Quote:
Originally Posted by CJO2007CamryHyb
I have around 10,000mi on my TCH and just had the oil changed to 0W-20 oil. I use all the above mentioned tricks........within reason. I just checked manually my MPG and it was right at 42 after i filled up. It seems to have increased around 3-5 mpg after i started using 0W-20 from 5W-20 oil but it also is getting warmer here. I do travel at 70mph in cruise for 10-12 miles and still seem to stay above 40mpg. Tires are at 40psi. Hope this helps.  |
Lets say you gained 4 mpg combined by the switch to full synthetic 0W-20 oil. Almost 2 mpg of that would be the oil and the other 2 or so would be due to the warmer air. It's been in the mid 80's where I live and the mpg has really picked up if I can keep the AC turned off.