Psykostevo
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- First Name
- Steve
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- Nov 24, 2019
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- Queen Creek, AZ
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- 2019 Ford Ranger
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Tuned for power, and still hitting those MPGs
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I can not think of any mechanical reason to warm up these trucks before operation. Are you doing these long warm-ups just to have a warm cabin before you hop in, or do you know something on the mechanical side that I don't know?Mine is very low now (10.3 with the factory/stock tune), but we're having some very cold temps outside & I'm using the remote start & longer idle times before getting in and driving. I expect this will change on longer highway trips, but in town now & winter, there's a lot of time spent warming the engine prior to leaving the driveway.
This morning it was 20f outside with winds blowing 25-40 mph when I woke up, so I'm going to have to warm the truck for about 10 minutes before driving at all. This is a killer for mpg, but I'm not driving a turbo motor when it's that cold internally, just sayin'...
Well, dragsters do not run with any kind of cooling system, while Rangers do. So, apples and oranges, Rangers and dragsters, right?I'm just paranoid & retired with plenty of time to kill. I know running a higher performance motor when it's not up to temperature just isn't good internally. A top fuel motor is made to run with nitro helping to cool the motor, but it only turns a few revolutions (less than 600) to go the 1000' under a load. The Ranger is no dragster, it's made to run longer. I'm no engineer, so I don't know any better.
It's the same way I would not let the engine run really hard under boost on the freeway, then just shut it down without letting it idle for a little while to bring down the internal temperatures. I'm just old & set in my ways about motors. It's like using good oil, taking care of things before they break & using a bit of common sense in general (mine is not necessarily right). I'm not claiming to be right here at all, just conservative in my views & trying to prevent problems in the future ($$).
YOU BETTER CHECK YOUR OIL AS THE FUEL PUMP MAY BE DUMPING INTO YOUR OIL SUMP WHICH HAS BEEN HAPPENING TO SOME RANGERSAnyone else getting this bad of gas mileage