Low MpG's

[Oefootball_70]

I'm getting about 12-13 highway. Going 60-70 mph.

Any ideas? I thought I'd be seeing 16-18.

Any maintenance items need to be done at 150k miles?

 

[MUSKYMAN52]

Tuner, cold air intake, cut off the resonator, and replace the muffler with a thrush glasspack

 

[Razor]

Seems pretty normal to me... I'm running about 7600lbs.

 

[MUSKYMAN52]

i was happy when i hit 12, was gettin 10

 

[01yellerCobra]

I get 12 around town. When was the last time it had a tune up? New plugs, fuel filter, clean the MAF, etc.

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[Oefootball_70]

I thought the 2nd gens got better mpg than the 1st gens.

 

[cryogenx]

I'm averaging 16.5 in my 06

 

[Mikes05expy]

I get 12 around town. When was the last time it had a tune up? New plugs, fuel filter, clean the MAF, etc.

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I'd kill for 12mpg's right now, I'm averaging 9.3 right now. I'm in desperate need of a tune up but construction sucks in the winter so the funds are a little lacking at the moment.

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[mc0311grunt]

I get about 11.5 in town

 

[dbovine]

I thought the 2nd gens got better mpg than the 1st gens.

2nd gens would but not till 2005 I think. 2003 and 2004 have the same 2v motor as the 2002s. 2005 I believe is when they got the 3v motor.

 

[GAINMOB]

2nd gens would but not till 2005 I think. 2003 and 2004 have the same 2v motor as the 2002s. 2005 I believe is when they got the 3v motor.

that is correct...invest in a programmer...superchips...edge...diablosport...check 5startuning on the vendor page and get a custom tuned programmer designed to how you want your truck to run for same price of those i mentioned...

 

[96mustangV6]

My 98 gets round 14-16 on highway. Very rarely do i hit 16 though.

But 9-11 intown. But its not real hilly round here on highway. Depends on where your at.

 

[superexpy]

I get 10.5 in town and probably 10.6347 hwy.......

 

[Oefootball_70]

Dang. These get worse MpG's than my lifted 4.7v8 dodge.

I'm trying to win a really cheap Superchips on eBay now. If I do, and I feel some ponies loosened. I might buy a K&N intake. After that I'll keep you posted. Really want to get a set of sway bars. But they are expensive for me right now.

 

[Brusky]

Between 16.5 and 17 running 75mph on cruise and 13.5 to 14 average. 123,000 miles.

 

[1997SCEBFEX]

are your mpg computations based on fill up gallons and miles driven?
the trip computers are notorious for inaccuracy +/- as well as the instantaneous read out.

I've averaged 13.47 mpg over the lifetime since delivery in 05/1997 (161,000+) using the above mentioned method.

PanHandler.

 

[MoHawk]

Thanks for the info guys.

 

[walnuts4x4]

hell I'm high 11s- in town and 13s on the highway

 

[MoHawk]

I'm 14 around town and 20.5 on the highway. Not near as bad as I expected

 

[alaskanexpy]

i've seen 15.9-18 on the highway w/my 98.

hell if my '02 V10 4x4 excursion can do 14.5mpg on the highway a 2nd gen expy should be able to hit a few clicks above that.