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Originally Posted by slowmover
All is not woe: the 2011 and later FORD diesel trucks (perhaps the others) are breaking out engine hours in two categories: idle time and for travel. That will be a help to anyone using these trucks for business.
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Having that on a display yould be great, but at least the ECU does log it. I love listening in to the "comversations" where the tech explains to the guy that X problem isn't covered under warranty because 40% of his run time is at idle. The response is always an indignant "but diesels are meant to idle!" That gets "If by idle you mean put out real power at a lower rpm than gasoline, yes- but they're not meant to spend so much time without load."
And I'm watching it all wondering if Mr. Landscaper leaves his mowers and weed whackers running while they're on his trailer going from job to job the same way he leaves his pickup running when he's at the job. He probably complains about how expensive fuel is, too.