RE: 3.9L gas mileage sucks -Reply

From: Walter Felix (Walter_Felix@classic.msn.com)
Date: Sat Apr 04 1998 - 15:20:37 EST


My 88 gets about 12-14 mpg. I wouldn't complain about 20.

Walter_Felix@MSN.COM

See my truck at WWW.GeoCities.Com/MotorCity/Downs/9219

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In a message dated 98-04-03 09:49:13 EST, MSykes@su.edu writes:

<<
 I have an 88 and my mileage sucks, too. I get around 20 on the highway
 at around 70-75mph. I have an exhaust system and K&N, and plug wires.
 All that stuff put together makes this extra mileage possible. Around
 town, I get about 11, but that's because, where I am living in Winchester,
 everything is either within 2 miles, or is 45 minutes to an hour away.
 Guess you just can't win-
 =)
 -mike
 88V6LE3.55
>>

      I think 20 miles a gallon is pretty damn good!! I probably get about
12-15, but then again I'm on helluva leadfoot.

-Austin
95 V6 3.55

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I have an 88 and my mileage sucks, too. I get around 20 on the highway
at around 70-75mph. I have an exhaust system and K&N, and plug wires.
All that stuff put together makes this extra mileage possible. Around
town, I get about 11, but that's because, where I am living in Winchester,
everything is either within 2 miles, or is 45 minutes to an hour away.
Guess you just can't win-
=)
-mike
88V6LE3.55

>>> Edgar Perez <edgarperez@yahoo.com> 04/02/98 08:39am >>>
I don't know what to tell you to try, but I have a similar truck. It
is a '95 SLT CC V6 4x4 Auto with 3.5 gears. When I drive all local
with traffic lights I get 14-16 mph. I drive all highway from NJ to
Richmond ~326 miles, I get 18 mpg driving 70 and 75. This week I got
19 but I think it was a fluke. I have no mods that might affect my
mileage except an Extang Saber Tonneau which really has had no effect
on my trips. I get 18 mpg with and without it.

Edgar

---hkusp40578@AOL.COM wrote:
>
> ok well here is my V6 problem....I own a 93 Dakota Sport 4x4 with the
> V6 and no matter how light I am on the throttle or how hard I am, I
cannot
> seem to clear 10-12 MPG's! The truck now has 85,000 miles on it and
runs
> great but I am getting broke on this crappy mileage! Any sugs??? I
have
> 3.55 gears and an auotmatic tranny, I do all the maintanence on it,
> including all the oil changes and tune ups. I just need help with
this
> mileage crisis!!!
>

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