what kind of gas milage is your 91-94 getting??? | Page 3 | Ford Explorer Forums

  • Register Today It's free!

what kind of gas milage is your 91-94 getting???

My '93 Sport gets about 15mpg. I'm not too great on the throttle. I like hearing the engine work.
 



Join the Elite Explorers for $20 each year or try it out for $5 a month.

Elite Explorer members see no advertisements, no banner ads, no double underlined links,.
Add an avatar, upload photo attachments, and more!
.





99 sport
5-speed auto
4.10 front/rear

2wd
city 16
around town 19-22
highway 29-30

in 4x4 high
city 13
around town 15
highway 22

on the trail i am getting 8-15 MPG

I am getting fully syn this weekend in the front and rear diffs (royal purple) to match the engine and tranny. I barely take it above 2500 RPM anything over that gas mileage goes down ALOT.


I am running 31" wranglers at 35 PSI with the lower gas mileage numbers and the higer is the yokohama geolander at 40 PSI.
 






already posted, but since then I have put on a 2" SkyJacker lift and 31"s, did tune-up and I get about 215 miles for 17 gallons on my odometer, and I add another 20 miles to that for the increased tire size which would give me about 235 for 17 gallons which comes to 13.8 mpg.... kina depressing since my friend gets about 13 mpg in his AWD Jeep Grand Cherokee w/ the 5.2 and a 4" lift and 31"s.

This is a '91 4x4 XLT, 180k btw.
 






jonlax said:
99 sport
5-speed auto
4.10 front/rear

2wd
city 16
around town 19-22
highway 29-30

in 4x4 high
city 13
around town 15
highway 22

on the trail i am getting 8-15 MPG

I am getting fully syn this weekend in the front and rear diffs (royal purple) to match the engine and tranny. I barely take it above 2500 RPM anything over that gas mileage goes down ALOT.


I am running 31" wranglers at 35 PSI with the lower gas mileage numbers and the higer is the yokohama geolander at 40 PSI.
--------
Wow! Except for Al Dive you have the world record in 2WD. What mods if any did you do?
 






DAMN I did not notice it was for 91-94 but anyway i have a custom air tintake as i would call it. I rarely take it over 2000 RPM. I used a friends tuning computer to change shift points.Under drive pulley. This is middle of the winter too so the COLD air really helps. I only use the heat when needed so the alt is not straining for power. optima red top battery. Also the highway driving is ALL highway at 55-60 MPH and 65 when needed. Using the coast button helps alot when going down hills. Other than that it is just a well maintained truck that i baby (other than the trail).
 






So what is there temp there for winter? How could the cold improve milage? Mine turns to **** when its cold.
 






My 91 4x4 is only getting about 260-270 miles a tank..

Here is something I posted awhile back, about guys who say they get X mileage based on a tank of gas.

_________________________________________________________________

Jeeeez.........that’s no way to calculate miles per gallon.

I'm NOT trying to make fun of you, though it always throws me, when I hear guys talk about their MPG based on how many miles they went on a tank full of gas.

FYI, try calculating your MPG the "old fashion way."

There is going to be some variance, though I did say it was the "old fashion way." Start by filling up your gas tank, fully.......on level ground........first click off (second click off or whatever) or until you see the gas is it at a certain level in the filler neck (some stations will not let you look some won't).........sometimes you'll have to wait a little for the gas to settle in the tank........or the tank to "burrrp." You don't need to record how many gallons were needed (this time). Though you must record your odometer reading (or set the trip odometer) and remember this fill up procedure.

Any way..........now, drive it...........fill it when needed (don't have to be exact about filling it), log the number of gallons that went in.............drive it some more...............fill it when needed…………………………always logging the amount of gallons that went in............repeat the procedure several times.

After a couple of cycles: of driving, and filling, and logging the number of gallons...........this last time, you're gonna go to the same gas station and follow the same procedure that you used to fill your gas tank the first time that you started your quest for truth. Record this last odometer reading.

