Fuel range
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tx_shooter
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thatoneguygeoff
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Armor wise I have a Shrockworks front bumper and rock sliders. As for gearing its factory gear nag as far as I know. The previous owner installed an E-locker rear end and maybe matched the gears in the front diff but I don't know the ratio.
tx_shooter
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Okay; I'm on 31s with factory gears and no armor right now.
Stock truck with 160k miles. I've gone through 3 tanks since owning.
1) 19.7- highway and local
2) 16.4- mixed, but more traffic
3) 21.8- 90% highway at 70 mph
I am currently sitting at 145 miles around half tank. It was primarily highway @ 75-85mph though.
Hitting almost 22mpg was impressive to me. I wonder how it would do at a steady 60 mph.
1) 19.7- highway and local
2) 16.4- mixed, but more traffic
3) 21.8- 90% highway at 70 mph
I am currently sitting at 145 miles around half tank. It was primarily highway @ 75-85mph though.
Hitting almost 22mpg was impressive to me. I wonder how it would do at a steady 60 mph.
Mighty Buffalo
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My average is 18mpg. If I'm driving straight highway, like I-5, it's around 22mpg. Range is about 320 with 80% highway.
cp99sr5
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Since my gauge is seriously messed up, like the low fuel light sometimes comes on right after I fill up, I have been tracking MPG since I got the vehicle about a year ago now. I pretty consistently get 18 to 18.5 MPG in a mix of 15% city and 85% highway in commute traffic. I try to fill before I get to 300 but have run it past that a few times and I have also been an idiot and ran out of gas a few times! Nothing seems to budge the needle much in terms of new plugs, filters, synthetic oil, fuel treatment, etc. Truck is stock, with a load warrior roof basket, no lift or larger tires. I had a 08 4 cylinder Camry SE before I upgraded to the 99 runner and I was getting 28 MPG on average. I gladly gave up the 10 MPG and would not go back.
JayRolla
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Hard to go off tank mileage because they are always off. Almost all people I know with a 3rd gen can only fit 14gal at completely empty. There is still a lot of gas hiding in that tank. With that said.
This weekend driving total 6 hours. I was able to get 14mpg up the pass. 21mpg down the pass.
This weekend driving total 6 hours. I was able to get 14mpg up the pass. 21mpg down the pass.
JeepKiller
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[MENTION=122121]Trialrun[/MENTION] Small towns just love to kill your gas mileage by putting stop signs in the middle of long open stretches. It "keeps kids from drag racing"
Trialrun
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ha, no kidding. I have a 2 mile stretch off the highway to get home with 8 freaking stop signs. This town has caused me to just roll thru stop signs now, it's a bad thing
TheDurk
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I like the French system. No stop signs on most rural cross-roads. They have "priorité à droit" which means yield-to-the-right. Everybody has to slow down enough to be sure there is no one coming to their right. If no one there, they go. Anybody on your left has to yield to you. Since you only have to look one way, everybody gets through faster and safer. And everybody flashes their brights at night.
At least it used to work like that. Somebody probably messed it up by now.
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atalarico
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So, knock on wood, most of my driving is highway to work now, and I'm getting damn near 300 a tank. I have a 2.5" lift, 265/75/16 E-Rated Yoko Geolanders (42PSI rear and 40PSI front), with the spare in the back, trailer hitch, and about 30lbs of gear in the rear at all times.
I think I'm getting more than that since the tire size is bigger than stock, but I'm bad at math and can't figure out what I'm actually getting mileage wise. I just don't push it past 300 because I don't want to actually run out of gas. I think I've put in close to 15 gallons when I got that 300 mile mark, but I know gas pumps can be wildly inaccurate too. Don't we only have like a 15.4 gallon tank or something?
Don't jinx me! I keep thinking that I can't give up this ol' goat because the mileage is better than most new 4runners (but with significantly less HP).
I think I'm getting more than that since the tire size is bigger than stock, but I'm bad at math and can't figure out what I'm actually getting mileage wise. I just don't push it past 300 because I don't want to actually run out of gas. I think I've put in close to 15 gallons when I got that 300 mile mark, but I know gas pumps can be wildly inaccurate too. Don't we only have like a 15.4 gallon tank or something?
Don't jinx me! I keep thinking that I can't give up this ol' goat because the mileage is better than most new 4runners (but with significantly less HP).
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Jhelms
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My silver 02 4wd / stock 265/70/16 tires and 2" lift = 15.9mpg with wife driving
My white 01 4wd / 265/75/16 e rated toyo MT's and 2" lift = 16.9mpg with me driving
This is a mix of 60% freeway / 40% surface in city. Actual mileage on both is taken from well calibrated ultra gauge monitors (calibrated by GPS for true distance driven)
Cruising on the freeway at 70mph for long trips, I average 20mpg on both vehicles pretty easy. 80mph on long trips, it dips into the 18-19mpg range.
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Actual MPG can be deceptive even with stock tire size. Run the numbers from actual miles driven via GPS vs actual fuel used especially if you have oversized tires.
Our tanks holds an actual 18.5 gallons to bare empty just to note.
My white 01 4wd / 265/75/16 e rated toyo MT's and 2" lift = 16.9mpg with me driving
This is a mix of 60% freeway / 40% surface in city. Actual mileage on both is taken from well calibrated ultra gauge monitors (calibrated by GPS for true distance driven)
Cruising on the freeway at 70mph for long trips, I average 20mpg on both vehicles pretty easy. 80mph on long trips, it dips into the 18-19mpg range.
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Actual MPG can be deceptive even with stock tire size. Run the numbers from actual miles driven via GPS vs actual fuel used especially if you have oversized tires.
Our tanks holds an actual 18.5 gallons to bare empty just to note.
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WTF!!!!
I have a 99 and I'm only getting 225 with a light foot. I have always averaged that in my runners.
What's wrong with my trucks?!?!?!
I just did a full tune up and nothing changed. OEM plugs and wires, airfilter, fuel filter, O2 sensors, Cleaned the MAF, PVC!
I am running 265/75R18 but even with my stock wheel and tire set up I was getting the same.
Any ideas?
I have a 99 and I'm only getting 225 with a light foot. I have always averaged that in my runners.
What's wrong with my trucks?!?!?!
I just did a full tune up and nothing changed. OEM plugs and wires, airfilter, fuel filter, O2 sensors, Cleaned the MAF, PVC!
I am running 265/75R18 but even with my stock wheel and tire set up I was getting the same.
Any ideas?
D Farms
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have you accounted for the tire size in the odometer? you have basically skinny 34" tires.
JayRolla
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18.5 total. Most gauges wills how empty after 14 gal used. Most I have ever fit in my truck is 15gal. Thats how off our fuel gauge can be.
I have also hit near 300 when Im mainly on the highway. No way I could get 300 in the city.
I get what you're saying, but, my fuel economy was the same even with my 245/75R16
I'm getting 225ish on both my current 4runners and all my 3rd gens from the past.
I wonder how much altitude comes into play...
