Fuel consumption too high?
Hello, I have a Ford Ranger 2019 that does 18-21mpg on the highway at around 65mph. I have just purchased a GD 17MKE which is a 21', 6400 GVWR, travel trailer. I expected to go from 18-21mpg not to...
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Urriellu wrote:
Thank you all very, very much for all the replies.
I just finished a second trip and I made a few changes as suggested:
- I went from 65-75 mph avg to 55mph.
- When going uphill I slowed down to 45 mph.
- I started using premium gas instead of regular.
- I speed up after stopping veeeeeeery slowly.
My consumption has gone up from 7.5-8.5 mpg to around 12 mpg. Way better!
Just using premium instead of regular also helped a lot, when not towing I went from ~18 mpg (using regular) to 21-22 mpg (using premium).
Thanks again!
Good job!
Just takes some retraining of old habits and a bit of boost in the octane level and you reap the benefits!
A lot of folks don't bother reading the manual on turbo equipped gas engines and totally miss the small print about using higher octane for certain uses can make a difference.
