Fuel Mileage Enhancements..?

[jflogerzi]

Gonna be trading in the wife's flex for an EV (Chevy bolt) with there announcement of 6k reduction in MSRP in price for 23 MY. So between it and the ranger we will be set. Use EV for longer trips and save truck as much as possible.

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[Big Blue]

Running premium and throwing in some Lucas Oil can help bump it up. The former is probably not gonna save you long term, but the latter will since its decently cheap to throw a few ounces in the tank and it can give you 1-2 bump.

Premium fuel bumps up the power a tad, but for some reason it makes it slightly more efficient and ive seen my mpg bump up from it.

I assume that by Lucas Oil you mean their octane booster. This and AFAIK every other octane booster uses MMT or some chemically similar metalic ingregient. Which if you look in the owners manual is specifically called out as a do not use. Do yourself and your truck a favor and just pay the price for premium and enjoy your truck. If you look at the data sheet for the Lucas Oil product it specifcally says not for on street use.

You do you but my truck drinks its fuel straight up, no mixers.

 

[Zvedza]

I assume that by Lucas Oil you mean their octane booster. This and AFAIK every other octane booster uses MMT or some chemically similar metalic ingregient. Which if you look in the owners manual is specifically called out as a do not use. Do yourself and your truck a favor and just pay the price for premium and enjoy your truck. If you look at the data sheet for the Lucas Oil product it specifcally says not for on street use.

You do you but my truck drinks its fuel straight up, no mixers.

You assumed completely wrong

 

[Big Blue]

You assumed completely wrong

Hard to tell when you only say Lucas Oil. They so many different products.

 

[Zvedza]

Hard to tell when you only say Lucas Oil. They so many different products.

Yup thats on me, got so used to it i just call it that, shouldve specified

 

[Matin789]

RTT should be outta door- would help!

 

[nolan62]

I drive kind of soft. Have a bed cover and mix country roads and highway. I get 24mpg. My 2014 Mustang GT, got 21 on the same daily drive.

 

[TJC]

Just finished reading the entire tread, now giving my .02 worth.... I have a 2020 Ford XLT SCAB with UPR Dual inlet Catch Can installed and an ABS bed topper. Truck is a 4x4 Sport with rear locker. I run 87 Octane regular.

I used to get 22 mpg, and was frustrated seeing all those folks bragging about 25+ mpg. So I started to experiment. Now I stay above 25mpg all the time. Sometimes as high as 29.5mpg! I am not talking short term mileage readings. I'm talking over tankfuls of fuel. I've made 15-20 500+ mile trips in the last year, and I have used them to experiment. Several were 80% restricted access highways, and others were intentionally limited to 20% restricted access highways. Average speeds for the entire trips varied from 55mph to 75mph (and yes I was speeding on I-95 and I-40 on this trip. You have to be moving pretty fast to avg 75mph - that's all I'm gonna say)

Here is what I did and found:

1. Press the + on the shifter to see what gear you are in and keep it at or near 10 all the time. You will find optimal fuel range at 50mph in 10th gear with engine at ~1400rpm. You shouldn't loose too much if you push to 60mph, but going faster results in greater wind resistance and things start working against you. Anyway 50mph was found to be the lowest speed able to achieve 10th gear. 45mph will generally be in 9th gear.

2. Keep engine RPMs low, even while accelerating. Try to stay below 2000 rpm, staying out of boost as much as possible. Anticipate stops and coast to the intersection.

3) Limit Cruise Control. I found that it dropped the gears when going downhill to maintain the speed set. Not good for optimal mileage. It also accelerates faster than I do will driving for optimal gas mileage.

On one such trip while going towards the destination I averaged over 29mpg, and on the return home I took the interstate at 2am when traffic was very light and pushed 80mph the entire time. I pulled into my garage with a 25.6mpg average for the entirei 500+ mile trip. I used the 29mpg achieved outbound to buffer the lower than 25.6 while speeding on the interstate. On this trip I actually stopped to eat in truck, and left it idling for 25 minutes while the wife and I had dinner.

Bottom line - If you're careful you can coax very respectable gas mileage out of your Ranger. It simply means being disciplined. If you want high mileage / gallon, it means a change in mindset... and the weight of your foot.

These are my personal results, as always, YOUR MILEAGE MAY VARY!

- T

 

[Okinawa Joe]

Not many here, but in Harrisonburg, 25 miles north, hundreds of em, rentals, at or near the James Madison University campus.
30 miles east in Charlottesville, the same at University of Virginia campus.
Their parked all over at designated areas...you take one, ride it, and leave it at another designated area.

Yeah bro, I'm in Harrisonburg, you must be in Staunton. This is my ride!

