I am looking in buying a 98+ Ranger, I want the 4.0l because in the snow time, plus I just want the 4.0l lol. I was wondering what the Average MPG is on these trucks? If it makes a big difference for Automatic or Manual cause I don't care if I drive a stick. I just am curious to what your average's are.
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Really all depends on the rear end ratio and how you drive. Sorta.
For example my 4.0 ranger with 39's gets 16 mpg all the time. 4.56 gears and all. It dosent matter how hard I mash on it or how easy I am on it.
My 2.3L ranger gets 24 mpg all the time. Dosent matter what I do to it. But some of my friends trucks vary wildly from 15 up to 22 with the 3.0 and 4.0.
Weird.
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I have a 99' 4.0L 4x4 5r55e automatic with 33" Tires and 4.10 gears. After replacing the heads on the motor best I've managed was 17MPG. I drove it like a grandpa. It's not great on gas by any means, but I felt that the 3.0 wouldn't give me much better mileage and wasn't worth the power loss for the marginal MPG gains.
I average 18 city and 21 highway. 4.0, stick w/4.10 gears. It goes down in winter and up in summer,caused by the winter blend of gas. I have heard using all synthetic fluids will help but I haven't tried yet. Not great mileage but better than my 250 at 12-14.
yeah but I can get a full size to get 18 on the highway if not a tad more , I was somewhat hoping a ranger would do better not having nearly as big of an engine, lighter and everything. I want the 4.0l because of my winters, I need the 4wd, I prefer automatic but am not a 100% stuck on it.
I always thought rangers would do in the low 20's but I guess not.
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The 2001 and up 4.0's do better on gas because they went to the overhead cam, compared to the old push rod 4.0's and sure a manual tranny will do a little better. On my 04 ranger 4x4 with 4.0, manual trans and 4:10 gears would get 22 local and 24-25 highway. I live and work in the country, so I do no real city driving. I also went to synthetic fluids in the entire drivetrain, also had headers, intake and bama engine programer and acouple of other engine mods, like under drive pullies and a catback. Before doing the synthetics and bama programer, I was getting 18/22, afterwards it was 22/24. In all fairness, I did the mods at the 5,000 mile oil change all at once, "well", thats when my service tech said I should see a bump in mpg as the motor will be broken in. The average for a 4.0 4x4 is about 18-20 with an auto as has been allready mentioned. It also depends on your driving style and the terain where you live as far as mountains, hills or flat. I really do believe synthetic oils help in the engine, tranny, t-case and diffs as less friction and heat translates into better mpg and wear on parts.
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yeah but I can get a full size to get 18 on the highway if not a tad more , I was somewhat hoping a ranger would do better not having nearly as big of an engine, lighter and everything. I want the 4.0l because of my winters, I need the 4wd, I prefer automatic but am not a 100% stuck on it.
I always thought rangers would do in the low 20's but I guess not.
Yeah, well you forget that it is still a truck. You might expect better, but the 4.0L is no wuss. And the real advantages of the smaller truck is not so much the fuel economy, but rather the lower maintenance cost. Almost everything costs less on the smaller truck, from its original purchase price down to the nuts and bolts. Big trucks cost big money to keep running, the cost of a vehicle is not all in the fuel.
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Lets not forget its ease of parking. I agree with Bear River that other costs are less, and the 4.0 has plenty of reserve power. You can also retrieve items from the bed without a cherrypicker or overhead crane.
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I never had an F-150 4x4 that would get in the 20's as far as mpg like my ranger. The 4.0 sohc has great power to weight ratio and makes for a fun little truck to drive. It's great off road as it's small and nimble with great torque. Any true 4-wheel drive system will hurt mpg as it creates weight and drag reguardless of the size of truck or motor. The old tacoma 4x4 with the 4 cylinder would get 18 mpg as well. Rangers are all truck from thier full frames to thier low range T-cases, there not toys. Mine was decent on gas for what it was, you have a 207 hp engine in a supercab with full transfer case and 4:10 gears, it will use some fuel, it's the nature of a 4x4. As my boy's have said, it does have over all low maint and repair costs compared to it's bigger brothers. Just adding a manual tranny helps as it does with any 4x4. The average with an auto is 18 mpg, but it's about 20 with a manual. On the highway tou can boost the auto to 22 mpg and the manual to 24 and thats really not bad for a full framed 4x4 truck. However, what I think ford needs to do, is bring back the 4 cylinder 4x4 option like they use to have. They dropped it because everyone wanted the V-6 in thier 4x4, but I think now the 4 cylinder 4x4 would well off the lots and I wouldn't be surprised to see it return. With that being said, there's no point in putting the 4 cylinder in a 4x4 ranger if it doesn't get better mpg than the V-6, but with the new duratec 2.3, I'm sure it would. It would probobly be like 22-23 mpg city and 25-27 mpg highway. Next year the duratec is supost to get a bump to a 2.5 liter at about 170 hp, that would be perfect for a 4x4 ranger as would a 4 cylinder diesel option like other countries have. Ford is on the right track with the ranger in these times of high gas prices, they just need to expand on it a little.
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