Gas mileage on 5.4 150

Apr 17, 2004 7 Replies

hi, I just got a new XL 150 with the 5.4 engine, and tow package. I love it so far, but I was wondering what others are getting for gas mileage. My first tank only got 15 MPG, and it was mostly highway driving. That was kind of disappointing. Any comments?



kevin


That's about right. I've got a 2000 Expy with the 5.4, 60K miles and get about the same. I use the medium grade gas (octane 88) which costs $1.73 a gallon now.

You should get a little better once it wears in, my 2001 F150 XLT Supercrew with towing package with the 5.4 gets 16-17 in highway driving, occasionally

18 and since it's a loaded 4 door it must weigh more than your regular pickup too.
2000 F150 Towing 5.4 16-18 mpg.

2003 Suburban 350 No towing 22-24 mpg

occasionally

I have a 2002, F-150, FX4 with the 5.4. The mileage is always between 14 and

  1. Ron

Consider yourself fortunate, I'm not even getting 12 mpg as an average with my '01 Supercrew 5.4L.

What type of driving is typical for you? Unless your driving conditions/habits are rather unusual then something might be wrong with your truck, I have had my 01 supercrew 5.4 since it was new, it's at 120k miles now and has never gotten mileage that poor unless I was driving all day in bumper to bumper NYC traffic. My normal mix of driving is about 1/3 30 mph local roads, 1/3 50 mph county roads, and 1/3 70 mph highways, and it always gets between 15-18 mpg. Heck I get around 10-11 towing a heavy 25 foot camping trailer on long fairly flat highway trips, like my annual trek from NJ to Florida, and that's with a full load of people in the cab and bikes, etc in the bed too.

I drive about 7 miles to work one way on a highway traveling between 60 and 75 mph. I believe that my biggest problem is my right foot, can't keep it from squeezing the pedal lower & lower. My 'crew is 4wd and has 3:73 gears. I have just turned 40K miles on it and bought it about a year ago with 32K on it. It has the "LEV" sicker on the drivers window (Low Emission Vehicle). I am assuming that that may be the culprit or it's just my driving habits.

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