pkurtz2

I am with John on this one. It took about 30,000 to break my engine in. I
had a noticeable change in the amount of power and gas milage right away. It
will just happen one day, and you will notice it. ALSO, use Chevron Fuel
System Cleaner.. It sells at Wal-Mart for 5.97 a bottle. This will keep your
Fuel Injectors, Cylinders, and O2 sensor clean. If you have a flex fuel you
need to change that fuel filter once every 25000 for atleast the first 75000
miles, and it takes a special filter.. It has 3 tube connections on it.


"John Hill" <idont@thinkso.com> wrote in message
news:070120061346477016%idont@thinkso.com...
> After 48,000 miles my 2002 Ranger 4x4 4.0L automatic w/ 4.10 rear end
> is getting 16.5 mpg on average in 70/30 city/highway driving.
> Variance is somewhere between 15-18 mpg depending on how I drive and
> what I'm hauling. Generally I do everything other than baby it when I
> drive. First few fillups returned around 13-14 mpg, but at around
> 1,300 miles it settled down to where it is now.
>
> A friend's '03 Ranger Edge 3.0L 5-speed 2wd does get ~23 mpg after
> 30,000+ miles.
>
> Your engine may just not be broken in yet -- give it some time.
> Otherwise you might as well take it to the dealer. It's under
> warranty, have them look at it.
>
> jh
>
> In article <pi1vf.1180$qg.477@news02.roc.ny>, William Wixon
> <wwixon@frontiernet.net> wrote:
>
>> yeah, me too. i was UTTERLY DISGUSTED when i calculated my mpg after
>> 6
>> months and 1048 miles of driving the vehicle ('05 Ranger Edge). 11.91
>> mpg.
>> sorry to say i too (stupidly) based my purchase on the estimated EPA/DOE
>> fuel use estimates on the window sticker (18/23). i also figured i
>> MUST'VE
>> made some miscalculation somehow/somewhere but your post(s) confirmed my
>> fears. really made for a CRAPPY new year's weekend. of course i knew
>> the
>> dealer wouldn't/couldn't help, so i hadn't called them, called them today
>> hoping somehow they could so something, of course, nothing. i am a VERY
>> conservative driver. MOST conservative driver i know. (everyone says
>> they're a SAFE driver, this is different.) no jackrabbit starts, keep to
>> under 55, coast to a stop, RARELY use A/C, etc. i was thinking "i'm
>> gonna
>> get *24* mpg outta this baby!" i guess that's why i was SO pissed off
>> when
>> i calculated i was getting 11.91 mpg.
>> i called my congressman today to ask him to support the AAA sponsored
>> bill in congress requesting updating EPA's fuel estimate testing
>> procedures.
>> too late for me though. i think it's OUTRAGEOUS they can put a sticker
>> on a
>> vehicle and give people the impression that somehow that's an objective
>> estimate that is SO far from reality. sticker says worst estimate was 15
>> mpg, i'm getting SUBSTANTIALLY worse than that.
>>
>> b.w.
>>
>>
>>
>> "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
>> >
>> >
>>
>>