Milage expection question

Filled up the '95 yesterday. Got a whole 11.8 mpg (3.0L V6, automatic). Is this "normal"? What kind of milage are you getting with your Runner?

Thanks.
T

my 90 3.0 gets around 12 to 13 miles to the gallon 32s and 3 inch body.hence to say its not a daily driver.

well if its lifted with 31's then yes that is normal, a sacrifice in gas is the price for having a rock crawler. The truck is having to push more weight than anticipated from what is in a stock 4runner.

wow

i just got a 95 as well ( just over a week ago ) mine has 3.0 and 5 speed and just over 74000 miles ... on my 1st tank of gas i got 18 mpg. which i thought was not very good... i was hoping to see around 20 or maybe a little better.. i as well am all highway miles( for the most part ).

dan

at first my 91 v6 3.0 got 13 mpg than cleaned the engine brought it to 13 .6 than i got knew tires brought it too 13.9 got new air filter which needs to be replaced at most every year did the best brought to 14.95 mpg now i need to get a tune up and a new air intake hose expecting to add another mpg or two. city on of driving i use the suv for deliveries basically 100 miles a day.

Thanks for sharing guys, I had written a post asking this very ?, what kind of mileage can I expect with a '92 4x4 3.0 auto (if we go ahead & buy it - it needs an engine/or rebuild the one half out of it). Considering if it's worth the investment & time to upgrade my current '87 22R 4cyl. which gets about the same. It's a beater, but it does the job....
Kat

I live in BOS and my 00 4runner gets aprox 20mpg street/highway. I find the winter gas here as well as having the heat or ac on also erodes mpg's. During the winter when "they" change the gas mixture's I steadily get less mpg's.

I noticed that as well Bolt. I seem to lose almost 1.5 mpg city/hwy. I drive an '05 SR5 4x4 with the 4.0 liter. I tend to monitor it to the point of ridiculous-ness though. In the summer months I get around 18.5-19mpg but during the colder months it slips to 17.3-18.5. And of course I had to make a long winter drive so I could throw away "engine warm up loss", lol. I noticed I also lose close to the same amount with my Thule box on the roof. Damn degredation of aerodynamics.

Should be getting 20 on the hwy,,in town about 14,,I am just guessing since my odometer hasn't budged in 3 years..Keeping it tuned and a clean airfilter makes a world of difference. I just know I have to fillup every 2 weeks

I have a 1998 4-runner 4 cylinder but do not see this engine made anymore why not?

Hi, I'm a newbie to this chat, but I have a 2004 Sport 4x4 and it gets 26-27mpg on the hghwy and 15-16 city. My hubby is thinking we should sell it, but I really love it and I know we'll get slammed on the asking price because it seems everybody is jumping on the smaller "green" suvs that are coming out now.  Has anybody sold their 4Runner recently who can let me know what the market will bear?  Hubby thinks selling in the Fall will make a difference. Any ideas? Thanks, Lisa

Drove from Helena, Mt to Kansas City in my 99. \\; Had a U-haul trailer and the back filled, \\;got just under 17mpg, had to keep it at 65mph though.

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wow

i just got a 95 as well ( just over a week ago ) mine has 3.0 and 5 speed and just over 74000 miles ... on my 1st tank of gas i got 18 mpg. which i thought was not very good... i was hoping to see around 20 or maybe a little better.. i as well am all highway miles( for the most part ).

dan

 

I have had 2 2nd generation 4Runners with a 3.0 V6 and 18 mpg is just about right. On really nice days on strictly highway driving you might get 19 mpg.

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Hi, I''''m a newbie to this chat, but I have a 2004 Sport 4x4 and it gets 26-27mpg on the hghwy and 15-16 city. My hubby is thinking we should sell it, but I really love it and I know we''''ll get slammed on the asking price because it seems everybody is jumping on the smaller "green" suvs that are coming out now.  Has anybody sold their 4Runner recently who can let me know what the market will bear?  Hubby thinks selling in the Fall will make a difference. Any ideas? Thanks, Lisa

You actually get 26-27 mpg in a 2004 model? I take it that''s a V6 engine in that truck?

A few factors that limit it the mileage are: its a truck and its heavy, not much of aerodynamics, I dont know where you are but here in the N/east you have 10% ethanol in all gasoline which has less energy. even the EPA ratings wer''nt high my 91V6 auto factory window sticker show 14 city/ 18 hwy!
David

Got an 96'' 2wd with 31x10.5 tires and get 16mpg and 20mpg 255,000 miles and running great.