HO Turbo Diesel

[Junyr]

Please settle a dispute for me, sounds like a stupid question, but bear with me... For those of you familiar with driving a Dodge 6 spd manual H/O turbo diesel. At what gear should you be in at 50-55 MPH? 5th or 6th? Thanks.

[pind]

yup

Depending on whether or not you are towing, or running empty, or going up a hill, or or or

5th or 6th is fine. Just revving a bit more in 5th

[Junyr]

Yeah, I reckon I should have been a bit more specific, realized that last night after I got offline. Specifically... no load, normal highway driving with no huge inclines, etc...

[pind]

running empty there is nothing wrong with 6th. running loaded, kep it pulling above 1700 rpm. which means 5th from time to time

[fredjacksonsan]

MPG will suffer over 2000rpm, too.