'95 4Runner 30 A/T 31's

Loaded with 4 college kids and every available space taken by their stuff, 75 MPH, 16 MPG. (St.Louis-Chicago)

Need to do some maintenance though, I'm falling behind.

 

Been logging my fillups for three years now. I email myself everytime I fill lol.

Average 10 days between fillups.

104k on the clock

RWD

24mpg

Good tank is 330 max I have gotten was 365 on a full tank all highway. I did a drive to PA to pick up tires for my Jeep so I filled at a reststop and used the gas on the trip alone.

32,136 miles logged. I started a little after I bought the truck.

Scary but my max price per gallon was $4.05 and the minimum was $1.49.

Stock 22RE not really lifted much. Maybe an inch or so.

I run 16x8 American Racing Alloys with 215/55/16 and 225/55/16 rear. Granted they are heavy as boat anchors.

I also run 15x8 Enkeis in the winter with 215/70/15s all around. They are way lighter. I would say 1/3 the weight of the 16s.

5 Speed and I like driving the truck where the RPMs are just what needed to keep me moving around.

aa1911 you run meth for eficiency not power. Pretty cool I will look into that. I run logs on all the vehicles in the house.

Love my toyota

 

94 22re standard cab 4x4 pickup 4.30 gears 31" dueler's
20 mpg.
I wish I could get 25.

 

'99 4runner 3.4 5-speed, 265/70's, last fill up drove from mountains down into denver and got 23.67 MPG!!

 

tall skinny tires, light air, and driving downhill will do that!!!!

 

Stock 3.0 V6 31x10.50 BF Goodrich Radial A/T with 5 speed manual trans and manual hubs. Extended cab 4X4. 70 miles per day round trip in heavy traffic. 16-18mpg on old motor (250k) and new rebuild (10k) during winter (10% ethanol). Mileage varies mostly due to enthanol concentration. Summer mileage (no ethanol until 2009) used to be 18-19.5mpg. Thanks to Portland, OR greenies, I never get that mileage any longer.

 

88 4runner, 22RE, 5spd, Stock Size Michelin LTX's on SR5 wheels, 13L/100km.

 

91' 4x4 sas'd 22re 5 speed 5.29 gears on 35-16-15r boggers it sees about 14-15 on a good tank of fuel.

 

85 longbed 33by10.5 bfgs muds stock gears. 14.5 miles per gallon

 

So you get 19.33 miles to the gallon?

 

Whew. I tried to read this thread all the way threw. But Sorry. I can't. But I got enough an idea of what is the good and the bad out there.

I'm no expert but I do have a few ideas to improve of my own. However, there are some things I would consider before I go out and make my truck better in gas mileage.

1- What are my compromises in performance I might find in perusing better gas mileage? If I want (off road or road & track) performance then I'm going to have to pay for it in the form of mods, fixes and extra gas. And accept that.

2- If I want better MPG at any level of modification, regardless of the way my truck is setup at this time, I'll have to ask myself what benefits and compromises I will have to consider for the pursuit of better gas millage.
There are always some mods that can be improved on. But it is just a matter of how much more money I want to spend. How much am I willing to compromise a little on certain Performance aspects for the pursuit of better MPG. Everyone has their level of comfort/function here.

In my case. I have done nothing to "enhance" the performance of it's off road capabilities because it's a daily driver. My initial modifications were for street performance.
My 2000 limited 4Runner has about 110,000 miles on the odometer. I have only removed the intake tube and silencer for a metal pipe mated to the OEM air box with a K&N air filter. I wanted a little more HP performance at low cost.
The truck has the stock rims with 36-38psi in the Michelin LTX tires.

Since purchasing the truck in '03, I've seen my MPG lower from about 19mpg to about 16mpg. Now it's about 14MPG because of a few things.
Apart from road conditions, atmospheric and driving style, I know that this car needs a little TLC first.

So since the vehicle is almost stock, I may have a better understanding of what is going wrong and what to change in my truck to make it better.

Although I know very little about what makes the 4Runner unique to other vehicles, I have had experience in engine fuel management as well as some common applications that can work for any vehicle for improving performance.

If you are interested I can post some ideas here if anyone cares to read.

What I will do to change my truck's MPG's performance is to chase down what the more likelier candidates that is robbing my gas for a vehicle this age and mile usage. (The truck doesn't have any C.E.L. codes.)

One thing I might do: I might replac the two O2 sensors with a new set of Toyota, Denso brand sensors.
Check for any vacuum leaks for proper A/F control.
Check spark plug condition to identify engine condition of the internals and any pre-existing conditions.

One thing Kiwipushrod mentioned on 05-22-2008 was to just leave to go somewhere sooner and drive slower. That can not always be done but it's a GREAT and CHEAP mod to improve one's MPG.

This will cause you to drive with a less erratic throttle and your MPGs can improve by as much as 20% or more.

p.s. One reason why my MPG is at 14 right now is that I've needed to switch on 4WD almost 50% of the time because of the current weather we've been having. ... But I still know that this truck is not at it's OE 18-21MPG standard that I'd expect it to be at.

ew

 

88 4runner, 22RE, 5spd, 25.3mpg, completely stock down to the tires and oem size/style exhaust, that was 90% Highway driving though.

Average, with lots of cold starts/warm ups and short trips it gets 19-20mpg, I don't drive it hard at all. I find that the gas gauge is really inaccurate though so its hard to keep track of exactly what its getting.

Truck has 447,000km's on it (277,000mi)

 

Is the truck found the picture the 4Runner? I bet a helpful factor is that it's much lighter than mine. Plus is that 22RE a 4cyl? That could help too.
I'm looking for 19-20 if I can after I tweak it a bit further.
Ideas are to do some maintenance, an AFC and Exhaust with possibly a Water Injection unit or an HHO sys. by this summer.
ew

 

94-4x4
33" tires
about 15mpg
3.0L

 

The other one is a 91-4x4
40" tires on it now
3.0L and gets about 20, its a manual trany

 

Island got that good gas mileage, primarily from the highway driving.
I get 20 -22, most of my driving is city. I have a 5 speed 22re, '88.
I imagine the 1st gens are lighter than the rest, but I could be wrong.

NEUTRAL!!!! if you have a standard- heck if you have an auto, will save you
a bunch of gas; throw it in neutral coming off a freeway, of if you have a long period on a street or frontage road, to the next stop light or sign. if you just take your foot off the gas, this does not help, as the tranny/tires/engine are all still engaged, so put it in neutral to coast, on your idle rpms.
keep tires at 35 to 40 lbs, if you don't live in the frozen north.
clean your maf/afm/ intake plenum with some alcohol base cleaner; you can even take the plenum off, and clean it, so it drains out, onto a old shirt or towel, it will be yucky.
new plugs and wires and dist.cap/rotor is allways a good idea.
Last but not least; 2 in a row treatments of Seafoam, or your other fave cleaner, to clean out the injectors, top of pistons, cyl walls, and combustion area.

these are all cheap, and easy to do .

 

1985 Single cab 22r, factory tires, G52 5 spd , 4.11 gears, 4x4 and the secret weapon a Weber 34 dgec that delivers 25 mpg on the highway at 70 mph. Still tweaking it out...

 

I know about 1/4 of the lingo yet , so what is the weber Weber 34 dgec thingy?

 

93 3.0
k&n filter
flowmaster muffler
14.8-16mpg so weak. my modded mustang gets 17-20mpg

 

94 toyo pickup ext cab 22re 32 11.50 15 kumho road venture mt, cold air intake and im getting a little less then 13 mpg and it is killing me any one know why!!??