Fuel mileage

Just wondering what kind of mileage everyone is seeing with winter blend fuel. I'm only getting 13.5 mpg average using the fuelly app. I also have a 3 inch lift and 285/70r17 tires. Truck has 62k on it.

 

265-75-16, 3/2" lift & level. 17mpg on regular winter blend. 43k miles, haven't swapped plugs, Mobil-1 synthetic oil 3,500 miles ago.

 

19.5, 2014 2WD, 2.7L, 25k miles, 255/70R16

 

20mpg last fill up!

2013 V6 TRD Sport 4x4.
Mix city and highway.
265 70/17

Lead foot to boot!

 

18-20MPG. Stock 2014 SR5 2.7L auto 4X4. 45K miles.

 

I have the 4.0 I should have mentioned that. Any idea how I could get some better mpgs? I don't have much of a lead foot, and I couldn't tell you the last time the plugs/air filter has been changed. I just bought the rig in December.

 

18-19mpgs pretty regularly. It's normally 20-21pmgs non-winter blend.

No lift and 265/70/17 tires.

Advice on getting better mileage. Don't drive over 1500 rpms unless you are traveling on the highway. Most people have a lead foot and don't realize it until they deliberately try to keep the rpms low. Also don't drive over 60-65mph. Higher speeds eat gas.

I would change the air filters and plugs if you don't know if they have been done. Pretty cheap and easy things to do. Won't impact fuel economy much but just something to do if you don't know it has been done.

 

Buy yourself and ultra gauge/scangauge and drive to it. Best MPG booster I have done. Second I went full synthetic with Redline through my drive train- I use What ever synthetic is on sale for the engine but the expensive stuff reduces friction loss. Air the tires up. I just a got a tick over 17mpg with a s/c 4.0

 

Do you drive under 10 miles one way? I drive about 3 miles each way for work, and when i do that it kills my mileage. I do better when im going 20-30 miles one way or something. The short trips usually kill it for gas mileage.

 

17 on winter gas. stock tires, 2.5" lift. Was getting 19 on summer fuel

 

My commute to work is about 22 miles. But I also let my truck warm up on cold mornings

 

How much of an increase did the scan gauge give you?

 

Just makes you aware of the gas your burning
Gives you instant readout

 

Another thing to keep in mind is how hard you brake and why you need to brake hard. Tailgating, not looking ahead to lights, coming off an exit full speed only to have to stop.

Hypermilers call it Driving Without Brakes or DWB. Of course you use your brakes but if you see yourself needing to brake hard think how you could have been off the gas sooner, letting engine braking slow you down with zero gas consumption.

 

Well the 33s and the 3" lift probably have you down in the 16-17 on the highway in the summer at the very best already. I'm not sure on city but the 33s will give you a significant hit there as well.

The warm up can nail you though on a very short commute. Idle fuel rate is at least 0.5 gal/hr so a 10 minute warm up is taking about 0.1 gals. For your 22 mile commute which isn't very short still assuming it was 100% highway the warm up could knock off about 1 mpg.

EDIT: 0.5 is for warm idle. Cold idle is much more at 1.5 gal/hr so a ten minute warm up is taking 0.25 gals. Assume you get 16 highway with your configuration then a 24 mile commute would burn 1.5 gals. Add in the idle warm up burn and you've got 24 miles / 1.75 gals which is 13.7 mpg.

Anyway, your MPG doesn't sound that low for a lifted truck with 33s in the winter being warmed up with a 20 something mile commute.

 

As mentioned the gauge has the ability to give a instant reading of mpg as well as over a distance- just helps in adjusting driving behavior -cause and effect- to get get best gas mileage. I can see the drop when the winter blend comes out I can see that between 65 and 70 that the truck starts using more fuel .. 45-50 mph in overdrive is optimum for getting best MPG. Stuff like that

 

Man I don't know how some on here are seeing 18+mpg and with bigger tires. I'm on stock size, 4x4, 66k miles, mobil syn engine oil and redline for drivetrain and its 16mpg city no matter how I drive it and I'm lucky if I hit 20-21 all highway. Just nature of the beast, these trucks are not known for mpg.

 

17 mpg on 285/70/17 with 100k on a 5/3 lift

 

I'm lucky to see 17 this winter with 26/65/17 e-rated KO2s - been averaging 16.5 with a leadfoot and 99% city driving. Haven't had these tires for summer-blend yet. If I get 18 I'll be happy.

 

15.5 on my last tank. i drive 30 miles round trip everyday. 20 of that is freeway where i probably average between 72-78 mph. On the street i drive it hard and have fun with it, not like my grandma. I suppose i could get 17 or 18 mpg out of it, but i could care less about a few mpg, its a truck