'01 Cherokee Sport Poor Gas Mileage

Hmmm....

I get 19 in my old CJ7 and 22+ in my 88 Cherokee....

If you have a vacuum leak, the computer can go full rich to compensate.

Same deal if you have a dead O2 sensor.

Mike

Mark wrote:

Street, highway or overall? On the streets that is about my average as well on my '98 with 30" tires. These days I mostly drive on the streets as well and my Jeep is in tip-top shape. On the highway if I can keep the Jeep under 80MPH I see around 18MPG and if I cruise at the limit,

I'd say you are about on target going by my own numbers...

-- Taylor

'89 Audi 200 '03 Audi S6 Avant '98 Jeep Cherokee Sport

I get 12 mpg with 31" tires and 4.56 gears. The best it ever got was 17mpg My father in laws 88 with a 5 speed got 22 mpg before he sold it. KH

Jeep's plain and simple are not the best on case, considering their size. I don't recall the best tank I've had on my XJ's but I do on my old '96 ZJ (4.0) and that was 24MPG! We took the back roads into Moab, UT from Camp Hale, CO (near Vail) and we took our time, cruising the speed limit with cruise control.

-- Taylor

'89 Audi 200 '03 Audi S6 Avant '98 Jeep Cherokee Sport

Sounds about right for in-town and dirt road driving. Highway will run about 19mpg.

'98 Sport-2dr/auto/air/6cyl/2wd

that is not good gas mileage at all......19 to 21 should be on that model.....in regards to the air noise....does all your vacuum run accessories work.....like the cruise....does the air conditioner vents all work in various stages as they should ......if not, then you have an air leak somewhere.....also have the dealer do a tune up.....as in replace the plugs and tune the jeep on the computer.....this all has them hooking the jeep to a computer and flashing the jeep computer to reset new software in.....all this may help.....about 100 dollars for the basic tune-up and cheaper with coupons if you can get some.....I got 19 to 20 on my last 2000 mile vacation trip in the WJ fully loaded with my wifes clothes and the kitchen sink.....after said tune-up and new airfilter...

The WJ I can see getting that type of mileage on the highway. It's not as much of a brick as the XJ. From what I've seen over the years the XJ is good for about 20MPG on the highway.

One thing the original poster never said is if his mileage is city or highway... If he is only getting 12/13MPG on the highway then yeah, I agree with you about the mileage. On the streets though, that number is very real, especially if you have a heavy foot.

-- Taylor

'89 Audi 200 '03 Audi S6 Avant '98 Jeep Cherokee Sport