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What fuel mileage do you get with 4.0 Ranger


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My friend's father bought a 4x4 extended cab with an automatic in the early 2000's. He drove conservatively and I remember him telling me he never got more than 15 mpg out of it. He bought an F-150 and gave the Ranger to his son who lifted it and put 32" tires on it and a high flow air filter. The mileage went up a little after that but I'm pretty sure he never got better than 17 mpg.

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Please post your fule mile for the 4.0 ranger and if manual or auto trans. Thank you

 

 

I have 2003 Ranger 4x4 with manual, and I get about 18 mpg on the interstate. An average of interstate and back roads I can expect about 17.5mpg.

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Maybe I worry a little more about mpg than most, but I keep track with every fill-up. My primary vehicle is a 2003 Ranger, 4X4 with 4.10 gears, extended cab, 4.0, 5-speed manual, limited slip rear and it rarely drops below 19 mpg in combined city/highway/country road/running errands/etc. driving. Have owned it since it was a year old with 9,000 miles. That being said, I have done some experimenting of late on the interstate when driving about 160 miles each way.

 

The experiment tells a difference. Downhill and often with a tail wind to this frequent destination it returns nearly 22 mpg. That is keeping the speed down to between 70 and 75 rather than the normal 80+ that I usually drive. Coming back from that trip which is uphill, (climb of several passes and about 3,000 feet of elevation) and often a serious headwind, I try hard to hyper-mile it. This part of the trip is the gas-eater. Will let it drop to 60 mph often, downhill 80 again. That return trip has been delivering nearly 19 mpg at reduced speeds. So, combined, about 20 mpg round trip of 325 miles which is nearly what it gets running around town and stop/go and country roads.

 

Still a nice little truck that has been virtually repair free at nearly 70,000 miles. Cheap maintenance so far compared to the F-150's. I think it is just now feeling well broken in both engine and manual tranny. Truly tough as nails for bad roads, bad winter conditions, rough dirt roads in any condition.

 

And still very happy with the mpg. Just mostly needed to slow down a little to improve the interstate runs with those 4.10 gears. Overall before mpg of 17+ mpg (80+ mpg) to about 20 mpg (72 mph) - almost a direct 10% correlation. Suspect if I would hold it at 70 mph it would do a little better, but that probably won't happen..

 

Have no idea how this vehicle will get replaced. Guess it won't likely be a Ford.

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16 around town, mostly 2 lane country roads, maybe 20 on the highway. Driven like Grandma, 1992 4.0 STX 4X4 A4LD.

 

Southeast Washington State desert, mostly flat, some rolling hills.

 

These trucks are dogs on gas. I think it's because they are very heavy because they are solidly built. Fair price to pay for quality!

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