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Lincoln Aviator Real World MPG
Please report on your Aviator mileage here.
Include your odometer reading, city/highway mix, driving style or anything else you think may help others compare their mpg with yours. Thanks!
Steve, Host
Include your odometer reading, city/highway mix, driving style or anything else you think may help others compare their mpg with yours. Thanks!
Steve, Host
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I am really upset because i was misinformed about the information i received from LIncoln stating it gets 12 city/19 high way. LIE LIE LIAR!!! there should be a lawsuit for this.
Does anybody know if there is a way to disable just 2 cylinders to save on gas.In that way it runs as a V6. is is possible btw ?
It may be possible but the rods and crankshaft aren't designed to handle such an off-balance load.
GM, Honda and Chrysler have "displacement on demand" in some of their vehicles using a sophisticated variable cylinder management system with redesigned drivetrains. It's not just a simple matter of disabling a couple of cylinder!
tidester, host
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I average 14-15mpg around town and if you're doing a lot worse than this I'll tell you what I've done to bring it up. As you know there's not a lot of aftermarket parts for a car they just made for 3 years but I did a couple of easy ones to increase mileage.
First check tire pressure, get nitrogen in them if you don't have a compressor, nitrogen bubbles are larger and don't leak out like air does, so you have to check less often. Even a couple of pounds off can reduce mpg by 10 percent.
K&N air filter, will help the engine breath a lot better, this along with Zmax engine treatment has given me 3mpg increase in all the vehicles I've tried the combo with (last car was a 99 Vette and got the same increase). Also if you're in a hot climate like me I'd grab water wetter as well, this reduces the surface tension of the fluid in the radiator so your engine runs cooler, which is always a good thing. When changing the air filter, get a can of mass air flow sensor cleaner and use it at the same time. If that gets dirty (and few mechanics clean that during normal service) your power and mileage can pay the price.
On the flip side, avoid those cans of fuel treatments that claim to increase MPG, there's nothing wrong with a name brand fuel injector cleaner, and if you've got some miles on the vehicle I'd grab a bottle of that also, but Zmax comes with it so pass on it if you're getting that anyway, it will be in the box. If you're due for an oil change soon, get it done and ask them put the Zmax in at the same time, and odds are they will check the air filter, so if you have that they will pop that in at the same time.
The total for these things are about $100 and with todays gas prices it's short money. Takes about 20 minutes to do with a screwdriver. I have seen a Superchips tuner for the 2004's but I've used these in my Lincoln Town car and also the Vette, and they increase power a little and reduce MPG by about 2 so be warned.
If I ever would have feelings of "guilt" or needing to be "green", my solution is to let my wife drive. She betters my numbers by about 15%. I get 12 & 16 while she gets 15 and 19 or 20. That was in Florida -- no hills! All bets are off if you start climbing the mountains north of N.C. and into Virginia, West Virginia and Pa.
One other thing that we will do occassionally is to mix the octanes at the pump. I believe that LIncoln recommends 91 octane, you can mix the grades and arrive at 91 octane and save a few pennies.
Good Luck!
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2003 2WD Aviator.