Went in for the 60,000 mile service, one of the biggies. The service guy was going over all the recommended services. Then he said, “normally, I’d recommend cleaning the throttle body as it may increase your gas mileage a little, but I see you’re driving a V-8 Tundra, so gas mileage is probably not something you worry about”. Laughed my tail off, but I do love my truck, 17 mpg and all.
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Wow 17, I get about 15 with my 2016 V8 4X4 Tundra.
Then just for fun about this time of the year I put the 7' Fisher snow plow on the front and 400# of weight over the rear wheels. Might hit 10!
Then if I a do a lot of plowing its more like yardage. With that said the truck does a very good job of plowing my 1/4 mile long and rather hilly driveway and parking area.
Of course I tend to drive another vechicle for the most part during the winter!
I get 15-17 in My 2003 V8 4runner.
I had and loved a Tundra with the big V8, Drove it for 7 years and traded it at the height of covid and got within a few hundred bucks of what I paid for it. Plus at the time it needed tires and a bit of body work! The dealership had it sold before it hit the lot. I still miss it at times but not the gas mileage.
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Yup, 15-16 in my 2016 TRD Pro 5.7L. Great truck.
roarindan
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12.8 w/ my 2022 f 250
Oldengineer
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Can anyone explain to me how cleaning the throttle body will decrease the fuel consumption/increase fuel economy? Hint: I know a lot about this. Another money grab!
Tom H.
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It’s all part of the free lifetime routine maintenance I got when I purchased it in 2018, so the only question was, was it necessary, but being free, what the heck
Ivan the Butcher
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My 2014 half ton 4x4 Chevy with 33" tires got 13.5 mpg as of this morning's fill up. Much better than way back in 1974 with the K-5 Blazer with Gumbo Monster Muders (10-11 mpg was a good day!).
Ivan
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Just a point of semantics here - included in the price, yes, but certainly not free by a long shot...
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My new Caddy XT5 is not yet fully broken in yet. It has the biggest V6 available, AWD and a towing package. City MPG is running about 25. Trips to camp (200+ miles) on mostly interstates has shown up to 36 mpg (in 2WD).
Couldn't be happier.
Couldn't be happier.
Oldengineer
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Here’s my concern. I’m assuming that the engine has electronic throttle control. This means that it’s “drive-by-wire” with no mechanical linkage. I vividly recall a 6 sigma study that showed that push together electrical connections were good for 5-6 connect/disconnects before the resistance started to increase. The engineer presenting the study crudely described it like having sex……hard at first then loose. The room composure was lost.
So, the idea of breaking critical underhood electrical connections unnecessarily is asking for trouble later. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
So, the idea of breaking critical underhood electrical connections unnecessarily is asking for trouble later. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
Gearing.
4cyl motor requires higher RPMs in order to do 4WD things as well as truck things.
A V6 has better gearing & better mileage.
