Full tank Gas Mileage

[RedXplr]

Yea my X was owned by a older woman before I got it so I dont believe that the speed limiter would have been taken off, and I have not messed with it.

I have heard many people say that their 1st gen is not limited. I wonder why this is...???

 

[old mechanic]

www.vmrintl.com
One of the sites that I remembered.
Maybe yours is broke.
Hummm! I just checked and under reviews it say 91-94 have a gov that limits them to 95 MPH. Maybe you guys have a late model 94 or ???
Its listed on reviews under the motor specs.

 

[Ak LTD Xplorer]

nope my mom's was made in 1/94..she's had it up past 100 many times..i was in the truck

 

[Metallic2001]

How do u know since the speedometers on the 91-94 doesnt go past 85mph?

 

[RedXplr]

Someone was next to me in his escape, 105, we thought that was fast enough for a 9 year old truck and took it down a few miles an hour.

If the limiter is broken, would it affect anything else??

 

[Ak LTD Xplorer]

we where next to my mom's firend in a new GMC he said we where doin 110mph..the needle was at about the second gear..way past 85mph

 

[XplorerOwnsYou]

I've had the needle almost back around to the 0 peg...had a buddy in a TSi pace me..

 

[old mechanic]

I guess the governors don't work. I'm not going to try mine! LOL!
What amazes me more is the Escape doing 105! Isn't that a 4cyl? It must be light.

 

[old mechanic]

Originally posted by RedXplr
Someone was next to me in his escape, 105, we thought that was fast enough for a 9 year old truck and took it down a few miles an hour.

If the limiter is broken, would it affect anything else??

Not that I know of. Its usually just a seperate mechanical part.

 

[jgilbs]

i dont think there is a limiter. when i drove home from school last weekend, my speedo was bouncing off the gear shift indicators and the RPMs were around 4000, so i think its a limitation on the design of the tranny (like its OD gear can only spin so fast w/o redlining the motor) rather than an actual governor.

 

[Maniak]

I know there is a speed governer on our '92.. At one point our speedo read 22% high. That meant at 80mph it read 2 (as in 1 2 d od)...

If we got up to about 85mph you could feel/hear the governor kick in.. Basically it sounded like how it sounds when you hit the redline.. the motor pitch changes and the rpms won't go up any higher...

~Mark

 

[RedXplr]

"What amazes me more is the Escape doing 105! Isn't that a 4cyl? It must be light."

The base engine for the escape is a 4 cyl, but the one my friend was driving along with most of the escapes had the v6. It is the DOHC 3.0L, 201 hp. It also has a 5 speed tranny; it really moves!

 

[The_Renegade]

I get about 550 Km on a tank in mine. That's about 340 miles for you guys south of the border. I have a 92 with 256,00 Km and a 5 speed with 3.26 gears. Even on the highway at 70 Mph I am only at 2600 rpm. Actually I just had a new exhaust installed with nothing but straight pipes and a muffler. I'm actually expecting better miles to the tankfull now.

Sweet jeebus! I want that kinda mileage.. 250 km to a tank right now... U do a lot of wheeling dude? Maybe we could organize a little run out here, since you're in the passage and I'm 20 mins away...

Phil B.

 

[nailhead_sled]

'98 4.0 (Pushrod), 4x4.
150000km (93000miles)
Averages 450km(279miles)/tank

 

[N2MUDN91]

325-335 miles on a full tank.... I think it averaged 17.3 mpg... 90% highway.
If I went 105mph I would look like :roll: .... then I would then to the body shop... if it would help at all....

Shane

 

[bobdreadknot]

there is defanetly somthing you need to check out. i get 230 and i have a BL, with 35's and never changed gears(although i realy need to)

 

[Doug246]

I usually get between 450-500 k's out of a tank of gas. It depends on the weather, how much time I spend in 4x4 and letting it warm up on the cold days.
Doug

 

[Rhett]

jar2187 - I get about 350 out of a tank on my 94 auto 4x4. I get more than what seems to be average around here, but I think yours is lower than average (considering you said you kept the RPMs real low). How many miles are on your truck?

I think you guys are comparing mostly city mileage (230 miles per tank)
versus mostly highway mileage (350 miles per tank).
Surely 350 miles per tank on a 1st gen is mostly highway miles. If it's not, then you need to tell me how you achieve this..
I have 3.27 gears too...

 

[Ford_Racing_Guy]

holy crap i ran the thank almost out of gas yesterday,

i had about 304 miles on a full-tank of gas, i filled up today and somehow i got 19.4 gallons of gas in a 19.3 gallon tank!

and that was city/highway mileage

i think i would get around 350 to a tank on highway driving only

 

[Doug246]

milage

I think you guys are comparing mostly city mileage (230 miles per tank)
versus mostly highway mileage (350 miles per tank).
Surely 350 miles per tank on a 1st gen is mostly highway miles. If it's not, then you need to tell me how you achieve this..
I have 3.27 gears too...

My truck is used mostly for highway milage. If it was only for the city, I wouldn't need a Explorer!