gas milage
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gas milage
hi evryone first post on this fourm lol
i have a 1989 ford f150 with a 4.9 and a 5 speed trasmition and it gets horable gas milage and i have tryed babying it and it really dousnt help and it missfires at 1500rpm's so could it be timing or what
the truck gets about 300km to a tank of gas
thanks kyle.m
i have a 1989 ford f150 with a 4.9 and a 5 speed trasmition and it gets horable gas milage and i have tryed babying it and it really dousnt help and it missfires at 1500rpm's so could it be timing or what
the truck gets about 300km to a tank of gas
thanks kyle.m
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Welcome to FTE kylef150,
Did you tune up the truck lately?
A full tune up will help your MPG.
Change your filters
plugs
wires
cap
rotor
tire pressures
etc.
You have a great set up on your truck, a set up that is missed by alot of truck enthusiasts.
Did you tune up the truck lately?
A full tune up will help your MPG.
Change your filters
plugs
wires
cap
rotor
tire pressures
etc.
You have a great set up on your truck, a set up that is missed by alot of truck enthusiasts.
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use compression braking. do all the above mentioned stuff and run a can of seafoam or injector cleaner through it. a free flowing exhaust and intake will gain you a few mpg (and power). if you dont wanna swap intakes at least get a high flow filter. Switch all lubricants to synthetics for a minimal improvement. if you do alot of driving you can open up the gapping on the new plugs for alittle mor spark.
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Originally Posted by godblessmud
a free flowing exhaust.
ya i need to do a tune up on it but its guna be sitting for a month or two cause we dont drive it enuf in the winter and our other truck douse all the running around in the winter and the car so it sits in the driveway and i need to get a whole new distributer cause the one on there the old owners used wood screws to hold down the cap so its only held on by one screw so thats proly some of my problem but im guna play around with it in the spring or maby this winter
thanks kyle.m
Last edited by kylef150; Oct 20, 2007 at 10:52 PM.
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Originally Posted by godblessmud
a free flowing exhaust .
ya i need to do a tune up on it but its guna be sitting for a month or two cause we dont drive it enuf in the winter and our other truck douse all the running around in the winter and the car so it sits in the driveway and i need to get a whole new distributer cause the one on there the old owners used wood screws to hold down the cap so its only held on by one screw so thats proly some of my problem but im guna play around with it in the spring or maby this winter
thanks kyle.m
Last edited by kylef150; Oct 20, 2007 at 10:52 PM.
