Mark,
Keep in mind that OVERINFLATION of your tires will actually HURT your gas
milage. The reason for this is because it changes the "footprint" of the
tire on the road, or the amount of tire you have in contact with the road.
Overinflating tires lessens how much tire is on the road and contributes to
slip. The more slip you have, the worse milage you will get. The same goes
for UNDERinflated tires. Only with this, you have more tire on the road, and
causes the engine to do more work to keep it moving. Both conditions also
increase friction between the tire and road which will require more fuel. Go
with what it says on the door sticker for your tire pressure.
As far as my truck goes. I have a 2000 Ford Ranger 3.0L Flex Fuel with a
5spd trans, and 3.71 gears in the rear. I have had the truck since it had
100mi and it has 97000 now. I dont usually pay attention to my in town gas
milage, but when I was driving long trips on the highway I would get 20-22
on the highway. Keep in mind when driving around town, that the slower the
engine is turning when you shift, it requires taht much more fuel to provide
the horsepower to maintain speed. I drive down the streets in 4th gear at
30-35mph with rpms in the range of 1500-2000 rpms, and if I have to speed up
drastically then I downshift.
Hope this gives you some more insight..
"Mark Schofield" <mark.schofield@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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>I have an 02 Ranger 4x4 4L V6. Around town about 13-15. However this is in
>the colder weather -New Haven, CT -. Warmer weather I'll get another 2 mpg.
>I've always been disappointed with the mileage I get. I keep my tires
>overinflated, keep up with the maintenance, light on the pedal, ect.
>
> "Shakieh31" <UseLinkToEmail@www.autoforumz.com> wrote in message
> news:725533_70217747fcd5a9cb863a14dcf9066de7@autoforumz.com...
>>I have a 2002 Ford Ranger Edge 3.0L. I am a little concerned about my
>> mpg due to the fact that I'm only getting about 100 miles to a half a
>> tank or roughly 200 to a full tank. On a 16 gallon tank, that averaged
>> out to be somewhere around 12 miles to the gallon. I know that can't
>> be right and was looking for an opinion or advice as to what to
>> replace or check. I checked online and found that the mpg should be
>> 17/22. I have recently replaced the fuel filter and have lately been
>> running 89 in it. It only seems like it has improved a tiny bit. I
>> don't accelerate hard, usually not over 2500 RPM. Any ideas as to what
>> could be wrong or what needs to be replaced? Thanks for all the help!
>> I really appreciate it!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Tony
>>
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