Capacity, 6WD
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