My Ranger is sucking the gas. It has 32,000 miles on it. Is there any accessories I can get to help this out a little. I am thinking about a K&N Air Filter Charger Kit for it. Will this help??? Any info would be appreciated.

 

you need to give more info, year, size engine etc.

I have 94 4.0 with 5sp 2WD. Get constant 19-20mpg on highway avg speed is 70mph.

You could need a tuneup, new airfilter etc.

 

Its a 2000 Model Reg Cab 4X4 Edge with a 4.0 SOHC V-6. The oil is changed regular (with mobil one) and the air filter is changed every time as well.

 

I have a very similar Ranger - reg cab 4.0 V6 automatic with 4.11's w/30,000 miles and Mobile 1 - it gets about 12-16 mpg

 

Lee...how did you manage to get a 2000 model with the SOHC engine? The rest of us couldn't buy those until the 2001 model year.

And my Ranger drinks gas too. It's very frustrating because I bought this truck over an F-150 specifically because I assumed fuel economy would be better. I'm mad about it.

 

What kind of mileage are you getting and what are your driving habits?

 

I'm sorry guys. I have a 2001 model. My fault. I get about 12-13 mpg. I drive highway at about 65mph. I have to drive about 60 miles a day, so this endless gastank adds up.

 

Up until Oct last year, I had a 99 2wd ranger with a 4 banger. It got 22 preaty much no matter what I did. And had no problem towing two jet skies.
I now have an 87 4x4 S/C auto with a 2.9 out of a 89 BII (87K). I think the tanny (A4LD 4sp) probaly has closer to 200k on it. So I figure it's gotta be slippin'. When I got it Nov last year, it was getting about 13mpg (less than 10 in the snow with the 4wd). I pulled the codes (which will be harder for you because you'll need a OBD II scanner) and found the qxygen sensor was bad. Changed it and that was worth almost 2mpg ( I think yours has three of them, but its way too early for yours to have gone bad, but you never know). It had a low speed vibration (shudder) that turned out to be a U-Join trying to seze up. I just put new U=joints on it, and it looks like that is gonna be worth almost 1mpg. So I'm up to 16mpg. I think thease things are geared ( differental) way too high for most of us non rock crawlers. Most are 3.73 or higher Diff I think I'm sure like everything else on this truck, I'll end up rebuilding the diffs. And when I do, I think I'll go with a nice 3.08 and use the 4wd Low if I need to pull up any tree stumps.
Headers would help, but their gonna cost ya. The K&N filter will too, but I'll bet you'll need a calculator to see the difference. Some people swear by splitfire plugs. And then theres synthetic oil. Free flow exhaust systems.
Do the math and figure out what an extra 2 or 3 mpg is worth. And compare it to whatever you plan to spend on trying to get better mpg. I thing your best bang for the buck will be changing that rear end gear. Course you'll lose power at the stoplite, and you'll have to change that speedo gear.
The easiest thing would be to trade yours in on a 4 banger.

 

A 4x4 4.0 with an automatic will get about 15 and a standard will get about 19-20 mpg on highway driving. In city driving there is not much difference between a Ranger or F-150, a F-150 (5.4) and Ranger (4.0) will both get about 12-14 mpg. If your 4.0 is used for a 50/50 mix and only getting 12 mpg, then something is wrong (should be about 15)and I would tend to think your transmission is slipping or is not shifting correctly. For the automatics, both on the window sticker and real world, there is not much difference between city driving and highway driving (65 mph) mpg, maybe 3-4 mpg at the most.

There is not that much difference between the F-150 (5.4) and Ranger (4.0) in gas mileage either, over the short haul. Though with over 100K miles and the lower ($3,000) price, after 100K miles when both vehicles have a much lower resale valve, you do save a lot of money owning the Ranger instead. Though if you only keep the vehicle <50K miles, the F-150 might have been a better choice since they have higher resale values, especially anything other than regular cabs.

 

Lee, just saw your recent post:
>My fault. I get about 12-13 mpg. I drive highway at about 65mph.

You are about 4-5 mpg short there. I know it is a stupid question, but, can you feel the OD kick in? Start from a stop by the side of the highway and mash it. You should feel it shift from each gear all the way through to the OD gear. If you have a tach, you should see it too. There will be about a 500 rpm drop (at least on a 97/98, I have not driven any 2001+ Rangers) on each shift.

 

on my 99' w/ a 4.0 there is about a 400 rpm differance between drive and overdrive. i just got back from a trip to colorado and ill post my mileage tomarrow for yuns. receipts are in the truck and its to cold to go get them right now!


-nathan

 

got to figurin my mileage on my trip today. drove about 1900 miles and got an average of 17 mpg. speeds where between 60-80 mph so im not gonna complain to bad.

 

Yah Hooo.. Got the old girl up to 17mpg. Started at 13.

 

 

I have a 96 Dodge Dakota Club Cab that got no more than 14mpgs. I made my own cold-air intake using a K&N cone filter and the mpgs jumped to about 16-17. Someone on the Dakota BBS said if I now upgraded the muffler to a high-flow I'd get another 1-2 mpg. I put on a Dynomax and the mpgs dropped back down to 14. So now with my '00 Ranger Supercab XLT 4X4 4.0L I'm thinking of doing the cold-air intake again but leave the muffler alone. The Ranger is getting about 14-15mpg. If I can get another 2-3mpg out of it I'd be very happy.

Tim