BETTER ECONOMY
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BETTER ECONOMY
OK now I just bought my 01 DODGE RAM Quadcab 4x4 with a 2 inch body liftand I love the truck and the computer it telling my that I'm getting 10 MPG as an avarage usually I'm lucky with 8.7 - 9.5, SO my big question of the day is what can I do to get better Economy. 2.50 at the pump with a 25 Gallon tank is killing me.
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RE: BETTER ECONOMY
I'm getting around 13.5 on average... check your o2's, use the NGK's instead of the Bosch ones, make sure you have a good brass cap & rotor, wires (I'd recommend MSD 8.5's) and NGK plugs.
If all that is good, check down your throttle body for a leaky plenum gasket. signs are oil on the plugs (sometimes) and pinging... and when you look down the throttle body at the plenum, oil pooling on the bottom.
what tires are you running? what gears? those 2 will also affect milage...
If all that is good, check down your throttle body for a leaky plenum gasket. signs are oil on the plugs (sometimes) and pinging... and when you look down the throttle body at the plenum, oil pooling on the bottom.
what tires are you running? what gears? those 2 will also affect milage...