Bolt snapper
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I know I'm pushing the "Annoying New Member" envelope with all of my inane questions, so I apologize in advance. I promise I will let up here shortly once I do a thorough shake out and get a few issues resolved.
As you may know from my other recent posts, I've recently purchased an '04 5.4, and one of the issues I have right off the bat is fouled up front brakes. I'm in the midst of throwing parts at that problem to try to fix it. In the mean time, I took the truck on a 250 mile road trip last Sunday, and according to the odometer reading, the highest average MPG is 15.8. I don't have a heavy foot, don't accelerate hard (in fact, kind of baby a vehicle). Average speed was probably 65 MPH. 15.8 MPG was the highest the display hit. Is this typical for this year, motor, etc? I'm trying to gauge whether or not the slightly sticky brakes are robbing mpg and/or if any other issues exist (clogged cats, etc). I tried a search for "mpg", but it must be too few characters, and I couldn't find anything. Nothing in the stickies either.
Let me know if this highway mpg is low and I need to find a contributing issue! Thanks!
As you may know from my other recent posts, I've recently purchased an '04 5.4, and one of the issues I have right off the bat is fouled up front brakes. I'm in the midst of throwing parts at that problem to try to fix it. In the mean time, I took the truck on a 250 mile road trip last Sunday, and according to the odometer reading, the highest average MPG is 15.8. I don't have a heavy foot, don't accelerate hard (in fact, kind of baby a vehicle). Average speed was probably 65 MPH. 15.8 MPG was the highest the display hit. Is this typical for this year, motor, etc? I'm trying to gauge whether or not the slightly sticky brakes are robbing mpg and/or if any other issues exist (clogged cats, etc). I tried a search for "mpg", but it must be too few characters, and I couldn't find anything. Nothing in the stickies either.
Let me know if this highway mpg is low and I need to find a contributing issue! Thanks!