new personal best MPG

[robobx]

Over the last month I have been making trips from N. Charlotte NC to my house in Kitty Hawk to take care of Isabell damage. The route I have been taking is I85 to I40 to NC64. It's over 300 miles and mostly highway.

The trip over was on thursday night and I got really lucky and only hit 2 red lights, so the truck only stopped forward progress 2 times, anyhow when we pulled in the driveway the overhead said 31. 1 (I have an EZ and have checked the mileage several times and it's ALWAYS off between 4-5 mpg) So I got between 26. 1 and 27. 1 for the trip over!!!:--) I did keep it at the speed limit for the most part 65-70 mph on I85 and I40 and then 60mph on NC64

Then during our stay on the OBX through sunday afternoon I made several short trips to Home Depot, to haul away storm debris, get food, etc. leaving the truck idle while unloading.

Sunday we headed back to Charlotte, I stopped in Greensboro to fill the tank at 720 miles and it took 31 gallons topped off Overhead said 28. 1 at that point and at 720 miles the low fuel light wasn't even on yet. I was on more of a time schedule on the way home and went a wee faster



For anyone curious I have an '03 HO 6 spd QC LB 4x4 3. 73 EZ on level 6. I was running Shell fuel with PS diesel kleen and had just changed the fuel filter and the truck had 41,100 miles on departure. Also 3 people in the cab, a Golden Retriever 2 coolers and a few bags in the bed.



Sorry for the long post, I was just really suprised. Previous best was 24. 1 over 200+ miles.



Thanks for reading

later

Rob

 

[draymorris]

Is there any one thing that has given you the best increase - the EZ for example?

 

[Tomeygun]

WOW! and at 21. 23 MPG, on EZ(level 4), I thought I was cooking!! Well, 720/31 = 23. 225 --- doesn't seem so outta line considering you have 41K on yours, and I have 9k on my odometer.



before long these diesel will MAKE fuel when you drive, and then just driving home will make you money!!

 

[mgonske]

21.9!

My best tank so far was 609. 0 miles on 27. 80 gals, for 21. 9 MPG (EZ Level 4; Scotty III; no topper; max feather-foot & 55MPH commute; tires 70/80 psi f/r)



Next five best tanks:



359. 8/16. 59 21. 7 MPG EZ 4; no topper; 70 MPH highway; tires 70/80 psi f/r



240. 7/11. 18 21. 5 MPG EZ 6; speed limit (55-70) highway plus 55 MPH commute



253. 6/12. 07 21. 0 MPG EZ 4 55-60 MPH commute



464. 5/22. 27 20. 9 MPG EZ 4; no topper; many errands; 55-60 MPH commute; tires 70/80 psi f/r



456. 5/22. 19 20. 6 MPG EZ 6 commuting at 60 MPH



Of course, I don't want to talk about my worst tanks

 

[Tomeygun]

Re: 21.9!

Originally posted by mgonske





Of course, I don't want to talk about my worst tanks

Speaking of that, heres interesting info:



first tank with EZ-lvl 3 --- 15. 9 MPG



second tank after learning that I don't have to leave every stopsign at full pedal --- 21. 5 MPG

 

[mgonske]

Re: Re: 21.9!

Originally posted by tomeygun

second tank after learning that I don't have to leave every stopsign at full pedal --- 21. 5 MPG

That's a pretty good match for my experience. I recently got my G-Tech Comp working again, and just had to try some performance runs to check it out. That same tank included a lot of charging around at 80 MPH, besides. It didn't make the top five list

 

[robobx]

Hey Mark, give me some details on that Jeep.

 

[mgonske]

I just posted a couple of pics in the Towing & Hauling Pics thread



Let's see, Currie 4" (short-arm) lift + 1" body lift, 35s, Atlas II, Detroit rear, ARB front, etc. --PM me for more details off-topic.



On-topic: Towing it on the flat-bed to Easter Jeep Safari (14,580 lbs GCW) at 75 MPH yielded 12. 9 MPG for 4773 miles; in the 5th-wheel toy-hauler to All-4-Fun (22,780 lbs GCW) at 65 MPH yielded 10. 9 MPG for 4651 miles.