Normal gas mileage??
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It all depends on several factors, like how you drive, what type of driving you do (city/hwy), the gearing you have, etc, etc.
I have pretty much the same truck as you and with 3.73 gears, about a 70/30 mix of highway/city, and driving with a fairly light foot, I'm averaging about 12 or 13 mpg daily driving. Before I moved last year, my daily commute was about half as much, so more city driving and included a fairly steep hill and I was averaging around 10/11 mpg.
The best thing you can do to improve milage (which still isn't much) is to baby the throttle. Keeping it under 2000 rpms seems to be a major key.
I have pretty much the same truck as you and with 3.73 gears, about a 70/30 mix of highway/city, and driving with a fairly light foot, I'm averaging about 12 or 13 mpg daily driving. Before I moved last year, my daily commute was about half as much, so more city driving and included a fairly steep hill and I was averaging around 10/11 mpg.
The best thing you can do to improve milage (which still isn't much) is to baby the throttle. Keeping it under 2000 rpms seems to be a major key.
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In my 2000 xlt 4.6, I get 12 highway and like 9 in city...ROUGH! I have read ideas on improving mpg on posts here, but they're over my head. One included overriding the a4wd, so it is in two-wheel drive for normal driving conditions. I'm sure these guys have found other ways too....
I was thinking torque-wise, that the 5.4 would get better gas mileage because of the weight-to-torque and power ratio...I guess this isn't the case....
Of course, regular maintenance and tune-ups are important, and overdrive is supposed to actually SAVE gas when you leave it on all the time (except when towing).
Just a few things I've read....
I was thinking torque-wise, that the 5.4 would get better gas mileage because of the weight-to-torque and power ratio...I guess this isn't the case....
Of course, regular maintenance and tune-ups are important, and overdrive is supposed to actually SAVE gas when you leave it on all the time (except when towing).
Just a few things I've read....
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I have a 2000 XLT 4.6 with about 148K on it. I get about 20 mpg on trips and 15 mpg in the city. My son has a 1998 EB with the 5.4. He has about 140k and he gets around 18 on a trip and 13 in the city. I've had nothing done to the engine except for normal maint and neither has my son. We both drive very light footed.
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Howdy folks,
We took our Expy on a road trip this weekend. I kept the RPM's below 2K, more like 1800 which is roughly 63mph. It was hard to do as I like to drive at least 70mph on the highway. However, doing this I got about 18mpg. In the city I am getting around 10mpg.
I am looking at mods, less restrictive air filter, new plugs and wires, and a tuner (edge evolution). Also, at my next oil change I will be switching over to all synthetic fluids. I'll let y'all know if that helps at all.
Craig
We took our Expy on a road trip this weekend. I kept the RPM's below 2K, more like 1800 which is roughly 63mph. It was hard to do as I like to drive at least 70mph on the highway. However, doing this I got about 18mpg. In the city I am getting around 10mpg.
I am looking at mods, less restrictive air filter, new plugs and wires, and a tuner (edge evolution). Also, at my next oil change I will be switching over to all synthetic fluids. I'll let y'all know if that helps at all.
Craig
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Ok I guess I got my answers... I have a rather heavy foot i just put new plugs oil change with mobil 1 I just wanted to make sure mine was doing ok the highest I ever got was about 18 mpg butt hat was on a highway with the cruise control on. I guess not wanting to own a minivan i have to deal with the mileage. Usually the average is like 11.4. Thanks guys...
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Originally Posted by roboteacher
I have a 2000 XLT 4.6 with about 148K on it. I get about 20 mpg on trips and 15 mpg in the city. My son has a 1998 EB with the 5.4. He has about 140k and he gets around 18 on a trip and 13 in the city.
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I have an 03 4.6. Added a cold air intake, electic fans (+1.5 mpg + noticeable hp), custome tunes (noticeable + hp), underdrive pulleys (+1-2mpg, + noticeable hp). Before pulleys (latest mod) I got 19 mpg in summer. this winter after pulleys, I got 17.5 mpg highway (clarification - winter usually goes down 2-3 mpgs' I expect to easily top 20 when summer gas comes out again). Used to get about 15mpg stock (in winter). I average 15-16 city/hwy in winter now.
I run 1800 rpm at 70mph. The uD pulleys made an amazing difference in accerleration as did the e-fans. The tuner made it into a whole new truck. It is fairly quick and powerful as opposed to stock. I would never undo the mods. it should come like this from the factory. I can jump from 40 to 70 mph for passing in just a few seconds - much better than stock!
I run 1800 rpm at 70mph. The uD pulleys made an amazing difference in accerleration as did the e-fans. The tuner made it into a whole new truck. It is fairly quick and powerful as opposed to stock. I would never undo the mods. it should come like this from the factory. I can jump from 40 to 70 mph for passing in just a few seconds - much better than stock!
Last edited by waterman308; 02-01-2008 at 11:26 AM.
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This may seem pretty basic in light of all the mods discussed to this point, but what kind of tires are you using 99EdeBauer?
I had a set of tires with a really aggressive tread pattern when I first got my truck ('97 5.4). They looked nice, but my gas mileage went up almost 30% (across the board) in going to a more conservative tire (Yokohama Geolandar H/T-S G052).
Just thought I'd throw my 2 cents in.
I had a set of tires with a really aggressive tread pattern when I first got my truck ('97 5.4). They looked nice, but my gas mileage went up almost 30% (across the board) in going to a more conservative tire (Yokohama Geolandar H/T-S G052).
Just thought I'd throw my 2 cents in.
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Your foot is smarter than the car
In highway driving, I feel I get better gas mileage by NOT using cruise control. I can nurse a lot of extra distance out of the expy by coasting it a lot. It has a lot of mass and if you back off the pedal, it will continue at a high speed without the foot on the pedal. It seems like cruise control feeds it a contstant stream of gas. I bet foot-driving versus cruise control saves 10-15% on the highway.
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