MPG question
01-29-2013, 12:45 AM
#1
F150 Greenhorn
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MPG question
I just bought a 2012 F-150 XLT SCREW 5.0 last week with 5,000 miles. It has the 3.55 gears. I average 13.5 to 14.0 for MPG. Almost all of my driving is in town and my consists of a lot of starts & stops. Is this to be expected with in town driving? Thanks
01-29-2013, 12:50 AM
#3
I have the same setup and recently added a level with 33" BFG's. With the stock 265/65 18's and 3.55's I was getting 17-18 mpg around town and 20 mpg highway. Now that I've added the heavier and taller BFG's, I'm still doing ok with 15-16 mpg in stop and go and 18 mpg highway.
01-29-2013, 12:57 AM
#5
Put your truck in manual mode
I posted this on the mpg forum in general discussion yesterday but this might help you.
I have a 2011 F-150 FX4. After a while of getting around 16 mpg on the interstate and 12-14 in town in Colorado I decided to see what all I could do with a stock truck to get better gas mileage. Here is what I found.
First thing I decided to do was replace the air in my tires with nitro. Seems simple enough and cost me about 20 bucks but upped my mpg about 1-2 mpg with similar driving circumstances. One thing to keep in mind about your tire pressure. Keep your tire pressure close to the max OF THE TIRE...not the recommended tire pressure for the vehicle. That recommended tire pressure for the vehicle is much lower than the tire and is designed for comfort of ride, not mpg. My stock tires max is 44 and the truck recommends 34.
The biggest thing though that I started doing is putting my truck in Manual (M) mode. You get to chose when you shift and you can really keep those rpm's down. You can literally run in 6th gear at 45 miles per hour and keep it in 6th when you start to climb a hill.
In short I went from around 16-17 mpg on the interstate to 20-21. In town I went from around 12-14 and am currently getting 16.5.
I changed my air filter to a K&N and in all honesty saw no increase in mpg. I did see a noticeable increase in power and would still recommend it but really didn't see and mpg increase.
I have a 2011 F-150 FX4. After a while of getting around 16 mpg on the interstate and 12-14 in town in Colorado I decided to see what all I could do with a stock truck to get better gas mileage. Here is what I found.
First thing I decided to do was replace the air in my tires with nitro. Seems simple enough and cost me about 20 bucks but upped my mpg about 1-2 mpg with similar driving circumstances. One thing to keep in mind about your tire pressure. Keep your tire pressure close to the max OF THE TIRE...not the recommended tire pressure for the vehicle. That recommended tire pressure for the vehicle is much lower than the tire and is designed for comfort of ride, not mpg. My stock tires max is 44 and the truck recommends 34.
The biggest thing though that I started doing is putting my truck in Manual (M) mode. You get to chose when you shift and you can really keep those rpm's down. You can literally run in 6th gear at 45 miles per hour and keep it in 6th when you start to climb a hill.
In short I went from around 16-17 mpg on the interstate to 20-21. In town I went from around 12-14 and am currently getting 16.5.
I changed my air filter to a K&N and in all honesty saw no increase in mpg. I did see a noticeable increase in power and would still recommend it but really didn't see and mpg increase.
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01-29-2013, 01:03 AM
#6
One thing you could also try to do is be easy on acceleration if you like to gun it off the line. Trying to coast whenever you can helps as well.
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01-29-2013, 01:05 AM
#7
F150 Greenhorn
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I have the same setup and recently added a level with 33" BFG's. With the stock 265/65 18's and 3.55's I was getting 17-18 mpg around town and 20 mpg highway. Now that I've added the heavier and taller BFG's, I'm still doing ok with 15-16 mpg in stop and go and 18 mpg highway.
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01-29-2013, 01:07 AM
#8
F150 Greenhorn
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I posted this on the mpg forum in general discussion yesterday but this might help you.
I have a 2011 F-150 FX4. After a while of getting around 16 mpg on the interstate and 12-14 in town in Colorado I decided to see what all I could do with a stock truck to get better gas mileage. Here is what I found.
First thing I decided to do was replace the air in my tires with nitro. Seems simple enough and cost me about 20 bucks but upped my mpg about 1-2 mpg with similar driving circumstances. One thing to keep in mind about your tire pressure. Keep your tire pressure close to the max OF THE TIRE...not the recommended tire pressure for the vehicle. That recommended tire pressure for the vehicle is much lower than the tire and is designed for comfort of ride, not mpg. My stock tires max is 44 and the truck recommends 34.
The biggest thing though that I started doing is putting my truck in Manual (M) mode. You get to chose when you shift and you can really keep those rpm's down. You can literally run in 6th gear at 45 miles per hour and keep it in 6th when you start to climb a hill.
In short I went from around 16-17 mpg on the interstate to 20-21. In town I went from around 12-14 and am currently getting 16.5.
I changed my air filter to a K&N and in all honesty saw no increase in mpg. I did see a noticeable increase in power and would still recommend it but really didn't see and mpg increase.
I have a 2011 F-150 FX4. After a while of getting around 16 mpg on the interstate and 12-14 in town in Colorado I decided to see what all I could do with a stock truck to get better gas mileage. Here is what I found.
First thing I decided to do was replace the air in my tires with nitro. Seems simple enough and cost me about 20 bucks but upped my mpg about 1-2 mpg with similar driving circumstances. One thing to keep in mind about your tire pressure. Keep your tire pressure close to the max OF THE TIRE...not the recommended tire pressure for the vehicle. That recommended tire pressure for the vehicle is much lower than the tire and is designed for comfort of ride, not mpg. My stock tires max is 44 and the truck recommends 34.
The biggest thing though that I started doing is putting my truck in Manual (M) mode. You get to chose when you shift and you can really keep those rpm's down. You can literally run in 6th gear at 45 miles per hour and keep it in 6th when you start to climb a hill.
In short I went from around 16-17 mpg on the interstate to 20-21. In town I went from around 12-14 and am currently getting 16.5.
I changed my air filter to a K&N and in all honesty saw no increase in mpg. I did see a noticeable increase in power and would still recommend it but really didn't see and mpg increase.
01-29-2013, 01:09 AM
#9
F150 Greenhorn
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I do try to stay out of the throttle but sometimes it's hard to with the sound of that exhaust. I'm very impressed. I've never heard factory exhaust sound quite that good.
01-29-2013, 01:10 AM
#10
Senior Member
Originally Posted by jerparker1
The dealership I bought it from put nitro in the tires before I bought it. This is probably a dumb question but when they do need air it's okay to put in compressed air or it has to be nitro? I bought a K&N filter from Amazon that will be here tomorrow. Thanks for the info!
Top up with compressed air