Wow, someone who gets worse mileage than I do!
14.9 to 15.5 mostly 75+mph highways to and from work
best 18.6 all highway
--Mike
www.mikesdakota.com
> My '98 with 3.55 gears runs fine on 87 oct. Gas mileage hovers around 11-12
> mpg city, the highest I ever got on the highway was a little over 16 and the
> average mpg to date is 12.6.
> Tom
> ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________
> Subject: Re: DML: Gas mileage on the 5.2-looking to buy
> Author: <dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET> at smtpout
> Date: 3/6/01 7:22 PM
> They're meant to run on 87 octane but a number of people run 89 or even
> 92 because of a pinging problem inherent in many 97-99's. I personally
> run 87 after trying a few "physical" fixes - thermostat, spark plugs, a
> few other things. I may run 89 this summer, we'll see what gas prices
> look like.
> I get 12-14 MPG in the winter, city driving. My running gas mileage
> (all told, winter, summer, highway, city) since June of 99 is about
> 14.75 MPG. In the summer it's fairly consistent, winter it gets really
> erratic. I've seen as much as 19 MPG in the summer on the highway. I
> have 3.55s, so it is a tiny bit (not terribly much) better than the
> 3.92.
> Terry Hellene wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>> I am thinking of buying a Dakota club cab 4X4 with 3.90's, a 5.2 and an
>> automatic. What kind of mileage can I expect to get??? Are they happy with
>> regular unleaded?
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