What is your gas mileage?

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davefromIndy

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My 2001 T4R gets 18ish in town and 20 on the highway.

I was wondering if anyone else had found a way to increase the mileage and if so, how did you do it?
 
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Your mileage is what it's supposed to get but getting the engine to breathe a little better (filter and an exhaust) is all you really can do and drive even more conservatively and keep it under 70mph on the highway.

I get 16-17 around town and on a recent 500 mile road trip over the continental divide and back I got 19 since it's a pain trying to maintain 70ish up those passes.
 
Thanks, but I will never stop wondering if there is something that can increase the mileage. I just switched to synthetic oil and was toying with the idea of over inflating my tires by 2 - 3 PSI to see if that helps.

I plan on keeping my 4Runner for many more years and a few extra miles per gallon over the long haul will save me some $$$.

RonMAIDEN said:
Your mileage is what it's supposed to get but getting the engine to breathe a little better (filter and an exhaust) is all you really can do and drive even more conservatively and keep it under 70mph on the highway.

I get 16-17 around town and on a recent 500 mile road trip over the continental divide and back I got 19 since it's a pain trying to maintain 70ish up those passes.
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City driving I get 18-19mpg. On a recent trip to the shore I got 25-26mpg highway. That was doing 65mph on average.
 
I run synthetic and have my Nittos (D load rated so they are a bit heavier than the OEM size) set at 35psi. If I wasn't so into acceleratiing from a stop and doing 75 on the highways I'm sure I'd get a couple more MPGs.
 
davefromIndy said:
My 2001 T4R gets 18ish in town and 20 on the highway.

I was wondering if anyone else had found a way to increase the mileage and if so, how did you do it?
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Lucky, mine gets between 11-14 in the city.
 
Used to get 17/21, but now with 265/70/17 AT tires, I'm getting 15/18.

I don't there is much you can do to dramatically increase your MPG. Even if there were some things, you have to weigh the cost to benefit ratio. Putting in a $1200 exhaust (I'm exaggerating) to get 1MPG extra is not worth it.

The only way I can see you getting better gas mileage is if you do a diesel or 4cyl swap. But, again, how long will that take to re-coup the money spent?

I used to keep a very detailed journal of my MPG (since I commute 100 miles a day). But now, I don't really care. I'll keep an eye on the MPG to make sure everything's functioning ok, but I figure it's too much hassle trying to keep under 70mph on the highway, slow take-off's, blah blah blah. If I drive like I want, (80mph, normal take-off, etc), it's only a few dollar's worth of difference at the pump. I can live with that.
 
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I've only calculated my mileage 3 times but they were all 18 point something which was in combo of city / suburban driving. I have 3.4 w/ 5 spd and 265/75-16 tires at 28 psi - I bet if I pumped them up to 35 I'd get another 0.5 mpg or so. Good news is the 3.4 is designed to use the cheap stuff whereas I think Toyota "recommends" the expensive stuff for the 4.0
 
I get confused with the octane recomendation. In the owners manual for the 2000 it say you can use 87 but leads you to believe you should be using 89.
 
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Hey i know it seems cheesy but that tornado/vortex (i forgot the name) thing that you insert into the air breather hose gave me about 1.5-2 mpg increase in my old ford explore. Maybe worth a shot...? It's like $60 i think. Beat $1200 lol. Let me know how it goes.
 
Even a 2mpg increase can be due to alot of factors and $60 is still alot of money to throw away. Deckplate can give you that for $12.
 
Rob96 said:
I get confused with the octane recomendation. In the owners manual for the 2000 it say you can use 87 but leads you to believe you should be using 89.
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That's weird, my 2000 manual just says:

"Select Octane Rating 87 (Research Octane Number 91) or higher". Then it goes on to warn that using an octane rating lower than stated above will cause persistent heavy knocking.

I don't read that as saying I should use 89.
 
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