Mileage on 2001 Dakota 3.9 Auto?
From : rh
Q: what kind of mileage are you guys getting in the city with the 3.9 in a 2001 dakota i filled the tank and got 149 miles before it was ready to be fueled againunless the fuel light comes on when there are still 5 gallons left. with a 20 gal tank this is awfulabout 7 miles per galloni find that very hard to believe. anyone have any ideas .
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From : gary
rh wrote what kind of mileage are you guys getting in the city with the 3.9 in a 2001 dakota i filled the tank and got 149 miles before it was ready to be fueled againunless the fuel light comes on when there are still 5 gallons left. with a 20 gal tank this is awfulabout 7 miles per galloni find that very hard to believe. anyone have any ideas my 2001 dakota 3.9 with about 50k on it gets about 14 mpg around town. its a single cab with a canvas cover so not much additional weight. gary b. .
From : tbone
that seems to be a bit on the low side. how are you driving it are you pushing it hard to accelerate is it pinging a lot -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving what kind of mileage are you guys getting in the city with the 3.9 in a 2001 dakota i filled the tank and got 149 miles before it was ready to be fueled againunless the fuel light comes on when there are still 5 gallons left. with a 20 gal tank this is awfulabout 7 miles per galloni find that very hard to believe. anyone have any ideas .
From : jmc
suddenly without warning rh exclaimed 2/13/2008 1032 am what kind of mileage are you guys getting in the city with the 3.9 in a 2001 dakota i filled the tank and got 149 miles before it was ready to be fueled againunless the fuel light comes on when there are still 5 gallons left. with a 20 gal tank this is awfulabout 7 miles per galloni find that very hard to believe. anyone have any ideas thats pretty low. my 2001 with the 4.7 supposed to get 1mpg less than yours gets an average of just under 18mpg these days. im not sure when the fuel light comes on i know i can go at least 20 miles on it though jmc .
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From : rh
what kind of mileage are you guys getting in the city with the 3.9 in a 2001 dakota i filled the tank and got 149 miles before it was ready to be fueled againunless the fuel light comes on when there are still 5 gallons left. with a 20 gal tank this is awfulabout 7 miles per galloni find that very hard to believe. anyone have any ideas snip i dont think i am driving it hardi dont notice any pinging per say but there is a ticking while it runsquiet but noticeable none the less.i am going to try and trade it in over the summer i think. is there a chance it has less than a 20 gal tank on it like maybe 15 or something snip if you are figuring your mileage based on what you think the tank holds then you cant begin to even know the true measure. fill it up reset the trip meter to zero and next time you fill it up again divide the number of actual gallons it takes into the mileage on the trip meter. i hope that didnt really need to be stated but i did it anyway. your owners manual should tell you exactly what size tank you have. usually they will hold a tad more than the rating if you have a habit of filling it up to the top of the neck. michael .
From : nunya
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From : picasso
on wed 13 feb 2008 173156 -0700 miles nope@nopers.com wrote mac davis wrote thats changing too miles.. you gotta come visit.. we usually go to yuma for the things that we just cant get here but most of our shopping is in san felipe or mexicali.. mexicali has home depot costco wal-mart and a lot of other stores and though not all the products are the same they have good selection and not bad value.. thats true but thats also border towns and regions. its slowly moving south. the stores in mexicali also cater to numerous americans. its far cheaper to operate those stores south of the border and cater to both countries shoppers. right but id say that at least 80% of the folks shopping in those stores are nationals.. i think mexicali topped 1 million population last year... ensenada is a city much larger than mexicali i believe about 1 million. it has no such stores. its about 75 miles south of san diego. tijuana has no such stores either and its right on the border. reason is because san diego already has all those stores and scores of mexicans cross in the usa for day shopping trips. they have money to spend!! youre going to see them in ensenada and especially rosarita... getting to be imo vastly overpriced yuppieville.. mac please remove splinters before emailing .
From : rh
what kind of mileage are you guys getting in the city with the 3.9 in a 2001 dakota i filled the tank and got 149 miles before it was ready to be fueled againunless the fuel light comes on when there are still 5 gallons left. with a 20 gal tank this is awfulabout 7 miles per galloni find that very hard to believe. anyone have any ideas snip i dont think i am driving it hardi dont notice any pinging per say but there is a ticking while it runsquiet but noticeable none the less.i am going to try and trade it in over the summer i think. is there a chance it has less than a 20 gal tank on it like maybe 15 or something snip if you are figuring your mileage based on what you think the tank holds then you cant begin to even know the true measure. fill it up reset the trip meter to zero and next time you fill it up again divide the number of actual gallons it takes into the mileage on the trip meter. i hope that didnt really need to be stated but i did it anyway. your owners manual should tell you exactly what size tank you have. usually they will hold a tad more than the rating if you have a habit of filling it up to the top of the neck. michael i am wondering if my tank indicator is out of calibration or something cause when the light comes on and its near emptyi can still usually only get 13 or 15 gallons into it.who knows i really wish it would catch on fire or something.its got 60k milesi just had a new water pump put on 2 months ago and now its leaking coolant again today. i am going to call the toyota dealership and see if they will take it lol. .
From : sqdancerlynn
i have a 3.9 / 3 speed auto no overdrive in a ram van. very underpowered but i can get 14mpg on the highway -- more information at http//www.talkaboutautos.com/faq.html .
From : nunya
snip i am wondering if my tank indicator is out of calibration or something cause when the light comes on and its near emptyi can still usually only get 13 or 15 gallons into it.who knows i really wish it would catch on fire or something.its got 60k milesi just had a new water pump put on 2 months ago and now its leaking coolant again today. i am going to call the toyota dealership and see if they will take it lol. mopar or autozone brand water pump michael .
From : roger rabbid
on tue 12 feb 2008 200229 -0500 rh nospam@spam.com wrote what kind of mileage are you guys getting in the city with the 3.9 in a 2001 dakota i filled the tank and got 149 miles before it was ready to be fueled againunless the fuel light comes on when there are still 5 gallons left. with a 20 gal tank this is awfulabout 7 miles per galloni find that very hard to believe. anyone have any ideas i thought my 2000 dakota was just a chronic gas guzzler when i first bought it a few years ago... i mean it guzzled gas like a starving dog. i changed the tps and put in some fresh plugs and it suddenly become economical to drive. it guzzled so much gas that i could watch my fuel guage drop when i drove 3 miles to work. after that it barely used any gas at all. ----== posted via feeds.com - unlimited-unrestricted-secure usenet ==---- http//www.feeds.com the #1 group service in the world! 120000+ groups ----= east and west-coast server farms - total privacy via encryption =---- .