engine running too cool *solved- installed non failsafe tstat

Reply #90 – March 02, 2016, 06:39:28 PM

Only 22 mpg highway? I regularly get 23-24 mpg out of my Thunderbird cruising at 75mph. That's with a non-lockup converter and 3.73 gears.....

engine running too cool *solved- installed non failsafe tstat

Reply #91 – March 02, 2016, 06:47:15 PM

Exactly.

I haven't been super careful checking mileage as the odometer is off due to over sized tires and the gas guage doesn't work at all, so I've been guesstimating with the trip computer I added and found it to be very innacurate. I also need to redo the gas tank seals. When I broke the sending unit and got two bad fuel pumps in a row, I just threw it back together as quick as I could. It was raining and I was laying in gravel with glass shards on the side of the road and I was not in a good mood when it died on me. I also figured it would only be a few days and I'd slap another fuel sender in, but I haven't been able to source one locally. As long as the tank isn't full it doesn't leak, again making mileage almost impossible to calculate accurately.

engine running too cool *solved- installed non failsafe tstat

Reply #92 – March 02, 2016, 07:04:19 PM

Well I can say mine hasn't burned a drop of gas in -- uuuhhhh, almost three years...

When it ran it'd do low 26 at 60ish and 25 at 65-70... Lockup converter & 3.73...