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Originally Posted by Romer
So how is the gasoline along your travels? Have to do anything special?
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so far I have had no issues finding gas or the quality of it. as far as I can tell. the truck has been running great and my fuel economy (after i convert liters to gallons, the miles per gallon, then US dollars to pesos, bolivars, balboas, quetzals etc) has hovered around 12/13 miles per gallon and about $3.25 per gallon. exceeding my expectations on both fronts. here is the plan and i've only used it once so far.
I have 2 spare fuel filters with me and the long ass extentions to make the swap easier. i'm also carry coffee filters with me to preclean any iffy gas I might pick up along the way. I used the coffee filter once in a remote town in baja (even though it was still pemex) and it was totally clean after the fill up. I have been running premium/super whenever possible which as added to my costs but once I get the truck here in Colombia I think i'm going to run mid-grade in that the difference is almost a $1 between the two. last check it was 1800 pesos. Accoding to a fellow Mudder the midgrade is fine and he runs it in his Prado. So i'll give it a shot. Once I hit 20k miles i'll swap out a filter and let you know if there are any issues.
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