New Personal Mileage Best
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New Personal Mileage Best
My 3.slow has a 16.1 gallon tank and at this point I've travelled 380.1 miles on this one tank. There is still some fuel in the tank, but the fuel warning light is on and off with the fuel sloshing so I may break down and refuel. I wanted to try and see if I could get to 400 miles on this one tank, but the risk of dying in the middle of nowhere is not one I want to take for the sake of fuel economy.
I'm curious to see if a tuner will make this a realistic goal. Guess I need to find a good used one and make it happen.
I'm curious to see if a tuner will make this a realistic goal. Guess I need to find a good used one and make it happen.
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https://www.ranger-forums.com/forum2...ad.php?t=45258
According to this thread you still should have about 2.5 gals left in your tank once the light comes on
According to this thread you still should have about 2.5 gals left in your tank once the light comes on
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Originally Posted by pastfinder
Trust me, it is NOT a 19.5 gallon tank. The most I have ever been able to get in that tank is 16.1 gallons before it will overflow out.
Unless there is actually something physically IN the tank, I can't fit more than 16.1 gallons in it.
Unless there is actually something physically IN the tank, I can't fit more than 16.1 gallons in it.
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Originally Posted by Steve_O113
That just means you put 16.1 gals into the tank there was still 3.4 gals in the bottom
It was empty. I just can't get more than 16.1 gallons in the tank. They did build some Rangers with 16 gallon tanks. I drive my tank till empty almost all the time (though I shouldn't). I have driven it till I ran out of gas on two occasions, and was only able to get....16.1 gallons of gas in the tank.
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Originally Posted by pastfinder
It was empty. I just can't get more than 16.1 gallons in the tank. They did build some Rangers with 16 gallon tanks. I drive my tank till empty almost all the time (though I shouldn't). I have driven it till I ran out of gas on two occasions, and was only able to get....16.1 gallons of gas in the tank.
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Originally Posted by Steve_O113
they say extended cabs only come w/ a 19.5 gal tank... no exceptions
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Originally Posted by pastfinder
Well, if someone knows where the tank capacity information is marked, I'll climb under and check. Maybe it is 19.5 and my gas gauge is redlined at empty when there is actually more fuel in the tank. I would like to know how much I always have in the tank because I like to go as long as I can without refueling.
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Originally Posted by pastfinder
Manuals are printed en-masse. Greater accuracy in the issue can be found in checking the tank itself.
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I have 4wd and a 3.0 and I can get 360+ miles from a tank on the highway.
I've also PUT 19 gallons of gas in the tank fairly often.
The gage DOES go way below that E.
I've gone 50 miles AFTER the red light has come on. ("I need gas". 40+ minutes later, wife says, "I thought you were gonna get gas, I gotta P")
I like to live on the edge.
I've also PUT 19 gallons of gas in the tank fairly often.
The gage DOES go way below that E.
I've gone 50 miles AFTER the red light has come on. ("I need gas". 40+ minutes later, wife says, "I thought you were gonna get gas, I gotta P")
I like to live on the edge.
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Originally Posted by Steve_O113
they say extended cabs only come w/ a 19.5 gal tank... no exceptions
my extended cab has a 20.5 gallon tank.........
congrats Frank.......i too got my personal best out of my truck this past weekend traveling to see my father on fathers day......i drove 2 hours to and from his house with the a/c off (still haven't got it working after the EATC, no time to work on it!) and the cruise set on 78mph (in a 70mph zone)(speedo is pretty accurate), and i got right at 17.3 mpg........funny thing is that is 2 mpg than i EVER got when the truck was 100% stock....funny huh...
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I don't know what to say...the gas gauge is not that accurate and now I'm wondering the size of the gas tank. I had a 99 XLT Extended Cab and it had a 20 gallon tank as I could get 20 gallons in the tank without issue and average around 430 miles a tank with it. My 02 Edge Supercab I still feel has only a 16.1 gallon tank, but I'm going to crawl under it and see if there is any writing on the side of the tank.
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Originally Posted by pastfinder
I don't know what to say...the gas gauge is not that accurate and now I'm wondering the size of the gas tank. I had a 99 XLT Extended Cab and it had a 20 gallon tank as I could get 20 gallons in the tank without issue and average around 430 miles a tank with it. My 02 Edge Supercab I still feel has only a 16.1 gallon tank, but I'm going to crawl under it and see if there is any writing on the side of the tank.
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