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Old 10-11-2012, 07:31 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by metromizer View Post
Just having purchased a used E350 Powerstroke, I'm new to the whole turbo Diesel thing myself... the word among the Diesel truck guys is FE goes up if you can drive it easy enough to keep it 'off boost'.
Nothing wrong with the boost, it just seems to me those big diesel trucks are usually tuned to over-fuel, so when they get on boost you see the fuel flowing out the exhaust.

Especially with something so over-powered, it is important to accelerate briskly to put the engine in it's more efficient part of the BSFC curve, just don't push it to the point of visible smoke or high rpms.
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