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Old Jun 7, 2012 | 12:16 PM
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Be been gettin 10 mpg here lately and my truck just seems sluggish. I just put some new times on it and I understand they are little heavier than my stock rims and tires and i dont expect to get awesome mpg but they can't possibly be hurting it that bad.
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Old Jun 7, 2012 | 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Leveled F150
Be been gettin 10 mpg here lately and my truck just seems sluggish. I just put some new times on it and I understand they are little heavier than my stock rims and tires and i dont expect to get awesome mpg but they can't possibly be hurting it that bad.
Have you cleaned air filter?....maybe fuel filters clogged.
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Old Jun 7, 2012 | 12:24 PM
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Air filter is brand new and it could possibly use a fuel filter but the engine also feels sluggish like it doesn't have enough power. How often is a fuel filter suppose to be changed?
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Old Jun 7, 2012 | 12:32 PM
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30k.

Plugs are 100k but your better off @ 40-60k.

Mileage for your rig?
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Old Jun 7, 2012 | 12:36 PM
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Originally Posted by blackbetty
30k.

Plugs are 100k but your better off @ 40-60k.

Mileage for your rig?
I have 123xxx on it now and I doubt the ifs were changed on it before I got it about 23k ago. The fuel filter has about 10k on it. Could the plugs hurt it that bad?
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Old Jun 7, 2012 | 12:42 PM
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Clean your throttle body.
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Old Jun 7, 2012 | 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Leveled F150
Be been gettin 10 mpg here lately and my truck just seems sluggish. I just put some new times on it and I understand they are little heavier than my stock rims and tires and i dont expect to get awesome mpg but they can't possibly be hurting it that bad.
https://www.f150forum.com/f2/ultimat...133049/index3/

Start here
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Old Jul 18, 2020 | 04:41 PM
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I Gaped the plugs to 0.045, they were grater the 0.050 (manual gives a range of .41-.47) and cleaned everything.






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My mpg dropped by 2 when I put my new AT tires on. What was your mileage before the new tires went on?
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Old Jul 18, 2020 | 04:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Unlimited HP
My mpg dropped by 2 when I put my new AT tires on. What was your mileage before the new tires went on?
Don't forget this is an 8 year old thread bumped by random spark plug pictures. If you aren't replying to the post made today, you're question are probably falling on deaf ears.
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