Re: Extremely poor V6 Mileage

From: Dester243@aol.com
Date: Sun May 23 1999 - 01:52:55 EDT


I also have a 97 dodge dakota v6 and it gets horrible gas mileage.. you
problem is with your frequent 5 mile trips.. starting up the truck wastes
gas because you're not moving anywhere, and gas is being burned. i know the
feeling. i'm going to be a junior in high school. and my frequent trips to
school and my lil sister's school kills gas mileage. My advice is
-Get electrical fans
-get a 10" air cleaner assembly,
-try a can of "gas treatment" stuff.
if you keep you foot off the pedal, it'll improve gas mileage, and when u
friend pulls next to you in his ford ranger 4 banger and says he can out run
you, you'll feel more confident...

-Dester
WITH a whole 16.1 MPG mixed with highway miles...

<< 1997 Dakota V6 Sport
 
         13.5 miles per gallon...thats right, around 200 miles per tank
 full. 21000 miles on truck, most of my trips are around 5 miles, to
 work, to school. Any suggestions on where to start looking for the
 problem?
 thanks
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