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Break In Mileage

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#1 ·
I have an 08 F250 CC SB with 23K on it. What is the normal time for these engines to break in? I am hoping the mileage will get better when is it broken in.
 
#3 ·
^^^What he said. Spartan tuner with dpf delete is the popular choice and has been the leader in 6.4 tuning. dpfdeletekits.com will help you out. The savings in fuel will pay for the tuner and pipe very quickly.
 
#5 ·
So very true....first tank with spartan was actually worse LOL but, it was all my fault. I couldn't help myself, if a kid on a bike looked at me silly that first tank I puffed smoke :rofl:
 
#8 ·
Thanks for the information by the way. I drove another brand for a number of years and was really spoiled by the mileage. The working power of that other truck was awesome but it rattled like crazy. I bet you can guess which one it was. Awesome drive train, crappy body.
 
#10 ·
That is if your lucky enough to be able to do the "back to stock" in your driveway/garage. If you are unlucky enough to need work on the truck 1000 miles away from your stock DPF/CAT you are out of luck.

And since most of my miles are far away from home on vacation the DPF/CAT delete gamble is not worth it to me until my warranty is gone.
 
#12 ·
I travel ALOT for work and my remidy for this situation was to put the dpf in my toolbox and carry it around with me where ever I go. If I ever have issues, I call AAA wait the 45 min for them to arrive, in the meantime Im under the truck putting the DPF back on. It is kind of a pain in the butt to have the DPF in the toolbox, but it works for me!
 
#14 ·
Nope I havent had to do it, havent had my truck long enough to have to do it. But yes you just put it back to stock programming and pull the DD off of your dash and to the dealer you go. This was also the reason why I only did the DPF delete and not the full doc/dpf delete... DPF is big but not hard to carry around, an entire exhaust system is though haha.
 
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