with fuel prices they way they are nowadays evry little drop counts!
I am going for the record!! I want 30 MPG with my 97 Reg cab 5 speed
Let's get the fuel tips listed here! we can ALL benefit from saving a little fuel!
I am CHEAP.. I give away nickels like they are manhole covers.
I surely don't want to give them rich oil companies any more!!!
GCSS

 

I run a bunch of timing, drive like there's an egg between my foot and the accelerator pedal and try and keep her under 65. Works out to 20-22 most tanks and I'd be lyin' if I said I didn't bury my right foot a few (dozen) times a day Long live the 12 valve

 

i'll get us started...DON'T Drive it like you stole it!

other than that i too would like to hear some tips and tricks!

 

Run stopsigns and redlights. That's where it gets you. Oh yeah, and keep it around 60.

 

Clean injectors are the most important item, then timing and valve adjustment make the next greatest impact on fuel economy in the 12 valve.

Run the tires at the maximum inflation pressure to reduce rolling resistance, it will ride rough but you will gain two miles to the gallon. Avoid oversize and those wide showy tires, they suck fuel.

Depending on the fuel you use, three ounces of acetone to every ten gallons of diesel can also give a mileage gain. If you have any alcohol in your fuel, acetone will decrease mileage. Also, never use any acetone that is not pure acetone or you will lose mileage. Some guys claim to use MEK instead of acetone, but it really saps my mileage and will toast a VP44 on a 24 valve engine or the CP on the newer Cummins.

If you do not gain using acetone, and have a Hydrotex dealer close at hand, pick up a couple bottles of Hydrotex LubraKleen and run that at 2 ounces to the tank and see if you do not pick up a couple miles to the gallon. The Hydrotex dealer will recommend PowerKleen, but LubraKleen is the same stuff, only much more concentrated and less expensive to use.

 

....I like the egg btw ur foot and the pedal idea.....nice mental picture type aid coast as much as you can before stopsigns without impeeding ppl behind you....helped get me from 13.5 to almoast 16 along with slower takoffs...(not the best - VP mileage =D)
TNutcher

 

I just did a little experiment with where I was getting my fuel. I used to get it at a discount place and thought all my mods were causing crappy mileage. The last tank I got was from a truck stop. I threw some Standyne in as well. My mileage went up 3 mpg. I crunched some #'s and figured out it would have cost me $13 more to go the same distance using the "discount" fuel.

All that being said, I don't know if it has anything to do with winter fuel or not. The truck definately runs better with the truckstop fuel and Standyne. I'm sold on using good fuel. I'll miss the Canadian Tire money though. Well....maybe not.

 

well I would be leery about using them additives. I sure don't want to hurt my pump.
I have been using power service. Regular white bottle and every now and then the kleenguard. I have been getting 21 in town driving the way I want to drive,and 23.23 on the highway at 70
I went to the dragstrip,pulled my racecar(gooseneck trailer) and fourwheeler and generator on a 41/2x8' trailer hooked onto the goosneck...double trailer...I still got 19.6 mpg

 

try driving by your egt gauge, i try to keep it below 600 degrees all the time. i got 25 mpg last tank. and i do plan on getting 30 mpg here soon enough, but i need to fix my fuel system right now. and there is a guy that use a cable and gets very good miliage. he sets it at x amout of rpm and shifts when it gets there.

 

-- Run the highest tire pressure you can stand
-- Use some kind of fuel additive like PS or stanadyne that will increase cetane
-- synthetic fluids everywhere, especially tranny, t-case, and axles
-- avoid braking. Every time you use the brakes, you convert fuel to wasted heat. Look far ahead of you and coast to anticipate stops and avoid braking
-- Slow down. Best mpg comes right around 55mph in top gear
-- Keep the engine in tune and valves adjusted properly
-- Accelerate slowly, and try to upshift as early as you can. If you run right on the verge of lugging the engine, you are maximizing MPG
-- Aerodynamics matter. Those light bars, tall stacks, bug deflectors and fender flares all increase drag. About the only thing that helps drag is a tonneau cover, and then not much. Try extending the factory front air dam as close to the ground as you can get to help with drag.

 

I do the exact same thing

I have pulled off highway mileage as high as 180 miles in 1/4th of a tank driving at 65 with the EGT gauge (post turbo) at actually less than 300 degrees, i minimize boost and take off in low gear..

Actually ever since ive had a slipping clutch all of a sudden my mileage got better knowing that i cannot drive the truck hard cause the clutch is like a kitten hanging by one claw about to fall off a sofa....

Funny how that little philosophy helped my mileage ALOT... right now with 420 miles combined highway and city, divided by about 24 gallons that i know that line fills to is about 17.5-18 mpg combined...

considerin my truck has oversized tires, bumpers, and all sorts of stuff, i cannot say thats too bad....

Rick

 

slow down and combine trips

 

I boosted my mileage from 16mpg's to 20mpg by dropping my tailgate on the hi way I drives smoother two you can really notice the drag on a windy day also I use the power service silver bottle 12oz and 8oz of some Marvin’s mystery oil. and I switched from the discount place I have always bought my fuel and I bought it up at the shell station and when I started doing all of this I couldn’t believe how far I could go on one tank of fuel and I am 19 so I do mash it quite a bit I could probably get about 23 mpg's if I laid off the fuel but what fun would that be o ya and change your air filter big difference it can make

 

I don't know why, but my truck will get 18 - 18.5MPG local, and darn near 30 MPG on the interstates! Interstate mileage varies from 27 (winter fuel) to 29.5. I'm anxious to see what it'll do with better injectors, hybrid turbo and a clutch that don't slip.

 

My truck has 3.5 gears in it and she loves to go about 71 mph with a loaded trailer.
I mean...I am just barely touching that gas pedal.
If I go slower,then it will kinda lug,and If I go faster it seems like a waste of rpms (if that makes any sense)