average gas mileage

[LINY4Runner]

ok everyone needs to quit complaining, because with my 31x10.5 BFG's i get 215 miles out of a tank if im lucky! thats about 12-14 mpg!!!!

 

[NViejeP]

Liny, I have 31x10.5s bfgs also. is that 210 from city driving or highway driving?

 

[4runningyota]

I have noticed a slight drop in my mpg after i replaced the spark plugs at around 66,000 miles. I was getting around 16 around town and around 18 to 19 on the highway. now i'm lucky to get 15 around town. haven't done much highway driving since the plug change. i would have thought that replacing the spark plugs would help the fuel milage

 

[NViejeP]

thats strange, perhaps its another factor and not the spark plugs.

 

[4runningyota]

i'm going to replace the air fliter and see how that goes. its not that dirty but it is a cheap fix. i'll be going on a long trip soon and i'll figure up my milage on the highway then and get a more accurate picutre of what my milage really is

 

[NViejeP]

i just got like 9.8 mpg.

filled up full tank, got 140.7 miles on a tank, filled it up with 14.286 galloons.

thats awful.

 

[RonMAIDEN]

Yes,you've got a big problem somewhere.

 

[SchooBaka]

I ran out of gas on Saturday night.

I used to pull into the gas station after driving a little bit with the gas light on. Several times I drove to fill up with 320 miles on the meter and when I filled up it would only take like 16 gallons.

So I thought to myself - I still have 2.5 gallons left, I can still drive maybe 25 more miles.

So last Saturday I passed the 320 mile mark. With each gas station that I passed I became more and more excited, knowing that at anytime my truck would run out of gas.

330 miles passed.

Then 335 miles.

So finally at about 340 miles my truck starts making funny noises, like shes choking. She turns off and I coast off to the side of the road. I turn her off and turn her back on again and surprisingly she turns back on! So I drive a little bit more, maybe 1/4 mile and she turns off again - so I coast from like 45mph to 0mph in what seems like a good 30 seconds.

I could see the gas station from where I was coasting from.

I turn her back on again and she starts again and I drive into the gas station.

Now, I wish I would have filled up ALL the way so I could be the only member on here who said that he filled up a 18.5 gallon gas tank with 18 or more gallons of gas.

But gas was $2.80/gallon for the cheap stuff so I decided to just buy 5 gallons.

I learned my lesson though - fill up once your reach 300 miles.

Something is not right here though. If I drove 340 miles and the gas tank is 18.5 gallons that means I got only 18miles per gallon which is terrible. I drive the truck like its got an egg under the pedal and on the highway I do 65mph and when I am coming back from somewhere late at night when there is hardly anyone out I do 60mph - and both times use the CC.

LOL, sounds like an episode of sienfeld.

 

[brown_eyes]

00 4Runner 2.7L 4-cylinder

Averaging 20-21 mpg