I've got a 99 3.0L Ranger FFV and I'm pullin about 290 miles to the tank (19.5 gal tank). Doin the math, its gettin some somethin like 14 mpg. And that's after a fresh set of plugs and wires and runnin 93 octane. The engine just turned over 100,000 miles and is modded a little bit, SSD Intake Kit w/K&N filter, 180 deg thermostat, and cat-back exhaust.....Is this about average mileage?

 

Hard to say what kind of mileage you should be expecting. There are a lot of variables to start with and then you add on the small tweaks you have performed and the mileage expectations get hazy.

FWIW, you are also getting less miles per gallon running premium gasoline than you would if you were running 87 octane. The higher the octane rating, the less MPG.

 

I'm only runnin 93 right now to combat that annoying pinging problem common to the 3.0's. At least, until I get some money saved up to buy the revised coil pack.

 

That sounds like about what I'm getting on my 99 3.0L Ranger.

 

If it happens to be a 3.0L Flex Fuel, expexct poor mileage. Everyone I've talked to gets about 10-15 mpg. And that's out of a stock, 5 spd, 2WD Ranger. My 2000 Trailhead gets 8-10 mpg, but that's b/c of 35's and 4.10 Gears.

 

With my 2000 Ranger XLT, 3.0 FFV 6cyl Vulcan, I get about 350-400 miles to a tank.

 

Wow..just read bigrangergreg's post. Ive never gotten that kind of mileage. Is that using the alternative fuels or plain old unleaded? Mines a standard 5 spd. with normal passenger car tires, no lift, no trailhead package.

 

My '03 XLT auto gets 16.2 city and 25 highway. I gotta keep my foot out of it though.

Pure stock aside from a soft tonneou cover. O yeah I've got 13,895 mile on her.

 

I have a 2004 3.0 stick 4:10 gears Edge. I am geetting 18.5 constantly, I'v gotten 20 a few times. I was hoping to get 25 on the highway. This truck only has 6000 miles on it. I am an old guy and don't like to shift and only use 2nd and 4th gear I skip the rest. If I need to get more zip out of it I go from 1st to 3rd and then 5th. I did'nt think it was doing that well. I don't like this old engine, I wanted the new engine. If this thing got 8 to 14 mpg. I would drive it into the river. (no power and bad milage) Have fun, Dave

 

I just did a mileage check and I got 24 mpg city this last week.

 

Mine seems to be gettin better......last few tanks average up to 17.2 city. Haven't run highway since the tune-up.

 

How often should you get a tune up? I was under the impression that the 3.0 did not require a tune up until a certain mileage point. Ive never had a tune up because of this belief. My truck runs great though, even better since replacing the cam shaft syncronizer.

 

I check and replace my spark plugs about every 50,000 miles or so. The ones I just pulled out were pretty bad. All the gaps were a minimum .12 out of gap. The worst was .22 out of gap. And of course, whenever I change plugs, its habit to replace the wires too. In your 3.0, I would personally recommend using either autolite or motorcraft (made by honeywell.....autolite is a subsiderary of honeywell too) double platinum plugs in your engine.

 

I get 26.7 MPG

 

They say you should be able to get 100K miles before needing a tune up..well at 60K i replaced mine and they were well worn..now i got 135K on my Ranger ..think it's time to do it again
Gas mileage on my 96 Ranger..I can get about 310 miles out of a full tank of gas(93 octane) ..that's mostly HWY mileage with 1/4 of that being city driving.