gas guzzler

**Triathlete** · 09/19/2005, 04:57 PM

With 31s on my Vx I still get no less than 15 MPG in town!

**Joe_Black** · 09/19/2005, 05:21 PM

Yeah, 31's wouldn't make much difference as the stock tire diameter I think is about 30", but if he has like 33" Swampers or something with a lot of rolling resistance as well as significant diameter. It's amazing how some things increase load almost exponentially after a certain threshold.

**Numba1goalie** · 09/19/2005, 05:22 PM

Well at 2.2 MPG you should probably take it in. Something I have always done to vehicles with over 30K miles is do that Seafoam Treatment. It has always cleaned up my engines well and made my Vehicross get maybe a extra 2 miles to the gallon.

**ScottinMA** · 09/19/2005, 05:26 PM

Time to hull the sea anchor (nautical term for bringing in the parachute-like-device the prevents movement in a stiff wind). Sheesh! If I was getting milage like that I'd have that baby lowered to about 1/2 off the asphalt.

S

**AlaskaVX** · 09/19/2005, 06:18 PM

I am running 33's and see 10mpg city and 13 mpg highway

Something is seriously wrong if you aren't exagerating, or your fuel guage is off

**dkmiller68** · 09/19/2005, 06:25 PM

move to a smaller town?

**Triathlete** · 09/19/2005, 06:58 PM

Your killing me DK!

**Ldub** · 09/19/2005, 06:59 PM

Is that 1/2 tank because the gas gauge said it was?...or 1/2 tank because you filled gas, drove across town & back, then refilled @ 11 gal. +or-.
I'm a little suspicious of your gas gauge.

Just a thought...
Ldub

**transio** · 09/19/2005, 07:44 PM

My gas gauge goes down 1/2 way after burning about 3 gallons.

I get 12-13 miles per gallon in the city with A/C on.

**JULIAN911** · 09/19/2005, 07:50 PM

I have a 2" lift with 33" tires and get about 11mpg city, 15mpg hwy.

**Ldub** · 09/19/2005, 07:52 PM

Transio,
Mine's kinda strange too...usually under all city conditions (I know, I'd have to drive 4 hrs. to get to an actual city) mine will go dwn. to the 3/4 mark at about 45-50 miles.

**MZ-N10** · 09/19/2005, 11:08 PM

Originally Posted by Ldub

Is that 1/2 tank because the gas gauge said it was?...or 1/2 tank because you filled gas, drove across town & back, then refilled @ 11 gal. +or-.
I'm a little suspicious of your gas gauge.

Just a thought...
Ldub

im with this man my gauge is stupid too...it drops a 1/4 tank in 2miles. i get around 17~ mpg combined on a stock 56k mile vx.

**Mr.Quackers** · 09/19/2005, 11:25 PM

kinda the same.. i figure im getting around 200 miles a tank.. or mostly about 10 mpg... all city driving though so i am not sure if this is normal... even though it is seeming more and more like it is.

**raver_boi_88** · 09/20/2005, 12:30 PM

well I cleaned my fuel injectors last night and it helped a little but i took it in this mornin to the isuzu store and they looked at it for about an hour or so. It turns out that I wasnt really burning a half a tank, the gas gauge sensor was screwed up. Apparently it was sticking on something. So the guys at isuzu ordered me a new one.

**HotFlyer** · 09/20/2005, 04:40 PM

I've been getting 13 to 14.4 mpg city, 17 to 19 mpg highway. Stock engine & exaust.

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