Gas Mileage

[Fast Fords]

How is everyone's gas consumption in their Rangers? I went to Nova Scotia and back and got ROUGHLY 1,200 km per tank. It took only a quarter tank per province. So all in all i killed VW's 1000km per tank advertisment since my 1995 FORD RANGER got over that. Cruised between 95-110 km/h, and if anyone has ever been out east, it sure isn't flat terrain. My mother, who went in her blazer, filled up every time i hit quarter of a tank.

 

[MAKG]

700 miles on a tank?

Someone was slipping you tanks when you weren't looking.

 

[philzilla]

exactly how many gallons does your tank hold ?

 

[Fast Fords]

Haha that would be nice if someone was giving me gas, especially the price it is now in quebec. I went from Riviere du loup to Alma, NB, then from Alma back up to the fredricton area and across into Nova Scotia, after stopping to look at the Hopewell Rocks in New Bruinswick. Got all the way to Antigonish, NS, then spent the night there, then proceeded into Cape Breton Island to Glace Bay..totalled 1159 KM and that doesn't include the detours, sight seeing and back tracking because of my mother haha. I have a custom intake and exhaust and I use synthetic oil (Quaker State Q 5W20). With my calculations, I got roughly 5L/100km or 42?? or 45 MPG..i forget lol..but it makes sense. Cruising at 95-110, putting it in nuetral on the huge down hills and hardly downshifting made a BIG difference, seeing as i can burn up 15L in 30 min. But i guess when your engine gets to the right temp and you cruise without changing the speed for like 4 hours saves more gas.

And i supposedly have a 16.06 gallon tank (73 litres from RIGHT empty)

 

[MAKG]

Sorry, I simply have to call BS.

2.3Ls are nice on fuel, but to get 700 miles on 16 gallons, you would have to be powering a golf cart with it.

I think you made a math error. Like a factor of two. Or you forgot you filled up half way through.

 

[Gizmo]

Yep, gotta go with you on that one. The best mileage I have gotten on my 2008 2.3L with Auto/overdrive is 28.2 on a19 gallon tank is good for about 540 miles.

 

[alaskan155]

guessing lots of downhill

 

[Original_Ranger84]

guessing lots of downhill

Yeah but then he would have to go back up them on the way back.

I would believe it if you said you attached your winch (if you have one) to the back of a semi for like 300 or 400 miles of the trip.

 

[Fast Fords]

I did have my dash switched out, so who knows how well the gas guage really is..but ya it was down hill past Alma since crossing the mountaneous range of NB. I did get behind a few tractor trailers and if that made a difference, who knows (in the slip stream). Before I hit quebec we drove about 380 kms and I only used a quarter of a tank. When i fill up, the guage goes higher than the "F" mark on the guage and I can average at LEAST 100km in normal driving before it levels out on the "F" mark (normal for me is described as driving at around 100 km/h average on the country roads around where I live, with the occassional urge to speed on a few of the corners around here) so who knows..maybe that extra 100-150km on that bit of fuel is altering the calculations? I guess for a more accurate reading it would be better to start at the "F" mark..

i also found my calculation error. I went by how much gas I used (60L) as oppossed to how much my tank holds (73L).

if thats the case, that would be approx. 1000km on 73L..

the formula i used is simple....

73L (how much my tank holds)
-----
1000km (how far i travelled on amount)

is equal to...

x (Litres)
---
100km

=7.3L/100km
= approx. 32 MPG

haha i'm such a tart...this makes things seem much more realistic!

 

[Kona]

Fill tank record odometer , drive fill tank , record amount of fuel used, divide by kilometers recorded driven = Liters per 100 kilometers. You did not get better mileage then a Nissan or Toyota unless you spent time on a railcar or flatdeck.

 

[Fast Fords]

ok this is my counter arguement...a brand new 2.3L 5spd gets 38 MPG (i work at a dealership, i have looked at the window sticker). One of the salesmen bought a brand new Ranger 2.3L 5spd and he isn't nice to it..gets AVERAGE 27 MPG and on the highway gets 33-35 MPG. We both have tonneau covers to reduce drag and i have OTHER mods. I do not think 32 MPG is out of the question for a reg cab 2wd shortbox 2.3L 5spd. everything on the truck has been maintained, oil changes reg. (i use synthetic 5w20), fuel filters, cleaned the air filter before the trip etc. i could understand high 20's without a tonneau cover but the point is i maintained a constant speed of 90-100km/h UNDER LOAD ONLY ( i put in neutral going down larger hills) for over 2 hours at any given time.

hopefully this makes sense!

 

[Fast Fords]

oh and I have no a/c and my rear gears are stock at 3:56 (or 3:46, i forget)

 

[RebelRanger97]

How much do you want for that truck ? With what I save a gas I can pay you whatever you want. lol I live in n.s near the n.b boarder and my girlfriends father lives in cape breton ....lots of hills here which means poor gas mileage even if your coasting down the hills.
Apparently you don't know when your truck/car is coasting down hills in neutral you have no control it {not bashing ...just giving you some safe driving advice }

 

[Fast Fords]

How much do you want for that truck ? With what I save a gas I can pay you whatever you want. lol I live in n.s near the n.b boarder and my girlfriends father lives in cape breton ....lots of hills here which means poor gas mileage even if your coasting down the hills.
Apparently you don't know when your truck/car is coasting down hills in neutral you have no control it {not bashing ...just giving you some safe driving advice }

do you take the trans-canada highway? or is it rural driving? the hills are no where near as bad on the actual highway than out on the rural roads (like, for instance, the Fundy national park is EXTREMELY HILLY). NB is worse for hills than NS as well. I bet out west in the prairies the gas mileage would have been even better because there are NO hills, or little elevation change at that. also, you don't have to slow down and wait to pass someone when the passing lane is open (slowing down and speeding up reduces fuel mileage).

and thanks for the advice....i guess my brake pedal doesn't work, or my clutch doesn't work when i'm in neutral, or i fall asleep AS SOON as it goes into neutral.