422 miles to my tank!!!
Mar 19, 2004 | 10:34 PM
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From: Morgan Hill, CA
Originally Posted by gapguy
Thats after the gas light comes on and I pump 16.5 gallons in my truck.
Are you racing with it??? Even if I drive very hard I dont get that low, I'll probably end in jail for speeding before getting to 10MPG. Check you handbrake or something!!!
Mar 19, 2004 | 10:37 PM
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Geez.. Maybe something is wrong. I don't race or anything, but I do climb hills at 75 mph, and I'm quick off the lights. 2500' Elevation.
Most of my driving is highway driving but most people in my town don't go over 55 (I run at about 65-70), so it is like city driving. When I drive on I-80, I can get closer to 300 miles.
Most of my driving is highway driving but most people in my town don't go over 55 (I run at about 65-70), so it is like city driving. When I drive on I-80, I can get closer to 300 miles.
Mar 20, 2004 | 08:33 AM
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From: Morgan Hill, CA
Originally Posted by gapguy
Geez.. Maybe something is wrong. I don't race or anything, but I do climb hills at 75 mph, and I'm quick off the lights. 2500' Elevation.
Most of my driving is highway driving but most people in my town don't go over 55 (I run at about 65-70), so it is like city driving. When I drive on I-80, I can get closer to 300 miles.
Most of my driving is highway driving but most people in my town don't go over 55 (I run at about 65-70), so it is like city driving. When I drive on I-80, I can get closer to 300 miles.
Mar 20, 2004 | 09:50 PM
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From: Way down in the hole...
Wow, the absolute worst I've ever gotten with my 3.4 was 14.5mpg, (about 270 to the tank), and that was when I think I spent like half the week in bumper to bumper, stop-start, up-hill action (laurel canyon blvd).
Is my pickup that much lighter? I do have a cap, and usually a bunch of crap in the bed.
Is my pickup that much lighter? I do have a cap, and usually a bunch of crap in the bed.
Mar 21, 2004 | 08:54 PM
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From: Santa Maria, CA
Originally Posted by SHINYSIDEUP
Anybody know of an auxilliary gas tank that mount's under the truck?
Thanks.
Thanks.
Mar 22, 2004 | 01:40 PM
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From: McLean, VA
Originally Posted by tenfourtyeight
I just got my timing chain replaced, and my valves adjusted, so my engine is running perfectly, and I'm on 3/4 of a tank, normal driving (kinda heavy foot), and I've gone about 150 on a quarter tank. Better than I've ever gotten.
I'll drive like a grandma next tank. If I don't go to the desert.
I'll drive like a grandma next tank. If I don't go to the desert.
-Scott
Mar 22, 2004 | 03:13 PM
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From: West Texas/Lubbock
hmmm...i get 180 at the most completely highway driving.....mixed driving gives me about 120-140...that comes out to be about 7.5mpg on average....i think there is somthing wrong with it maybe..haha...the engine runs really rich and idles at about 300rpm sitting in park...maybe its time to have it checked out....the mpg has been going down for the past two years....when i first got it i could do 250 highway easily.....
shoorty
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Mar 22, 2004 | 05:45 PM
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From: Santa Maria, CA
Originally Posted by Shoorty911
hmmm...i get 180 at the most completely highway driving.....mixed driving gives me about 120-140...that comes out to be about 7.5mpg on average....i think there is somthing wrong with it maybe..haha...the engine runs really rich and idles at about 300rpm sitting in park...maybe its time to have it checked out....the mpg has been going down for the past two years....when i first got it i could do 250 highway easily.....
shoorty
shoorty
that has to be wrong.... lighter tractor trailers can get 10 mpg with an empty 40 foot container, 8~9 mpg with a full load of broccoli.... try putting some fuel injection cleaner in... might help a bit!
Mar 22, 2004 | 07:53 PM
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From: West Texas/Lubbock
"that has to be wrong.... lighter tractor trailers can get 10 mpg with an empty 40 foot container, 8~9 mpg with a full load of broccoli.... try putting some fuel injection cleaner in... might help a bit!"
Ive tried fuel injector cleaner many times, whole fuel system cleaner, and autoRX. THe autoRX really helped with the engine vibration and stopped it from burning oil when the engine hadn't had a chance to warm up. The fact that it still idles really low at 300rpm (sometimes sooo low that tach doesnt even register, but the engine has never died) and shakes really bad when idling.....i also know it runs REALLY rich too....would a bad O2 sensor or/and a clogged fuel filter be doing this and making it idle really low or do i have a more major problem??...thanks
shoorty
Ive tried fuel injector cleaner many times, whole fuel system cleaner, and autoRX. THe autoRX really helped with the engine vibration and stopped it from burning oil when the engine hadn't had a chance to warm up. The fact that it still idles really low at 300rpm (sometimes sooo low that tach doesnt even register, but the engine has never died) and shakes really bad when idling.....i also know it runs REALLY rich too....would a bad O2 sensor or/and a clogged fuel filter be doing this and making it idle really low or do i have a more major problem??...thanks
shoorty
Mar 22, 2004 | 08:00 PM
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From: Santa Maria, CA
Originally Posted by Shoorty911
"that has to be wrong.... lighter tractor trailers can get 10 mpg with an empty 40 foot container, 8~9 mpg with a full load of broccoli.... try putting some fuel injection cleaner in... might help a bit!"
Ive tried fuel injector cleaner many times, whole fuel system cleaner, and autoRX. THe autoRX really helped with the engine vibration and stopped it from burning oil when the engine hadn't had a chance to warm up. The fact that it still idles really low at 300rpm (sometimes sooo low that tach doesnt even register, but the engine has never died) and shakes really bad when idling.....i also know it runs REALLY rich too....would a bad O2 sensor or/and a clogged fuel filter be doing this and making it idle really low or do i have a more major problem??...thanks
shoorty
Ive tried fuel injector cleaner many times, whole fuel system cleaner, and autoRX. THe autoRX really helped with the engine vibration and stopped it from burning oil when the engine hadn't had a chance to warm up. The fact that it still idles really low at 300rpm (sometimes sooo low that tach doesnt even register, but the engine has never died) and shakes really bad when idling.....i also know it runs REALLY rich too....would a bad O2 sensor or/and a clogged fuel filter be doing this and making it idle really low or do i have a more major problem??...thanks
shoorty
Mar 22, 2004 | 08:07 PM
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From: West Texas/Lubbock
Originally Posted by cabbage
Hold it... it burns oil?! idle really low? I thought it was running fine.... think you got a bigger problem there....
it only burned a little bit of oil if i only took about three seconds in the morning to start it, throw it in drive and have it floored... :pat: believe me....i know that isnt good for it at all....just cant seem to get up early enough to go start it and let it warm up....i think the valve cover gaskets may be leaking also....oh yeah..ive also changed the pcv valve too......i just think i need to be shot for not taking care of it....
shoorty
Mar 29, 2004 | 05:49 PM
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From: McLean, VA
Originally Posted by Sherpa
I thought the 3.4L engine had self-adjusting valves. Do I need to get them adjusted??? I have not adjusted them in the 45,000 miles I have owned Sherpa. Hmmm.....
-Scott
-Scott
Hey Sherpa, that is a really good question. I wish I knew the answer, but I don't. Does anyone here know the answer?
-Scott
Mar 30, 2004 | 06:31 AM
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From: Littleton,CO
I can squeeze about 15 gallons into my tank once the fuel light comes on and I've been getting about 270 a tank around town,if I do some mountain driving that drops a bit. My mom who drives pretty conservatively gets about 280 a tank out of her '99 Limited.
