2019 Ranger MPGs

[MT19RANGER]

Wow most of you seem to be getting hood numbers. Either o get bad luck with cars or dont know what's going on. I come from a 2015 Volkswagen wagon TDI . Everyone claimed to be getting way over 45 mpgs where I couldn't make it pass 38. And I would be easy on the pedal.
Now with this
2019 lariat fx4 crew cab. I drive an average of 120 miles a day. I cant make it pass 21 mpg. Some tanks are as good as 20.3 but I average 19ish.
No Matter how I drive it. I can baby drive it one complete tank and it be the same as my next tank even if i plunge it.

how many miles on it?

at 1K I had a jump from 16-17 to 19-20 and then now at 5K it's increased some to 20-21 most drives are at 73MPH and around 270 mile trips.
toward the end of the month, I'll be making a big trip from eastern MT through Yellowstone Park, Teton Park, and into CO Rocky Mountain park and see how it does. I'm sure I'll be happy because I sure am so far.

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[dallas121469]

22.6 mpg at 80 mph on an Idaho Hwy. Felt that was pretty good for a 4 banger in a truck.

 

[dallas121469]

22.6 mpg at 80 mph on an Idaho Hwy. Felt that was pretty good for a 4 banger in a truck.

That was manually calculate by me but the computer was pretty close.

 

[CoastieN70]

Just did a 300 mile round trip with speeds between 45 and 70 off interstate (roughly 1/2 the trip) and Interstate speeds between 75 & 80; hand calculated 27 mpg Truck calculated 26.2 mpg.
Either way I am a happy camper...

 

[Shadowranger]

how many miles on it?

at 1K I had a jump from 16-17 to 19-20 and then now at 5K it's increased some to 20-21 most drives are at 73MPH and around 270 mile trips.
toward the end of the month, I'll be making a big trip from eastern MT through Yellowstone Park, Teton Park, and into CO Rocky Mountain park and see how it does. I'm sure I'll be happy because I sure am so far.

I'm just a 200 miles short of 5000

 

[JackK]

I have two questions.

1. Same question as several others: how accurate is the electronic calculator? I calculate the milage after each fill-up. Manually I get about 20 MPG. The dash display indicates about 21.5.
2X4 with suburban style driving.

2. Filling up. When I fill up, I can squeeze in an extra 2+ gallons if I keep waiting for the air bubbles to get out. That fills it to the neck. Am I losing gas from any vents?

 

[DHare]

I have two questions.

1. Same question as several others: how accurate is the electronic calculator? I calculate the milage after each fill-up. Manually I get about 20 MPG. The dash display indicates about 21.5.
2X4 with suburban style driving.

2. Filling up. When I fill up, I can squeeze in an extra 2+ gallons if I keep waiting for the air bubbles to get out. That fills it to the neck. Am I losing gas from any vents?

Just returned from vacation. On every fill-up the computer was about 1.5 to 2 mpg greater than hand calculation. Every vehicle I've owned that computer your mpg was anywhere from .5 to 2 mpg high.

 

[FULLSCALE]

I’ve found mine is off by about 1mpg.

 

[Deleted member 1634]

I have two questions.

1. Same question as several others: how accurate is the electronic calculator? I calculate the milage after each fill-up. Manually I get about 20 MPG. The dash display indicates about 21.5.
2X4 with suburban style driving.

2. Filling up. When I fill up, I can squeeze in an extra 2+ gallons if I keep waiting for the air bubbles to get out. That fills it to the neck. Am I losing gas from any vents?

Mine is usually between 0.5 to 1.5 mpg off. Good enough for me to estimate by and I always put my tanks in Fuelly anyways, which does it's own calculation.

I've always heard you shouldn't put more gas in past when the pump shuts off (unless it's a bad pump that only puts in a few gallons when you know you've used way more than that). Supposedly that extra gas gets dumped into the vapor space and evaporation canister area, which is supposed to be empty in case the gas expands it has somewhere to go. When you overfill, you supposedly fill all that extra space so if the gas has to expand it can't, causing undue pressure on your tank and fuel system, possibly damaging it. Again, just what I've always heard, so I just say why risk it. You're paying for the gas whether you stuff extra in now (which you may not be able to use anyways), or have to fill up a few miles earlier at your next stop. It's not really saving you any money as far as I can figure.

 

[MT19RANGER]

I have two questions.

1. Same question as several others: how accurate is the electronic calculator? I calculate the milage after each fill-up. Manually I get about 20 MPG. The dash display indicates about 21.5.
2X4 with suburban style driving.

2. Filling up. When I fill up, I can squeeze in an extra 2+ gallons if I keep waiting for the air bubbles to get out. That fills it to the neck. Am I losing gas from any vents?

To adjust the computer acuracy you can do this:
https://www.ranger5g.com/forum/threads/fuel-calculator-adjustment.2996/
2. I never fill more than the first time the nozzle stops.
WARNING: Stop refueling when
the fuel pump nozzle automatically
shuts off for the first time. Failure to
follow this will fill the expansion space
in the fuel tank and could lead to fuel
overflowing.
WARNING: Do not overfill the fuel
tank. The pressure in an overfilled tank
may cause leakage and lead to fuel spray
and fire.
WARNING: Wait at least five
seconds before removing the fuel pump
nozzle to allow any residual fuel to drain
into the fuel tank.

 

[FULLSCALE]

I agree on the overfilling, once the nozzle stops automatically I will only go to the next even dollar. Not even sure why I do that since it’s always on my credit card anyways so it makes no difference.

 

[EcoRanger]

2. Filling up. When I fill up, I can squeeze in an extra 2+ gallons if I keep waiting for the air bubbles to get out. That fills it to the neck. Am I losing gas from any vents?

If you keep over filling the fuel tank you're going to cause yourself a lot of problems. Extra gas isn't going to increase your MPG's

 

[dceggert]

If you keep over filling the fuel tank you're going to cause yourself a lot of problems. Extra gas isn't going to increase your MPG's

No but it make a BIG difference if I have to stop for fuel on Tuesday or.....well, Tuesday. LOL...

No, in reality, it is just a habit left over from driving my old tech cars that actually had something called a gas cap. Right now, out of 4 cars (family needs transportation too) and 2 motorcycles, only my Harley has a gas cap!

 

[JackK]

THanks for the replies.

RTFM. After looking in the manual I found the warnings about overfilling the gas tanl.

 

[Hounddog409]

I hate winter mix fuel........was getting 26.4 this summer.

After Change over to winter mix......now 25.2

Ugh. Hope it doesnt keep dropping. Might have to switch to 91 in the winter.

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