Your 4Runner Gas Mileage

[Uneek]

Average 19.5, about 85-90% highway. Low of 15.7, all city and high of 22.7, all highway. I have a 4WD as well.

 

[predatorsniper1]

Average 19.5, about 85-90% highway. Low of 15.7, all city and high of 22.7, all highway. I have a 4WD as well.

Cool, thanks for your post !!!!! :bigok:

 

[greyghost4x4]

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I don't know about really cheap, but cars.com worked for me.

Evan

 

[charlier180]

Between 11-13.4 mpg city and 18-19mpg highway. That's not driving it hard either, that's what I get when I don't take it over 2,000-2,500 rpm with my V8.

Don't plan on getting what it's supposed to.

I get 15-17 mpg around town and 19-21 on the highway but I do have the older, 2004, V8.

Your 11-13 mpg does seem to be a little low.
Are you ALWAYS filling up your tank FULL when you get gas then calculating your MPG (not using the on board computer)?

 

[josh220]

I get 15-17 mpg around town and 19-21 on the highway but I do have the older, 2004, V8.

Your 11-13 mpg does seem to be a little low.
Are you ALWAYS filling up your tank FULL when you get gas then calculating your MPG (not using the on board computer)?

Calculated it manually every time. The computer always read 13.8-14.2 but now it reads 13.5 after the lift. I find it to usually be off by 2 MPG, so i'm probably getting 11 right now.

 

[Spider5]

Calculated it manually every time. The computer always read 13.8-14.2 but now it reads 13.5 after the lift. I find it to usually be off by 2 MPG, so i'm probably getting 11 right now.

Unless you are realy nailing it to the floor a lot, there is something wrong. Check your wheels, brakes, tire pressure, etc. I'm running in the 17 range and traffic here is a *****.

 

[josh220]

Unless you are realy nailing it to the floor a lot, there is something wrong. Check your wheels, brakes, tire pressure, etc. I'm running in the 17 range and traffic here is a *****.

I don't take it over 2,000-2,500 RPM. My tires are all at 34-36 psi (depending on if it's at night or in the middle of the day.) I check them regularly. I have even tried different gas stations, and different octane ratings.

Would you suggest I bring it up at the dealership? The computer has only gone up 1 MPG since I first got it, and now it has about 6,400 miles on it. I think this is just because I drove it harder at first, than I do now. So it probably has nothing to do with it bing "broken in," just better driving habits.

 

[keylay31]

I would try resetting the computer... See if that helps. My great mpg is accompanied by 5th gear at 30mph.

 

[josh220]

I would try resetting the computer... See if that helps. My great mpg is accompanied by 5th gear at 30mph.

I reset it every fill-up. Otherwise it's pointless to even look at it because it will have the average from every time I drove on the freeway to outweigh my average when driving in the city.

 

[Spider5]

I don't take it over 2,000-2,500 RPM. My tires are all at 34-36 psi (depending on if it's at night or in the middle of the day.) I check them regularly. I have even tried different gas stations, and different octane ratings.

Would you suggest I bring it up at the dealership? The computer has only gone up 1 MPG since I first got it, and now it has about 6,400 miles on it. I think this is just because I drove it harder at first, than I do now. So it probably has nothing to do with it bing "broken in," just better driving habits.

I did gain a couple of MPG from very early on (break in period) but like 15 to 17 not 11. BTW I also have a lift and didn't see any change before to after installing it.

 

[josh220]

I did gain a couple of MPG from very early on (break in period) but like 15 to 17 not 11. BTW I also have a lift and didn't see any change before to after installing it.

I didn't have any drop from the lift, but I lost about 1 MPG with the bigger tires.

Not really sure why it's so low. It seems like to get 11-12mpg you have to gun it at every stop light and constantly run it to 3,000-4,000 RPM.

 

[Spider5]

I reset it every fill-up. Otherwise it's pointless to even look at it because it will have the average from every time I drove on the freeway to outweigh my average when driving in the city.

By the way, have you checked your alignment and change the alignment after the cornfed install?

 

[Spider5]

I didn't have any drop from the lift, but I lost about 1 MPG with the bigger tires.

Not really sure why it's so low. It seems like to get 11-12mpg you have to gun it at every stop light and constantly run it to 3,000-4,000 RPM.

I have Goodyears silent armor 265/70/r17. I would need to realy push it maybe even uphill or pull my boat to get that low an MPG

 

[Roland]

you did allow for the bigger tires when calculating your fuel mileage right. I've seen larger tires actually effect the speedo by 10%.

I didn't have any drop from the lift, but I lost about 1 MPG with the bigger tires.

Not really sure why it's so low. It seems like to get 11-12mpg you have to gun it at every stop light and constantly run it to 3,000-4,000 RPM.

 

[Spider5]

you did allow for the bigger tires when calculating your fuel mileage right. I've seen larger tires actually effect the speedo by 10%.

for 165/70 it is more like 3%

 

[josh220]

for 165/70 it is more like 3%

You mean 265/70/17. Not 165.

And I don't care if my speedometer is off by a little bit, it's the MPG that pisses me off.

 

[Spider5]

You mean 265/70/17. Not 165.

And I don't care if my speedometer is off by a little bit, it's the MPG that pisses me off.

Of course 265. I think the reason for the comment is because the MPG calculation will be slightly off because of the speedo reading you would be using.

 

[vando45]

'06 V8 4WD 17.4 on the computer over 30K+ miles FWIW. Got 20 MPG actual highway on a recent road trip to Florida.