I've had this 98 F150 4.6 for a year now but didn't drive it much. Now that I am driving it I find it gets around 8.2 MPG, mostly city driving but it gets about the same when towing my 3200 lb race car with a u haul car trailer at 70-75 MPH. It runs good under either circumstances but the mileage sucks! It's all stock and no codes have been set. It has 247K miles on it.
Any ideas on what to start checking on this thing to improve mileage? Vacuum at idle seems to be good and throttle response is what I'd expect so I don't think the cats are stopped up. The f150 forums have been no help. Starting to wonder about those guys! LOL A lot of post on there about losing 1-3 MPG after an oil change. HUH?
Seeing a Chevy or Dodge truck with a real V8 in my furture. lol
Any ideas on what to start checking on this thing to improve mileage? Vacuum at idle seems to be good and throttle response is what I'd expect so I don't think the cats are stopped up. The f150 forums have been no help. Starting to wonder about those guys! LOL A lot of post on there about losing 1-3 MPG after an oil change. HUH?
Seeing a Chevy or Dodge truck with a real V8 in my furture. lol