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I fixed that post for you. The quotes didn't carry over and I was very confused.

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Thanx. Was posting from my phone

 

READ dude!
21 mpg pulling a trailer and 25-27 not towing anything and driving conservatively. Stock size tires. Mileage verified by odo and gps.
Yea because dividing the miles traveled by the amount of fuel you put into your tank is a super complex equation.

 

Wandered off topic?

 

Ya know.... I keep asking myself how guys with 22RE 4WD's are getting the results they post up, "19-24mpg in my 87 22RE 4Runner".... I guess they've gotten the 'good ones'! lol. I can't beat more than 20mpg ON A PERFECT day out of mine on the HWY... But, then again, I have 12-17city depending on how bad traffic is in L.A. that day... So I don't get to enjoy that 20mpg very often! lol.

Sorry, different thread, I know, ....but it did come up, right? lol..

Stock tires DO make a difference.... Not huge for me, but I did notice between stock and 31's.

 

See post #5, it explains best as well as most of the rest of the post how/why the 3vze got its bad reputation.
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f116.../#post51211624

AS stated previously, the 3vze by today standards is a bit weak as to todays outputs and numbers... But, at that time, dvd players were only to the really rich, microwaves were still realtively new, and cell phones were cinder blocks. As we all know, apples and oranges dont compare. And for all those saying they are horrible, then why are there still so many of them on the road 20-25 years later?

 

25-27 is pretty good. lets see proof
film yourself filling up your tank and driving it untill you run out of gas. post on youtube and maybe ill believe it
ahah just kidding man
inn my 85 4runner i went 300 miles on one tank seattle to eugene with a 14 gallon tank thats 21mpg

 

To be a little bit fair, Ford's pushrod 2.8 and 3.0L V6s of the same vintage were gutless turds that got bad economy. I think the heads on some tend to crack eventually, too, but it's more of a high-mileage occurrence.

One possible reason is that they were more expensive trucks and were more likely to get repaired instead of replaced. That, and the recall program meant that lots of owners were able to get a very expensive repair done for no cost.

27mpg is about 5mpg higher than I have ever heard a 4x4 22RE getting.

 

maybe it was all downhilll with the wind pushing him aha

 

I did read. Im saying your not getting 20 pulling.


Ya you have to wonder anytime someone tells you they get better mpg than the manufacturer says it will get.


Your right. I just hate when people post obviously fake results. Its just plain wrong.


Complex enough for you to it up.
I once drove to california from seattle on 2 gallons of gas in my yota 4x4.

 

I like Chili! ........ Oh, ....sorry, just breaking up the 'grr', lol. I do like chili though, seriously! hahahaha.

I'll be doing a trip to AZ the same weekend as my buddy who has a 3.0. He and I will be comparing mileage as we hit stops along the way, etc. It's funny.... SOMETHING in my rig, as happens with 3.0's, I'm SURE of it, has followed me to this current point, thousands of dollars and countless hours and MULTIPLE new parts later(they failed, I didn't just throw parts at it, ..... after a lil while, hahaha). Strange thing is, even with this motor, at 8K miles, .... I'll probably get around the same mileage, maybe 2MPG better, than it did when it had 254K miles and clogged and leaking injectors, etc., etc., etc., lol. These things are a trip, 2.4 or 3.0! lol.

That said, I wouldn't turn down a 3.0, a clean and well maintained one anyway.... I mean, a lil better power for around the same mileage? Uhhhh, lol. OF COURSE I'd rather have a 3.4 or 7MGTE, .... but that's an apples and baseball bats(?) thing again! lol. OHHHH, how fun to hit apples with baseball bats... But anyway, y'all have a good day... don't kill each other hahaha.

 

OH, a question;

Did the 3.0 tank work around the same as the 2.4? I ask, cuz I'm curious if as many of you with 3.0's have that "Stays on full forever, then drops off the map... then stays on empty for ever!" syndrome? lol. I would imagine the in tank gas level apparatus is the same, no?

 

Perhaps he is getting confused and is mixing up the superior metric system with imperial? I can see getting 27km on 4 litres of petrol.



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Chief, I get that too.


I also just got back from camping and put around 1500km on the 4Runner. I also wrote down how many kilometres I got every time I filled to get an average. I also tried different speeds to see what the best range is. Around 90kmh is most economical I found this is around 56mph.

At around 145kmh or 90mph which I discovered is my top speed I go through a whole tank in 300km or 185 miles.


I think as long as I keep my foot off it I can get a bit over 400km before I need to fill up. What size fuel tank is in a 92 4Runner SR5 V6 in litres?

 

yes this happens with alll my toyotas filled up 60 miles ago with my 3.0 on 33s and its now just starting to move

my brothers 22re ran 50 miles on the gas light, then we got scared and filled up, aha

 

Mine stays right below half a tank forever. I could burn through half a tank in about 2 days and then another quarter of a tank in 3-5 days?

 

I wish my tank would last that long

 

Well i'm only driving about 12 miles a day, and I MAY have exaggerated that a little, or a lot and living in the cold I feel like I burn more gas just letting my truck warm up in the morning but when I bought it I flipped through the owners manual and read that I should be getting somewhere between 18 and 22mpg, I may have gotten my hopes a little too high.

 

In my 1986 4Runner with the 22RE I got 25mpg once, although I was driving it to get maximim gas mileage.

And in my 1991 pickup with the 22RE I would regularly get 23mpg and once got 24mpg.

 

What does any of that have to do with the 3.0 being a good motor?

 

it has nothing to do with whether it is a good motor.
with stock tires, my 3.0L got best of 16.4 mpg in town with auto trans.
last year on a trip i got consistent 16.5 mpg taking it easy with 35x12.50x15 bfg km2 & 5.29s. i know my odometer is off because of the tires and gears.


take care of what you got is the best solution. it will take care of you.