Mud flaps reduce MPG fuel mileage?

[Fancy Farm]

Looks like the mud flaps will cut fuel mileage a bit and increase engine noise. Both minor but there. May require removing them and checking the numbers. On my normal drive have noticed about .3 mpg decrease.

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[Montana]

.3? lol.

 

[Stevezilla]

Engine noise?

 

[BluegrassNbass]

Keep your windshield polished with ceramic spray and you gain .4 so it's a Win Win

 

[05FordGT]

This is a joke post right? I mean seriously, .3? What's next, hypermiling to gain that .3 back?

 

[1Darkone]

You have entirely too much time on your hands.

 

[Johnkn]

This is exactly why this Forum has the 'ignore' button at the top of each thread....

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[Redneck Garage]

If I loose weight I can gain .4 mpg - Keto here I come LOL

 

[BluegrassNbass]

If I loose weight I can gain .4 mpg - Keto here I come LOL

Do not recommend adding that stress to your life!

 

[AutobahnSHO]

Sounds about right.

Reminds me that early on there was someone said they removed the little plastic air deflectors in front of the front tires, and put way bigger/ wider/ knobbier tires on and complained about 5mpg loss.....

 

[Mightybeast]

Removing side mirrors might improve your milage by 0.5. Some conditions apply.

 

[Mervin the Maverick]

Looks like the mud flaps will cut fuel mileage a bit and increase engine noise. Both minor but there. May require removing them and checking the numbers. On my normal drive have noticed about .3 mpg decrease.

Let me guess… you are looking at the instrument panel and ASSUMING that the readout is accurate?

 

[sanpablo]

Looks like the mud flaps will cut fuel mileage a bit and increase engine noise. Both minor but there. May require removing them and checking the numbers. On my normal drive have noticed about .3 mpg decrease.

I've been resisting commenting on posts about mpg changes while adding/removing/modifying anything.
I'm sure everyone has noticed that our Mavs are basically a brick on 4 wheels?!!

 

[surfstar]

I would say that anything that sticks out would definitely decrease mpg, more so at higher speeds.
By how much (even enough to measure?) that's the question.

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