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Hey all, 

     Live in a big city but seriously considering duramax as a daily, short commute lots of stop and go traffic. Diesel same price as premium or less at times. Anybody else do this? Should I go with gas instead? MPG savings seem significant with diesel but not sure that matters with my 15 mile commute. Appreciate any thoughts.

redwngr Senior Enthusiast

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I'm a duramax fan, and often try to show the other side of info sometimes posted by some that 'have heard' bad about them.

 

However, if it's primary job is a 15 mile stop-and-go commute I'd suggest a gasser. 

 

 

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steve841 Enthusiast

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Its fine....  You have a warranty if anything goes wrong.

 

There's nothing that says don't drive less than this or longer than that .. 

 

End of story.

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I've got the 3.0 Dmax Jr, and I wouldn't recommend it if you are not getting on a highway for a good drive at least once a week.  These trucks really need time to get up to temp for the emissions equipment to work properly, but that's just my opinion.

yousaveone Enthusiast

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Ya sounds like your not gonna put a lot of miles on it and remain in warranty so sure. Although you might find that the small added expense of owning a diesel offsets fuel prices. Also diesel fuel will cost more the gas soon. 

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10 hours ago, yousaveone said:

Ya sounds like your not gonna put a lot of miles on it and remain in warranty so sure. Although you might find that the small added expense of owning a diesel offsets fuel prices. Also diesel fuel will cost more the gas soon. 

How much do you think diesel will go up? 

yousaveone Enthusiast

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Fuel is low now because a decrease in OTR trucks. Eventually the supply chain will recover and diesel will be .50 - 1.00 more then gas. All fuels are priced at least 1.00 too low currently. Enjoy it while its cheap.

yousaveone Enthusiast

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The people above don't understand diesel regeneration. While these trucks can be driven 15 miles everyday it will eventually cause issues. The basic question remains; why would you buy this truck for short commutes? Diesels are horrible when it comes to maintenance; fuel filters, DPF, injectors, turbos, etc. Don't do it unless your going to run it. Go to any diesel shop and ask them.

redwngr Senior Enthusiast

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Many short trips at speed is a different issue than only doing 2 short stop-and-go trips for work commute each day.

 

 

 

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kpromero Enthusiast

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I may have made a BIG mistake then. Just purchased a 3.0L and pretty much drive 15 miles round trip to work and home on weekdays doing city driving. 15 minutes a drive it will mostly be running. I asked the mechanic there this question and he told me it was made for this and pretty much your diesel cars mostly run in city driving environments and non-issues. 

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On 12/27/2020 at 3:44 PM, kpromero said:

I may have made a BIG mistake then. Just purchased a 3.0L and pretty much drive 15 miles round trip to work and home on weekdays doing city driving. 15 minutes a drive it will mostly be running. I asked the mechanic there this question and he told me it was made for this and pretty much your diesel cars mostly run in city driving environments and non-issues. 

Take her out on a longer trip.  I do that..head down 45 minutes, then back.  About 120 mile round trip.  Enough for a regen.  I have about 15k-16k miles on her.  Went to the coast, towed my travel trailer etc.  You have to make some time for that regen process.

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8 hours ago, AlexB said:

Take her out on a longer trip.  I do that..head down 45 minutes, then back.  About 120 mile round trip.  Enough for a regen.  I have about 15k-16k miles on her.  Went to the coast, towed my travel trailer etc.  You have to make some time for that regen process.

Thanks. I work 6 days a week so come Sunday I am pretty much just wanting to chill.  Guess thats what I get for listening to someone that I trusted to give me the correct answer regarding this concern. What would be the least amount of run time you would suggest and still be good for regen and not have problems down the road with it?

redwngr Senior Enthusiast

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On 12/27/2020 at 4:44 PM, kpromero said:

I may have made a BIG mistake then. Just purchased a 3.0L and pretty much drive 15 miles round trip to work and home on weekdays doing city driving. 15 minutes a drive it will mostly be running. I asked the mechanic there this question and he told me it was made for this and pretty much your diesel cars mostly run in city driving environments and non-issues. 

Didn't mean to scare you. 

It'll probably be fine.  If it has an issue, it'll tell you.

 

Regen is about a 20-30 minute thing once everything is up to temp. 

If regen is interrupted it will continue next trip.  (for 5 years, most regens on my LML were split over more than one of it's many daily short trips)

 

Certainly there is no need for 120 mile trips for regen. (even on the LML 6.6's that took about 30 miles to do a complete regen)

 

If after multiple attempts it cannot not reduce the soot load enough, it will give a message.

 

The 3.0L exhaust filter system is different from the 6.6L ones.  Exhaust filter is close coupled with engine in engine bay.

I'm guessing one of the reasons for the exhaust system differences is to keep exhaust filter warm more easily. 

 

 

 

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