RE: Dakota gas mileage
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RE: Dakota gas mileage - 9/12/2006 11:33:39 AM
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asmodeus289
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I get between 17 - 19. Mostly freeway, but in stop, go, stop, go, stop, go traffic.
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RE: Dakota gas mileage - 10/1/2006 6:50:53 PM
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ConserVet
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I bought the truck used, and put maybe ten tanks of gas through it so far. I averaged maybe 15mpg in mostly rural driving between 45 and 60mph, which I thought was crappy for a 4.7 automatic. I pull the spark plugs and find that they're the original plugs, and this truck has 80,000 miles on it. I couldn't believe the original owner never replaced them. The electrodes were eroded down almost into the insulators, and the steel plug bodies had white fuzzy crystals growing out of them toward the coils.
I replaced the plugs with #4071 Champion truck plugs. It seems to both idle and accelerate better. It should squeeze out at least another 2 to 3 mpg now, but I'm hoping for close to 20. We'll see.
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RE: Dakota gas mileage - 10/5/2006 2:48:38 AM
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Rakaric
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well usually I'm at about 200 miles and that's city driving. I just installed new spark plugs and intake etc. Right now I'm at like..60+ miles with 3/4 of the tank left. Which is a 16 gallon tank. A little more than 15mpg and I have a 4.7L V8. City driving only...idk if that's good or not.
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RE: Dakota gas mileage - 10/20/2006 11:06:04 PM
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skinsfan
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-15.5 around town, 17-18 highway. 4.7 v8 05 quad
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RE: Dakota gas mileage - 11/10/2006 4:45:40 PM
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tntitans21399
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I'm getting about 14-15 mpg and that is mainly city, about 20% is highway and 80% of the highway is in traffic. That's with the 2003 3.9L V6 Quad Cab, 2wd, 8.25 rear end, dual exhaust, & with bigger tires (I can't remember the size but they about the biggest widest without rubbing).
It is better then my GMC full size truck that got about 11 mpg. And it's alot roomer (reg cab vs Quad Cab).
< Message edited by tntitans21399 -- 11/10/2006 4:52:50 PM >
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RE: Dakota gas mileage - 2/17/2007 3:34:13 PM
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shrpshtr325
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i gto 15.3 mpg city with mine and that is on winter fuel, and i tend to let it warm up for a nice long while before driving it so i would imagine i could do better than that if i didnt wait for it to warm up but w/e idc at this point
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RE: Dakota gas mileage - 2/20/2007 10:22:29 AM
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mb18
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I get 16-17mpg on winter fuel doing mostly highway runs, with a few miles of city in there. My commute's 41.5 miles, 33 of which is highway, so that helps. In the summer, I do much better...18-21 mpg on mostly highway.
2006 CC 4.7 V-8 6 sp. entirely stock except for the topper (for now)
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