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Question about fuel mileage on F150 suddenly cratering

Posted on 11/10/17 at 5:21 pm
Posted by Wishnitwas1998
where TN, MS, and AL meet
Member since Oct 2010
64569 posts
Posted on 11/10/17 at 5:21 pm
Started a thread on the OB as well but prolly should post here for the higher traffic

So I own a 2017 F150 with a 3.5L ecoboost engine in it with 9,830 miles on it and am on a trip Pheasant hunting in South Dakota


We left from Memphis which is roughly a 1,000 mile drive one way. On the way up here we ran 5 over the speed limit and according to the truck averaged about 20 mpg all the way to about Mitchell, SD and got gas then noticed the MPG just start falling severely.

We drove prolly about 100 miles while at our hunting location with the mileage remaining pretty poor. We are now on our way back to Memphis and reset truck mpg, running the same speed as before, having bought a new tank of gas in Mitchell. We have made it to Sioux Falls since the reset (about 140 miles) and the thing is averaging around 11.5 mpg still

Wth is going on with this? Bad batch of gas or something??

Obviously it's much, much colder up here and the elevation is different but there's no way those things make this big a difference

I'm pretty confused bordering on concerned at this point as our mileage on a 1,000 mile trip has been essentially cut in half
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
78713 posts
Posted on 11/10/17 at 5:23 pm to
How heavy are your truck nuts?
Posted by Marco Esquandolas
Member since Jul 2013
11881 posts
Posted on 11/10/17 at 5:23 pm to
You get better mileage if you drive 100mph...
Posted by Btrtigerfan
Disgruntled employee
Member since Dec 2007
24194 posts
Posted on 11/10/17 at 5:29 pm to
The amount of ethanol the gas is cut with.
Big changes in elevation.
Are you in tow/haul mode by mistake?
Is the overdrive disabled?
Why didn't you buy a Silveraydo?
Does you Uncle Rick have a cabin in Gatlinburg?
Posted by goofball
Member since Mar 2015
17356 posts
Posted on 11/10/17 at 5:29 pm to
10,000 miles is a lot....at least for a Ford.
This post was edited on 11/10/17 at 5:30 pm
Posted by Wishnitwas1998
where TN, MS, and AL meet
Member since Oct 2010
64569 posts
Posted on 11/10/17 at 5:31 pm to
quote:

The amount of ethanol the gas is cut with. Big changes in elevation.



Elevation is roughly 300 feet above sea level in Memphis to 1500 in SD
Posted by Btrtigerfan
Disgruntled employee
Member since Dec 2007
24194 posts
Posted on 11/10/17 at 5:37 pm to
quote:

Memphis to ... SD


You went through corn country.

You got ethanol poisoning.
Posted by kjp811
Denver, CO
Member since Apr 2017
1133 posts
Posted on 11/10/17 at 6:01 pm to
How cold was it?
Posted by cajunTiger22
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2008
381 posts
Posted on 11/10/17 at 6:27 pm to
Could be that your boost broke or bad O2 sensor
Posted by Tarps99
Lafourche Parish
Member since Apr 2017
13433 posts
Posted on 11/10/17 at 9:22 pm to
Make sure that it isn't a fuel level sensor. I had one go bad in a '13 a few years ago. I went from 1/4 to empty in a New York minute. But there was still plenty of fuel in the tank.

I think I got stuck with a bad batch of gas and I could smell the sulphur content.

I also noticed that if you don't fill it up completely, you get worse gas mileage.

I filled up last Saturday and went over 500 miles to the tank, but if I do smaller fill ups just a few gallons, OT poor, from empty, the gas mileage isn't the same even when showing 20 mpg in mixed city and highway driving environment.
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