 

[Okinawa Joe]

I wonder if throwing a "male enhancement pill" like Viagra into the fuel tank would "enhance" the Rangers mileage ? As it dissolves it would cause the fuel "to get more and more" !!!
After all, an enhancement is an enhancement, right ?

Damn dude, you mentioned you taught in Elkton. I taught shop in Waynesboro and Harrisonburg, used to live in Deerfield. Small world. I don't see many late model Rangers in Harrisonburg..

 

[Okinawa Joe]

Just finished reading the entire tread, now giving my .02 worth.... I have a 2020 Ford XLT SCAB with UPR Dual inlet Catch Can installed and an ABS bed topper. Truck is a 4x4 Sport with rear locker. I run 87 Octane regular.

I used to get 22 mpg, and was frustrated seeing all those folks bragging about 25+ mpg. So I started to experiment. Now I stay above 25mpg all the time. Sometimes as high as 29.5mpg! I am not talking short term mileage readings. I'm talking over tankfuls of fuel. I've made 15-20 500+ mile trips in the last year, and I have used them to experiment. Several were 80% restricted access highways, and others were intentionally limited to 20% restricted access highways. Average speeds for the entire trips varied from 55mph to 75mph (and yes I was speeding on I-95 and I-40 on this trip. You have to be moving pretty fast to avg 75mph - that's all I'm gonna say)

Here is what I did and found:

1. Press the + on the shifter to see what gear you are in and keep it at or near 10 all the time. You will find optimal fuel range at 50mph in 10th gear with engine at ~1400rpm. You shouldn't loose too much if you push to 60mph, but going faster results in greater wind resistance and things start working against you. Anyway 50mph was found to be the lowest speed able to achieve 10th gear. 45mph will generally be in 9th gear.

2. Keep engine RPMs low, even while accelerating. Try to stay below 2000 rpm, staying out of boost as much as possible. Anticipate stops and coast to the intersection.

3) Limit Cruise Control. I found that it dropped the gears when going downhill to maintain the speed set. Not good for optimal mileage. It also accelerates faster than I do will driving for optimal gas mileage.

On one such trip while going towards the destination I averaged over 29mpg, and on the return home I took the interstate at 2am when traffic was very light and pushed 80mph the entire time. I pulled into my garage with a 25.6mpg average for the entirei 500+ mile trip. I used the 29mpg achieved outbound to buffer the lower than 25.6 while speeding on the interstate. On this trip I actually stopped to eat in truck, and left it idling for 25 minutes while the wife and I had dinner.

Bottom line - If you're careful you can coax very respectable gas mileage out of your Ranger. It simply means being disciplined. If you want high mileage / gallon, it means a change in mindset... and the weight of your foot.

These are my personal results, as always, YOUR MILEAGE MAY VARY!

- T

I'm averaging 25 hwy mileage already with 2700 miles on the truck, my guess more miles and a change to full synthetic oil will gain me more mpg as in other Ford's I've owned

 

[deleriumtremor]

I was driving on some fairly flat freeway today and got a chance to see the difference in my mileage at various speeds over fairly long periods of time. Roughly, at a steady 65 MPH using cruise control, my mileage was just over 25 MPG.

On the same road, when I accelerated to 80 MPH, the mileage really dropped, I was averaging about 21.5 MPG.

My combined mileage these days seems to be about 21.4 MPG (mostly around town, maybe 20% freeway, I don't drive that 80MPH speed limit stretch of freeway very often, normally I would say my freeway speeds average about 65 MPH in cruise mode).

 

[Okinawa Joe]

Straight city, 19.5-20, 25 MPG HWY maintaining 70-73 mph. Which is already acceptable in my book for a 4700 lb truck. '22 Supercab XLT, tow package, FX4

 

[D’Andrey24]

Hello,

I bought my truck 2021 Ford Ranger last year and I Love it since this is my first truck.
I was wondering if you guys can help me out answer my question regarding my Ranger’s gas mileage.

Before I bought my Ranger I came from a V6 SUV(which can run 100km for 14-15 litres). When I bought my truck at a dealership they told my that the Ranger‘s usual mileage(city and hi-way) was 11-12 litres per 100km since it is a 4 cylinder.

When I bought my truck(brand new) it has a 16.2 litres/100km then they told me that it will calibrate later on. Then after running it for 4k I asked the dealership and told me that it will calibrate when I reach 8k. And now I’m on 8k mileage from 16.2 now it says 15.8 litres /100km.

Should I contact my dealer first or is this normal? Any help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance! Cheers!

 

[Trigganometry]

Check this thread out. See how much you identify with any of it. https://www.ranger5g.com/forum/threads/fuel-mileage-enhancements.20034/

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