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From: Canastota
BECAUSE ITS A TRUCK!!! Driving a truck is like driving a brick down the road. These trucks are not ment to be good at gas mileage, I get about 11-12 normally. If you have a V8, thats about normal. Get ready to start cryin at the pump, cause these trucks have a little bit of a drinkin problem!!
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From: Canada
I used to have an 86 2wd Supercab, 5.0/AOD. Averaged 15-16.5 mpg. (American gallon). Sometimes as low as 14 but I lived in a small village at the time and it would do the lower (14) if I did a lot of city driving. But even THAT included 150 km (90 mi) to GET here! So if you're doing a lot of in town/city I'd say it's about average. 
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Heh, my 96 F-150, 4x2, 4.9 I-6, M5OD, 2.73 rear gear (the most preferable setup/combo for milage in a 92-96, except mine is a long box, not short box (it is reg cab)), only gets 11.5MPG consistantly. I will be probably redoing the whole exhaust (still has the complete factory exhaust!). I may also purchase new O2 sensors, as I've recently learned they're wear items and mine are factory (9yrs old). I get lean codes once in a blue moon. I also have a fuel filter to go in, but failed the first time I tried removing the old one. I envision my truck getting 16MPG or more city, and 20MPG highway.
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From: B/CS, Texas!!
Many things can be wrong.
-Dead O2 Sensor.
-Bad Fuel Pressure Regulator.
-Vacuum leaks.
-Leaking Injectors.
-Dragging Brakes.
-Clogged Converter.
Does the Check Engine light come on? What engine is in it?
-Dead O2 Sensor.
-Bad Fuel Pressure Regulator.
-Vacuum leaks.
-Leaking Injectors.
-Dragging Brakes.
-Clogged Converter.
Does the Check Engine light come on? What engine is in it?
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From: Harrisonburg, VA
my 95 4wd w/ 300, m5od, 3.55's and I'm avg. 10 mpg and lucky to get 200 miles out of the tank. I have the short bed 4wd so I only have the rear tank. I have tried almost everything I can think of and it still sucks.
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My 1995 F-150 5.8 with 210K on it with the 3.55 rear end used to get 7-8 MPG combo highway/city miles if I was lucky. Now that its warmed up to an average 60 here in Ohio, and since I loosened up the rear brakes cause they were stickin, put ball joints on it, drained the tranny fluid down to the right amount cause some nimrod overfilled it before I bought it in December, I now average 14.2 MPG. I am shocked. I'm runnin 31-10.50-15's and also forgot to add that I replaced the muffler with a piece of pipe and ran a metal fence pole through the 2nd catylitic converter, which sound decent. I couldnt get to the first cat due to the fact that theres a bend in the pipe between the two cats. Ford musta been thinkin on that one.... but 14.2 is what I just got and I ran it hard (75-85) in some areas....
Last edited by handyman43358; Apr 29, 2005 at 04:46 PM.
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