Drinking Gas
I took some time this weekend to do some preventative maintenance on my '05 King Ranch. I replaced my badly deteriorated windshield wipers, fixed some lights, cleaned the throttle body, put in a K&N drop in filter, and replaced the fuel filter. After all of this i unplugged the battery for about 1 min or 2. After doing 40 miles of driving the gas gauge has moved down about 15-20% and the "miles to empy" loses 3-5 miles every mile of actual driving. IDK what is going on. I have checked for leaks around the fuel filter. It is dry. no leaks at all around it. Truck says I am averagin 15.5 MPG and thats 85% in town driving.
WHERE IS MY GAS GOING?? |
15.5 MPG is good for a 5.4.
Was this type of driving more city then highway driving? An "average" has to be based on a longer driving period; 40 miles is not good enough to base an average on IMO. |
I wish I was getting 15.5 mpg. I'm getting about 12 and that's 90% in town driving so I'm fairly happy. I can pull 15 on hwy. I would fully expect your mileage to drop as you add more miles to the average.
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What does unhooking your battery for a minute or two do? What was your goal in doing that?
What was your MPG before you did any maintenance? As stated, 40 miles shows nothing. |
Originally Posted by Ricktwuhk
(Post 4823559)
What does unhooking your battery for a minute or two do? What was your goal in doing that?
What was your MPG before you did any maintenance? As stated, 40 miles shows nothing. |
Originally Posted by Ricktwuhk
(Post 4823559)
What does unhooking your battery for a minute or two do? What was your goal in doing that?
What was your MPG before you did any maintenance? As stated, 40 miles shows nothing. |
Originally Posted by StephenG
(Post 4823570)
My guess is trying to reset the computer and do the relearn process but I think it takes longer than 2 or 3 minutes to drain the power. I've always heard 30 minutes. He also never stated if he actually did the relearn process or just went about driving right away.
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I know what could be accomplished by disconnecting for a specified period, suspect the OP did not. For example, having an electronic transmission relearn shift points.
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Wasn't trying to insult your intelligence, Rick.
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I've always removed both the positive and negative cable from the battery, then touched the two cables together. Causes anything within the truck that stores a minute charge to instantly drain.
A radio repair shop told me this as a last resort to removing stuck disks in the factory radios or NAV units; it worked on my factory NAV unit that would not spit out the navigation disk after going through the steps to eject it via the menu. |
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