So, all done filling her up..............how many gallons was it this time? OK, now add up all of the gallons since you first recorded the odometer. So, how many gallons was the total?

Now, take the beginning odometer reading and minus it from the ending odometer reading………………this number is the total number of miles that you've traveled.

One more calculation left..............now, divide the number of miles by the number of gallons you used..................that number, is your MPG. Use a calculator, if you have trouble.

Now, like I said it's the "old fashion way"............and this method doesn't take into account for an odometer that is not functioning correctly.

_______________________________________________________________

So, what kind of mileage do I get? See my other post on page 2.
_______________________________________________________________


no idea city, as there are no milemarkers to keep track - apparantly the stock tiresize for the 91 was 225/75 and I'm running 235/75, which makes my odo/speedo read about 5-7% low, so I use milemarkers on the hwy to try to keep track of distance travelled.

IMHO.....you went to a wider tire, not a (significantly) taller one......so, the amount of difference would NOT be, as you reported, 5-7% low.

Stock Tire - 225/75R15 >Search Tires Tire 1 - 235/75R15 >Search Tires
Section Width: 8.85 in 225 mm
Section Width: 9.25 in 235 mm

Rim Diameter: 15 in 381 mm
Rim Diameter: 15 in 381 mm

Rim Width Range: 6 - 8 in
Rim Width Range: 6 - 8.5 in

Overall Diameter: 28.28 in 718.31 mm
Overall Diameter: 28.87 in 733.29 mm

Sidewall Height: 6.64 in 168.65 mm
Sidewall Height: 6.93 in 176.02 mm

Radius: 14.14 in 359.15 mm
Radius: 14.43 in 366.52 mm

Circumference: 88.84 in 2256.5 mm
Circumference: 90.69 in 2303.5 mm

Revs per Mile: 735.5
Revs per Mile: 720.4

Actual Speed: 60 mph 100 km/h
Speedometer1: 58.7 mph 97.9 km/h

Speedometer Difference: - Speedometer Difference: 2.096% too slow
Diameter Difference: - Diameter Difference: 2.05%

You can try your own calculations here:

http://www.1010tires.com/TireSizeCalculator.asp?action=submit


Aloha, Mark
 






Josef86 said:
So what is there temp there for winter? How could the cold improve milage? Mine turns to **** when its cold.

All things being equal, cooler air should give you better mileage. Cooler air is denser.

In many parts of the country you not only get cooler air in the winter (better for mileage) but you also get winter blend fuel (bad for mileage). Soo, if you get bad mileage in winter it is most likely due to the fuel being used, not the cold air. Again, this is assuming all things are equal.. if you run your a/c in the summer you will get worse mileage. IF you run your defroster in winter you get worse mileage (it runs your a/c)...

~Mark
 






after cleaning throttle body and MAF, and cleaning the cone filter I brought it from 9mpg city/14 highway to 14 city/23 highway not going over 2500 rpm.
 






Latest trip, to Tacoma, WA on 04-02-06 from Vancouver, WA trip was 305 miles (round trip), day time w/ dry weather.

I have a (first gen) '94 FORD Explorer with 4.0L ohv, 4x4, 4dr, auto trans, 3.27 gears, and P235/75R15 tires (34 psi), no modifications at all. It has 140K on the odometer. I use regular Dino oil and reg. unleaded gas. Myself and my wife were in the vehicle w/ very little else.

This trip I got 20.4095 MPG. Gas cost $2.479 per gallon in WA, total trip cost was $37.05 in gas.

Aloha, Mark
 






My 92' with 175K gets about 15-18MPG I'll be doing some modding to try to fix this
 






SOme of you guys get better mileage than my '95... Figured my more aerodynamic front would help some... :confused:
 






i get about 14.5 highway. thats running at 75 most of the time. thats running 31s with 3.27 gears.
 






Featured Content

Back
Top