yea i drove out to colorado and back to michigan a few weeks ago and burned
a little bit of oil too. probably about a 1/4 quart of oil also. i never
burn oil so i was hoping this was all right. i figure it was all the
driving. about 2800 miles in a week or so.... mine is a bit older now,
just turned 83000 in my 94 V6 a few days ago, still running good though...
my mileage was about 18 or so but no towing, just a bike rack on the back...
mike k
94 V6, 2wd, auto, slt, stuff...
90 talon, still not running and for sale..
>From: Mike Schwall <mschwall@pop.flash.net>
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>Subject: DML: Trip/Towing - Part Deux - Gas Mileage
>Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 16:07:56 -0500
>
>Total trip miles: 1194.1, total gallons burned: 72.535. Total combined gas
>mileage: 16.5 MPG. Gas burned on the way down (unloaded): 30.718 gallons,
>total miles one way: 620 (went different way down to avoid I-35 traffic),
>gas mileage: 20.2 MPG. Gas mileage loaded on way back home: 574 miles at
>38.817 total gallons = 14.8 MPG for return trip. Trip down was between 75
>and 80 MPH, and on the way back was 65-75, with 80 occasionally (downhill).
>
>For the amount of work that V6 did, I'm impressed with 14.8 MPG. I did
>vaporize a 1/4 quart of oil, but after 1200 miles and half that working
>hard, that's to be expected. Normally I don't loose any oil, that is
>noticeable on the dipstick.
>
>So there yah have it. V6 was a good choice after all. I like the mileage,
>but it also tows pretty well for it's size. 'bout to roll over to 12000
>miles pretty soon, get to change the oil again. Ohh, I changed the air
>filter to a K&N drop in before I left, and also bought a new battery - Die
>Hard Ranghandler - biggest capacity they had in stock that would fit in the
>battery tray. I left the parking lights on while I was at work last week
>and factory battery never fully recovered.
>
>Mike Schwall
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