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Bob Estey

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  1. Just thought I'd drop a post on milage. Took a 110 mile round trip yesterday. 50% freeway at 70 mph and 50% 2 lane highway at 55 mph. My average was 28.1 mpg. I did some checking on mpg, and, rpm during the various segments of the trip. At the 70 mph speed, the engine is turning 2100 rpm and milage didn't go above 26.2 mpg. At the 55 mph speed, the engine is turning 1600 rpm and milage rose to 28.8 mpg. I also found that the turbo kicks in at 1750 rpm on the little Ecoboost. I do believe I could achieve their claimed 30 mpg on a 2 lane highway. On a normal freeway, I'd be afraid for my life. That being said, I think I'm going to have to learn to live with 26+ mpg on freeways. The flip side of the coin, however, is that I consistently get 22 - 23 mpg in stop and go city driving. I'm sure Ford is aware of all this and we'll see the new and improved version of the little engine that could, in a few short years, actually be doing it.
  2. I just watched a show called Gearz on Speed tv. The subject was improving the Ford Ecoboost. They were refering to the F150 six Ecoboost. A company called AirRaid makes a cold air induction package with a K&N type filter, airbox, and, new plumbing from the airbox to the air meter. Additionally, a company called Heartthrob Exhaust makes a new 4 inch exhaust system that replaces the original system. These two items are claiming increases in HP, Torque, and milage if used. There is also an ECM digital tuner out there that also makes the same claims. The show claims that Ford did a good job with all of the Ecoboost technology, but appears to have stopped short by not allowing the engine to breathe as much as it should. I don't know how much of this is true.
  3. Garo, I haven't seen window shades offered for the Edge as of yet, however, the Lincoln MKX is basically the same vehicle as the Edge (dimensionally) and they offer them for that vehicle. You can check them out on lincoln's website by building your MKX and near the end of the process you'll come to accessories. You'll find them there for $89 for the front and rear door windows. If those are the vents you're looking for, you should be able to contact a lincoln dealer to obtain them and verify the dimensions.
  4. Well all, just got back from the dealer after the first oil change. Reported my milage concerns and was told they could do nothing about it as it is running the way it should. I made mention of my black sooty exhaust pipes and they claimed it was normal. This kind of statement from alleged auto mechanics bothers me. They either don't understand the physics of the internal combustion engine or their being told to say that. In any case, I've been thinking about the problem, and yes, I know thats dangerous for me. I remember back in the 80's, I had a trans am with a v8 and it kept dropping a cylinder going up a long hill under load. The dealer I bought it from tore the heads off it and rebuilt them 3 times trying to figure it out. I ran into an old racing buddy that was working at another Pontiac dealership and discussed it with him. He informed me of an O2 sensor in the exhaust header, that when bad, would send a normal signal to the ECM telling the engine that no advance on the timing was necessary, when in fact it was. That would cause excess fuel (and not enough O2) to load the cylinder and foul the plug causing the dropped cylinder. I informed the mechanic working on my car and he said if it did it again during the road test, we'd change the sensor and see. You can guess the result. He changed the sensor and no more dropped cylinder. I mentioned this story because after giving my current problem some thought, I'm begining to think my milage and black soot problems may be due to something similar. If the turbo has a boost sensor that kicks in boost at 2000 rpm, more boost would require more fuel. However, if attendent speed dosen't increase, then increased fuel use would not result in increased distance, resulting in decreased fuel milage. Additionally, black soot would occur due to excess fuel being only partially burned. Cruising around town, I can achieve better milage than its rated for, but I'm under 2000 rpm. I'm just guessing at this point, but what the heck, it's more than ford will do. I'll report back later after I've tried some different driving techniques, and, researched some of the mechanical details. Until later, its good to know that I'm not alone out there.
  5. Hey all, Ford is sending out upgrades for both MFT and NAV systems. I received mine and installed it. Actually improved both systems. It's an easy upgrade to do. Just plug in the flash card and it does it. The only thing is it takes about an hour to do and you have to sit there with the engine idling. We love the vehicle, just hopes the milage improves.
  6. Jamer, I experienced the same thing when I first got mine. 16.5 around town, in stop n go, was the best I could muster for the first 1500 miles. I drive it easy and try to stay around or under 2000 rpm (I like driving by tach). Your milage around town is about the same as mine. As I stated, the owners manuel says the vehicle takes between 3000 to 5000 miles before you will achieve optimum milage. The freeway milage is my concern. It seems I'm going backwards. I set cruise control at 2000 rpm at 70 and milage went from 26.4 (with 1000 miles on the vehicle) to 22.8 (with 3900 miles on the vehicle). If things don't get better, I'll see what the dealer says when I go in after 5000 miles.
  7. I just joined this forum. I purchased a 2012 Ford Edge in October 2011. I purchased the Ecoboost limited FWD with all the goodies. We really like most everything about the vehicle. We are really disappointed with the gas milage though. The vehicle had 276 miles on it when we bought it. It now has close to 3900 miles. City mpg started at around 16 and that was the best we could get. It will now get around 21. I drive easy and try to hold rpm around 2000 until I get to speed in town. Highway milage started at around 24 - 26 and is now around 22 or 23. On the freeways I always use the cruise control. The highway mpg is worriesome, as it looks like I'm going backwards. I looked in the owners manuel and it says that the computer studies your driving habits and will adjust the vehicles mechanicals to provide optiomized fuel economy. This takes from 3000 to 5000 miles. Has anyone else experienced this? I'm also open to suggestions on how to improve the fuel economy.
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