Ford F150 - my edge confused?

kjunitalian · Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 5:31 am Post subject: my edge confused?

on my way to houston which is about 150 miles away my avg. mpg dropped from around 15 to almost 12... i was on cruise going 70....that was just for about half way....then my avg. mpg started to go up closing in on 16mpg until i reached my destination....anyone else experience this?
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R3TRIBUTION · Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 6:16 am Post subject:

Was there any kind of incline (even minimal) that you were drving on for the first half, then maybe a decline on the second half. That would effect your MPG. Might be too simple an answer, but sometimes the easiest is the best.

kjunitalian · Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:29 am Post subject:

not down here.... we are about as flat as it gets along the gulf coast
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RobCC · Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 5:41 am Post subject:

Mine did that too after a while. I was averaging 18 on it and after a long trip 16. It seems to stay around 16-16.5 now. I have always and still do calculate mileage at each fill up and I get around 17.75 each and every time. I think the reading the computer on your truck gives is innacurate. I just changed the MPG to cylinder head temp just so I'd quit looking at it constantly. My girlfriends dad has a chevy p/u that does the same as far as reading less than what he is actually getting. I don't trust the readings from the computer. Just my 2 cents.

hound_dogs_01 · Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 7:22 pm Post subject:

mine shows less miles per gallon using the cruise than me using my right foot... other words i think my cruise costs me some miles per gallon...

Alex

Redivivus Puppy · Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 10:38 am Post subject:

i did experience it to. but i actually had to clean my air filter. but every time i fill up id reset the ampg and that seemed to help