is it a gas ⛽️ hog ?

Hello community,
So my Tacoma got me about 10mpg today and is eating fuel like nothing. What should I do , I’m currently running 30% bigger tires and got heavy topper on my bed that’s it. My driving is very grandpa . Tacoma is 2nd gen 4 banger 5 lug. What should I do to improve my mpg? Thanks
When it was stock I use to get about 25mpg.

 

Go back to stock

 

LS swap?

 

Tires are aggressive ones

 

Probably should start saving your gas rewards points for a Tesla truck.

 

Is it Friday already? Why do you have aggressive big tires on a 2WD 4cyl truck? Silly. Go back to stock. You're just going to get responses of people dunking on you for crippling your own truck.

You could also search the forum for answers instead of having people spoon feed it to you. Here's a link, time for you to do some reading: https://www.google.com/search?q=site:tacomaworld.com+improve+mpg

 

Huge tires on a 4 banger is your problem along with a lot more weight.

 

There is nothing you can do to improve fuel mileage from the factory. There is a lot you can do to make it worse as you've discovered.

The good news. The 30% larger tires mean your speedometer and odometer are off as well. That means you are actually driving farther than you think on each tank of fuel. So, you're actually doing a little better than 10 mpg. Maybe 11 mpg.

 

my 15 4cyl 4x4 gets 18-20 in summer(summer tires) 16-18 winter tires(stock size but more aggressive tread)

 

Make sure all of your maintenance is up to date. Fluids, spark plugs, throttle body cleaning etc.

Did you start getting that shitty fuel mileage right after you put on big tires and a heavy topper on a 16 year old 4 cyl truck? Or did it all of a sudden happen? Either way, common sense should tell you that you won't get stock mileage when the truck is not stock anymore. More weight = more drag.

 

Is it always 10mpg? Or just this most recent tank? I've had some really bad tanks of fuel like that too. Maybe winter gas blend change? But likely just a shitty tank of fuel. Might take a couple tanks to get back to where you were previously. That's been my experience.

 

try putting 30% smaller wheels and see if you get 25mpg

 

Get 420 miles per tank on mine

 

This guy is a troll…….dont give him a second thought.

 

Don't forget to adjust any mpg calculation you may be doing due to larger tires - your truck will "think" it's traveling fewer miles because of fewer wheel rotations per mile actually traveled.

 

40 inch tires on a 4cyl taco? Right, and I'm Cindy Lauper.

 

When did humanity forget that "LoOkInG cOoL" comes at a price?