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

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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