MattVulture

I hope this hasn't been covered already and is not a silly question but today I filled up for the first time and it was weird. My 2015 platinum had the 36 gallon tank and would take dang near 36 gallons when close to empty. Today my raptor, which supposedly has the 36 gallon tank according to the window sticker in the glove box, took about 31 gallons when it was almost on E. It also shows 460 miles to empty upon resetting the trip computer. My 5.0 platinum showed something like 550 or 600 miles to empty.

Question 1 is: does the fuel gauge have to learn the size of the tank / miles to empty when the truck is new? I forgot how that went on my previous f150. Maybe the gauge was showing less fuel than was actually still left in the tank?

Question 2 is: is the raptor mileage that much worse than the 5.0? I know it's a turbo with shorter gearing right? But it's a 10 speed so i thought it would balance out.

Also, the gauge cluster is slightly different than my 2015 F150. Now it shows miles to E on both the fuel gauge and on the area where it used to show miles traveled. Is there a way to show miles traveled on the display (not the odometer of course haha

Ricktwuhk

Been covered many times.

1) Nope. Uses last 500 miles driven. You don't have enough miles driven.

NASSTY

The 5.0 should get better MPGs because of the Raptor's 35" tires.
The EPA ratings on the Raptor window sticker are 15 city/18 highway/16 combined.
So far my #s exceed the EPA ratings.

Scrappy Doo

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My numbers do not. HA.

stealthfrc

Most of that is because it's winter and the winter blend fuels.

MDJAK

I turned 2,000 miles today a few days short of 2 months ownership, and if the overall mpg trip computer is to be believed, I'm averaging 15.7 mpg, but I do have a heavy foot.

dlbb

well y'all suck getting that good mpg and all. i am at 14.3 mpg over 1500 miles according to the dash.

oh yea and to answer the op the fuel gauge only reads about 30 gals on a 36 gal tank. it is a safety feature to prevent u from running the tank and motor dry. i generally reset trip one on the gas fill up and trip 2 on the oil change. also i can't let it go below 1/4 cause gas is $3.50 a gal for 91 here. my cc only allows $100 per a transaction lol. i'm hoping i can still go to vegas and back on a single tank tough if it is all pavement at 75mph.

RedX

That's just about what I average. I have 10k on mine....

jamesh46

I'm averaging 15.9, had a highway run the other day at 72 MPH that was up near 20

Mystical'96

I'm averaging 16.1 over the 1400 miles I've had mine. I don't beat on it too bad but I'm definitely not taking it easy either.