Ford V10 gas mileage
This has probably been discussed before. Have a 2000 Minnie (24') & get 7.5MPG (Canadian gallons); is this normal. Have only had it a couple of months. Thanks
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I've always wondered why general mountain driving, properly done, should reduce fuel mileage very much.
Isn't the extra fuel one burns "going up" supposed to be close to exactly compensated for by the reduction in fuel burned when "coming down"??
As a supporting fact, I believe that modern (gasoline) engine computer control sytems shut off the injectors completely when you let up on the gas pedal ... so that when going down hills you're not even supplying any gas to keep the engine in an "idle state".
(This is ignoring loss of efficiency with increasing altitude when you're "going up". That's why I used the wording "close to exactly compensated" above, instead of "exactly compensated".)
Isn't the extra fuel one burns "going up" supposed to be close to exactly compensated for by the reduction in fuel burned when "coming down"??
As a supporting fact, I believe that modern (gasoline) engine computer control sytems shut off the injectors completely when you let up on the gas pedal ... so that when going down hills you're not even supplying any gas to keep the engine in an "idle state".
(This is ignoring loss of efficiency with increasing altitude when you're "going up". That's why I used the wording "close to exactly compensated" above, instead of "exactly compensated".)
