miles to tank

[Runge17]

im getting about 150-160 miles to a full tank in city. im driving a 91 4runner sr5, is this normal?? what do you guys normally get? id like to know what the average is before i go about getting new plugs and cleaning the injectors and all that, so i know whether to even bother or not.

 

[Hyde802]

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[slipknoter106]

when i drive to GA and i live in KY i spend about 50 something bux to fill it up and i drive 4and half hours which is 301 miles. my gas light is on at about 280 miles.. so i would suggest i get about 300 miles a tank highway. the 3.0 dont get good gas mileage

 

[DukesRide]

I'm not sure about how many miles per tank but I can tell you I get 15.9, just say 16 MPG with a mix of around town and highway driving on my 95 v6 auto. I would think you should be getting 300+ per tank full.

 

[77'911]

I have not checked what we get on a full tank due to fact that we like to fill the truck up before it hits a 1/4 tank. Having said that our 1990 3.0 4runner (4wd, auto) averaged , or had a combined mpg of 18.5 which I did not think was terrible. Looking at the miles during fill up, it could easily make 250 miles on a tank.
I'm about to replace the fuel pump and regulator, so I'll be interested if that helps mpg any afterwards
regards

 

[DC runner]

91 4runner, v6.

220 was all I could ever manage. I was running larger tires, so I think 250 would be manageable with good driving skills.

My 220 was highway, Straight driving. You would expect to lose a good bit on start and stop driving.

 

[hellsbells]

My 91runner 22re 5spd gets about the same as my 92prelude around 22-23mpg

 

[El Brujo]

I've got a 95 SR5 22RE 5spd (245,000mi), and I regularly get 23mpg (I zero out the trip odometer every fill-up and divide the miles driven by the gallons to fill). In fact if I fall lower than this, I start thinking about a tune up. Mostly hiway driving, mixed with weekend off-road.

 

[cztheman64]

if im drivin highway im gettin 20+ MPG. 87 22re w/ 5.29s and 33s

 

[WoodsRunner88]

You should be getting around 20 mpg I would guess if it is tuned right. I had an 89 3VZ-E 5-speed 4Runner that was super quick, and it got 23 mpg on average with 225/75 R15 tires on it. Check your spark plug gap, then check your ignition timing, if it is around 10 degrees BTDC when warm and at 900 revs, re**** it to around 6 or 7 BTDC and see if it feels more powerful. Play with the ignition timing by a degree or two at a time, until it feels it's most powerful, and your mileage should go up too. Hope this helps.

 

[Hyde802]

it is around 10 degrees BTDC when warm and at 900 revs, re**** it to around 6 or 7 BTDC and see if it feels more powerful. Play with the ignition timing by a degree or two at a time, until it feels it's most powerful, and your mileage should go up too. Hope this helps.

If you reta rd the timing, its going to be slower. I found the best power around 12-15 advanced.

 

[SUBTEGRAL]

I had an 89 3VZ-E 5-speed 4Runner that was super quick, and it got 23 mpg on average with 225/75 R15 tires on it.

Stock size tires are supposed to yield only 20 mpg highway/freeway (3VZE)

How were you getting 23 mpg?

I found the best power around 12-15 advanced.

So I should re-set my timing? (3VZE)

 

[Hyde802]

That's up to you. It might already be there. When I did my HG, we put the truck back together and, not paying attention from when we took it apart, put it at the stock timing, which is 10. The truck seemed slow and luggish from what it was before the HG replacement. So from reading on the magical internets, I found a few threads on timing and they recommended advancing it a bit, and sure enough, I got my lost power back. So now I just always set it around 13-14. No Idea what this does to fuel mileage, I never kept track in that truck.

 

[SUBTEGRAL]

I've had it checked with a timing light and mine runs best at 18 advanced ... weird? it doesn't like 15 advanced..