Ford Ecoboost gas mileage and reliability???
Well I read the post below and I am convinced that the Ecoboost is a towing beast. Certainly superb performance, but there are two areas that I have heard bad things about this truck. First is i...
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EcoBullet wrote:
I'm well pleased with mine. I have 16K miles, about 3,700 of them towing. It pulls a WHOLE LOT better than the 5.3L Chevy it replaced. Fuel economy is very similar, but the Ecoboost will do better if I really baby it. Steady 45 mph on flat ground it will get 24 mpg, but how often do I do that? Normal mixed driving is around 17 mpg, 21 mpg at 55-60 on the highway, 18 mpg at 70-75. Towing at 60 is about 10 mpg, varying from 8.5-11.5 depending on wind.
This is identical to what I experienced. It would get slightly better mileage than my old 5.3 in any condition, particularly when babying it and when there was a lot of idle time. It was the only truck I could get 25mpg over a long distance if I kept it 60mph or less. Getting 20+mpg is relatively easy on long trips at 65mph or less. In the summer, I really had a hard time getting a tank to average worse than 17 when not towing. Now I'll be lucky if I can get that on a flat stretch of highway.
