u/Dallas_3788

Horrible Fuel Economy

I have a 2017 Ecoboost. I bought it new and I always averaged about 18-22MPG city and around 28-30MPG Highway. 95% of my commute is heavy stop and go metro traffic.

Over the past couple years, that's slowly degraded. I'm average at best 11-13MPG. I'm lucky to get 150-200 miles to a tank now days. My Highway MPG has average around 24-28MPG currently. I have a friend who has a GT and even in the city he gets 17+MPG.

I can't figure out why I'm getting such horrid fuel economy.

I have 93K miles

My air filters changed every 6 months.

Couple years back had an intake/throttle body cleaning done by dealer as part of scheduled maintenance. I do occasionally run it full throttle on highway to try and burn out any buildup.

Very adamant about oil changes every 3K miles (Vavoline)

All scheduled maintenance to the T by the dealership

I only use premium fuel

Had a tune up about 3 years ago. Recently had belts and plugs checked out. All came back perfect.

Ford replaced the EVAP Purge value after about 3 years of ownership due to it malfunctioning (I read this was a common issue). It went out again and I replaced it myself with the new revised part from ford. I haven't had any issues wth it since.

I also read about the dreadful "eco boom" issue with the original high pressure fuel sensor and read ford released a revised version so I ordered it from Ford and replaced it myself out of precaution.

I've never had any check engine lights. It runs and drives as smoothly as the day I bought it. No rough idles or performance issues.

Any ideas?

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u/Dallas_3788 — 4 days ago