exploreNJ
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- June 19, 2008
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- City, State
- Central NJ
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 99 Sport
[first post!]
My totally stock '99 explorer sport SOHC was getting about 14 mpg combined city and highway a few weeks ago. I found that one of my front tires was losing air at an alarming rate (44 psi and then three days later down under 30 psi.) I was also doing most of my driving with the windows open and no AC on.
After refilling the tire every few days i finally got around to fixing it. Just filled the tire with some of that tire-sealing gunk. Lately I've been doing mostly city driving (the only "highway" I've been on is Rt. 1 which in central jersey has more traffic lights than most towns.)
I've tried to modify my driving habits to optimize my mileage (no jackrabbit starts, not accelerating to red lights, etc.) and have seen my mileage jump to 19.5 mpg!
I still have on my factory running boards and bug deflector. I'm trying to figure out if taking these off might push me up another couple mpg?
My totally stock '99 explorer sport SOHC was getting about 14 mpg combined city and highway a few weeks ago. I found that one of my front tires was losing air at an alarming rate (44 psi and then three days later down under 30 psi.) I was also doing most of my driving with the windows open and no AC on.
After refilling the tire every few days i finally got around to fixing it. Just filled the tire with some of that tire-sealing gunk. Lately I've been doing mostly city driving (the only "highway" I've been on is Rt. 1 which in central jersey has more traffic lights than most towns.)
I've tried to modify my driving habits to optimize my mileage (no jackrabbit starts, not accelerating to red lights, etc.) and have seen my mileage jump to 19.5 mpg!
I still have on my factory running boards and bug deflector. I'm trying to figure out if taking these off might push me up another couple mpg?