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I'm only getting 14 mpg?!

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Old Apr 10, 2010 | 08:47 PM
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Originally Posted by tjspillman
Do you know you gear ratio? my wifes 94 and my 96 both have 3:42 gears and we both get about 15-17 mpg. and both are 4x4's. these numbers are pretty close to our window stickers fuel rateing. you could be one of the few that has the 3:73 gears. just a thought.
Hmmm maybe. Anybody know of a good RPO decoder? I'll run through my RPOs to see what I have since my truck is 98.351% (lol) stock.
 
Old Jun 18, 2010 | 02:51 PM
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lol my fuel gauge doesnt work & i was pullin up to the pump one day & my truck just died luckly i was at the pump haha! but my truck only filled up 17gal
 
Old Jun 18, 2010 | 10:07 PM
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a more aggressive tire tread will lower ur gas mileage too. epa estimates arent that great, its off for my celica, was off for my nissan. i havent checked the blazer yet.
 
Old Aug 10, 2010 | 09:36 AM
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I get between 17 and 20MPG. I usually fill up at Chevron or Shell and always 89 octane.
 
Old Aug 10, 2010 | 07:38 PM
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I filled up Monday morning before work and the truck took 15.3 gals, and I had 269 miles on her since last filling up and that came out to be 17.5 mpg. But I know I need to do a tune up, hoping I get better milage after that.
 
Old Aug 11, 2010 | 01:01 AM
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if your temp gauge is only reading 185 tops you need a new thermastat 200 to 210 is the proper temp range to keep the computer happy for smog reasons on freeway driving i got 18 to 20mpg with my 94 cpi
 
Old Aug 11, 2010 | 11:57 PM
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I have a 3" lift on my 91 and i run a set of 31" Bf Goodrich All Terrain T/A and i do a lot of city driving and average around 14 mpg Filled up the other day and cost me $56 for roughly 250miles. This is even after i did a tune up, stupid gas guzzling pig..I love it
 
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