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Old Mar 23, 2011 | 12:57 AM
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I have an '88 F150, 5.0, 302. I get about 9-10 mpg on a good day. The truck runs great though. Is there anything I can do to get a few more miles to the gallon?
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Old Mar 23, 2011 | 02:04 AM
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get scanned for codes. general tune up. clean sensors. replace the o2 sensor
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Old Mar 23, 2011 | 02:56 AM
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Seafoam it
Do a tune-up
Replace the O2 Sensor
Replace or remove the cat convertor
Get a hotter ignition coil (stay away from MSD)
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Old Mar 23, 2011 | 02:59 AM
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Holy god there was 2 posts about this already today!!!!!
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