Winter mpg vs summer
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Winter mpg vs summer
I seem to get about 10 with mixed driving here in NE. As good as any other old ford i've ever had so i'm not complaining at all. I like to play a little on on ramps. In sept i swear i got 15 on the highway. Just wondering what your getting winter vs summer?
stock 99auto 4x4 4.30 gears
Brian
stock 99auto 4x4 4.30 gears
Brian
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Same here. Before winter hit last year I was getting like 12 or 13 mixed driving and it seems like I'm still only getting the 9.5 I was getting in the winter. I've been considering a vacuum check since the last time I dropped below 10 was when a line broke on the intake. Also have a stock 99 V10 4x4 and 4.30s
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as budman states,winter blend gas ver summer blend. the winter kills the mpg's of any car. the more junk they put into the gas the worst off we get. here in NJ i have seen some pumps saying as bad as a 15% in oxygenator additives.
my mustang on a summer time 165 mile trip has gotten mid 20's with the little 4.0 v6. winter time the very same trip driven the same way has been as poor as 14.
to the epa.yah sure it dosn't affect the mpg of the car or truck.how about the hard cold true facts. most likly they are driving a gov. car and don't pay for the gas like us poor blue collor people. or retired like me.
and we are not alone. the diesel guys feel it also. not as bad! but they have to make sure in the winter that is is winter blend or chance of suffering from fuel gelling if they fail to add antigel to the fill up.
my mustang on a summer time 165 mile trip has gotten mid 20's with the little 4.0 v6. winter time the very same trip driven the same way has been as poor as 14.
to the epa.yah sure it dosn't affect the mpg of the car or truck.how about the hard cold true facts. most likly they are driving a gov. car and don't pay for the gas like us poor blue collor people. or retired like me.
and we are not alone. the diesel guys feel it also. not as bad! but they have to make sure in the winter that is is winter blend or chance of suffering from fuel gelling if they fail to add antigel to the fill up.
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Thats a good question, wish I knew a definitive answer. I'm just in a pissy mood now after seeing 87 gas jumped to $3.65 gal in my area.
My winter to summer mpg doesn't vary too much, of course I don't live that far North.
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We must live near to each other... Gas took a jump to 3.65 yesterday morning around 4am here in South Bend.
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I'm going to have to shop for a nice shiney new Schwinn or GT after a while.
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It has to do with EPA air pollution regulations, different parts of the country need different blends like California requires a different blend then Michigan and not all the fuel sold in different parts of the country have to be oxygenated, also they switch all the different blends to winter or summer, makes it 100X more complicated to refine into all the different blends and just makes the whole process more complex.
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It has to do with EPA air pollution regulations, different parts of the country need different blends like California requires a different blend then Michigan and not all the fuel sold in different parts of the country have to be oxygenated, also they switch all the different blends to winter or summer, makes it 100X more complicated to refine into all the different blends and just makes the whole process more complex.
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