2.7L Fuel Economy

[ChipFalls]

Eco and little bit of sport. Interstates and some two lane highways.

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[Massman]

I've been averaging around 16 to 17 mpg with little highway driving. I was amazed to get 24 and 23.8 on my last 2 highway trips with my 2.7 Ranger Lariat. Both trips were around 130 miles traveling between 70 and 80 (hitting 85 a few times, but averaging 75). City driving kills the mpg getting 15.8 last fill up. My problem is a bit of a heavy foot.

 

[peter2525]

On my '24 Lariat 2.7L with the FX4 and towing packages, I'm getting 21 mpg around town, 26 on the highway, and 16 mpg while towing 6,000 lbs (a horse trailer with one horse). I mostly run premium fuel, though I've lately been sneaking in regular when not towing.

 

[Sharpie223]

I did a test to see how far off my mpg reading is.

First I compared odo distance with what Google maps says it should be. That ended up spot on, which surprised me. Also means I can legitimately use the odo distance for hand calculation.

Then I compared hand calculated mpg with what the dash says. The actual ended up being 98% of the dash reading. My average including in town driving was reading as 24, actual was 23.5.

On my 4runner, actual was usually something like 92% of what the car said. That's after accounting for the odo distance being less than actual.

Your car will be different than mine, if you want an accurate measurement, use gps for distance and hand calculate, filling up at the same pump every time

 

[OxygenMask]

We've had 3 vehicles that have an ECO mode. In all 3 ECO gave the worst mpg by quite a bit.
Always lugging, always in too high a gear, always having to put your foot in it to keep from getting run over...

I think ECO mode is a cheat of the EPA formula, just like the old shift lights that would have you upshift at 1500 rpm...killed your mileage, or the TJs w 3.07 gears that got horrible mileage but were EPA rated higher. There are things that work for the "formula" but do not work in real life.

"In theory there is no difference between theory and practice, but in practice, there is."

 

[RANGER PRIDE]

call me crazy, but i think i got better gas mileage in sport over ECO mode.

 

[Barry Johnson]

Hey guys just trying to figure out what is normal here. I got my Ranger XLT 2.7L V6 two weeks ago and have been loving it so far. Only 400 miles on it so far but my fuel economy has been a bit worst than I was expecting.

Getting between 16-17 MPG with an even mix of highway (70 MPH), country back roads (45 MPH), and city driving (25 MPH stop and go). At best, I got 19.5 MPG on a pure highway drive that we did for 80 miles, but with my normal driving I am still between 16 and 17 MPG.

Is that normal? Maybe my engine is still breaking in? I'm only driving in Normal mode, and I like to give it some gas sometimes to enjoy that amazing engine but for the most part I am cruising under 2k RPM. Thanks all!

I have a 2024 mostly city drivong and short trips on I-5 and truck averages 20.5mpg. Towing a 4,000 lb trailer it was 13.5mpg.

 

[ChipFalls]

My last couple days of driving. Mostly interstate with a few stops for gas and food. Maybe 30 minutes of idle while I "dined" at a couple of drive thrus.

Normal driving habits (getting on the gas to merge, passing a few trucks, construction slow downs, etc)

About 500lbs of equipment in the bed and in the back seat. 91 octane.

I don't think Eco mode makes any difference.

Finished my trip with 15 hours at 26.1 mpg.

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