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Full-sized pickups are not exactly economical with fuel. Carburetors are not exactly efficient, especially not 1-barrel ones. A full-sized truck with a 1-barrel carb is just asking for trouble. You forgot to mention how many miles. For me to go to work and back is about 70 miles. With my old Aerostar, that could easilly be 4+ gallons at nearly $3/gallon. And then there was how my first Honda went through gas; leaky tank. EDIT - 20 Mar 07 Based on that short a distance, your fuel consumption is about four to five times what I would expect. Cold weather knocks teh MPG rating on a carburated vehicle for a loop; I lost about 20-25% with my old Corolla. However that will also cause other problems. How has it been running other that just sucking gas? Any hesitation or loss of power? One other thought is that the sending units in the gas tanks of many vehicles I've had tends to go down quickly once it's below 1/4. The first quarter of a tank lasts ~100 miles, but the last quarter only lasts about 40.
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Even my 1989 F150 6 with fuel injection only gets 17 mpg on highway driving.
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How far did you drive, Todays price you only had around 4 gallons of gas. If you got 18mpg you could only go 72 miles. Did you let the truck Idle for a long time. Did you drive like a maniac? A lot of different factors. When is the last time the truck had a tune up? All these could make your fuel mileage less.
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