Today I had a lot of work related driving to do so I thought I would check my gas mileage since I never have before. Please correct me if I'm wrong but here are my numbers.
First fill up. 15.418 Gal. 106424 miles
Second fill up. 13.914 Gal 106633 miles
15.02 MPG ( Stop and go around town)
Third fill up. 13.540 Gal 106922 Miles
21.34 MPG ( This was mostly Highway)
Is this comparable to most of our stock crews? I still have the stock exhaust and filter.
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Beats me all to heck. What's your rear end ratio?
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I am averaging about 17.5mpg regularly on my 60 mile a day commute. Thats mostly highway but a few good hill in both directions. Haven't done many highway trips best I got was right around 20.5mpg so sounds about right to me.
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The rear is 3.73.
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I work construction and all of my jobs since I have had my CC have been 2 or fewer miles from the freeways. I live 1.6 miles from the 101 so all of my driving is freeway. I have played with my mileage over the last month and a half and if I drive like I used to I get between 13.5 and 17 MPG. If I set my cruise at 70 and stay in the right two lanes I get between 20.88 (worst) and 22.33 (best). I filled up last Friday after work and had 360.4 on the trip with my fuel light on what seemed like forever. It took 16.9 gallons to fill up.
360 / 16.9 = 21.3 MPG. I just wanted to push the limits to see what I could get away with; I was carrying five gallons in the bed in case I ran out. The funny thing is since I have been driving slower I seem to get to work in the same amount of time in California traffic and I pass the guys driving like a’s at least three or four times along my path to work. They speed up and dodge traffic and they lose me only to have everything come to a slow down for me to catch up 15 minutes later. The light bulb finally clicked for me. The big key for me is easy on the throttle when I am leaving a stoplight or when traffic slows down on the freeway. If I keep the rpms at or below 2000 I get good gas mileage (For this truck)
360 / 16.9 = 21.3 MPG. I just wanted to push the limits to see what I could get away with; I was carrying five gallons in the bed in case I ran out. The funny thing is since I have been driving slower I seem to get to work in the same amount of time in California traffic and I pass the guys driving like a’s at least three or four times along my path to work. They speed up and dodge traffic and they lose me only to have everything come to a slow down for me to catch up 15 minutes later. The light bulb finally clicked for me. The big key for me is easy on the throttle when I am leaving a stoplight or when traffic slows down on the freeway. If I keep the rpms at or below 2000 I get good gas mileage (For this truck)
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I'd kill for 300 on my trip! Are you some demented S-10 torturer?williamcstonejr wrote:........................................I filled up last Friday after work and had 360.4 on the trip with my fuel light on what seemed like forever. It took 16.9 gallons to fill up.....................
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Usually I fill tank up to the cap, drive 140 highway miles and get ¾ of tank when I park my truck in garage. I drive between 60 and 70 mph with no stops, DRL & AC on.
P.S. Who knows how many fuel leaves in a tank when fuel light turns on? And when it happens to run out of gas could the fuel pump get any damages?
P.S. Who knows how many fuel leaves in a tank when fuel light turns on? And when it happens to run out of gas could the fuel pump get any damages?
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The fuel gauge is pretty unpredictable. I have never seen the low fuel light illuminate, and never plan to, so I really don't know what reserve you have left.GAS wrote:P.S. Who knows how many fuel leaves in a tank when fuel light turns on? And when it happens to run out of gas could the fuel pump get any damages?
Driving on the top half of the tank is a good idea. Fuel is the cooling medium for the fuel pump. Running it low on fuel starves the fuel pump of precious cooling and the fuel sender of its lubrication.
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