JLU MPG 4 Cylinder

[pittsburgh]

Does anyone on the forum have a JLU with the 4cyl/turbo? I am curious about what kind of real world MPG’s people are getting out of them.

 

[NMRubicon]

Does anyone on the forum have a JLU with the 4cyl/turbo? I am curious about what kind of real world MPG’s people are getting out of them.

So far on my 13 miles commute with some stop and go and a little highway, I am getting 20.8 MPG, on a longer trip Saturday with a mix of highway, mountains (up to 7500') and about 25 miles of dirt/gravel I got 24.1. So far I am very happy with the little 4cyl that I initially didn't want, but after a little reading decided to give it a chance, I drive more like a grandpa, which I am, but it has not proven on road or offroad to have a shortage of power or torque.

 

[pittsburgh]

So far on my 13 miles commute with some stop and go and a little highway, I am getting 20.8 MPG, on a longer trip Saturday with a mix of highway, mountains (up to 7500') and about 25 miles of dirt/gravel I got 24.1. So far I am very happy with the little 4cyl that I initially didn't want, but after a little reading decided to give it a chance, I drive more like a grandpa, which I am, but it has not proven on road or offroad to have a shortage of power or torque.

That sounds pretty good. My Tacoma only gets about 17-19 on long drives and about 13 on commutes.

My LJ gets 12 on commutes aabd 15-17 on long drives.

I like the idea of JT but a Wrangler that can squeeze close to 25mpg on the highway is tempting.

 

[NMRubicon]

I will be putting close to 500 miles on it this weekend, I will let you know how it does going through the mountains at highway and freeway speeds.

 

[Dan Grec]

Nena Barlow has one in her rental fleet on 37s, without a regear, and I think it regularly gets in the low 20s.
She posts about it on Facebook occasionally.

-Dan

 

[NMRubicon]

Well I hand jammed 19mpg over 277.3 miles. Starting elevation was 4300, peak elevation was 7500 feet, average speed was in the 70 mph neighborhood, very little was flat, big rolling hills and small mountains, and half of the trip was into a stiff headwind of 20mph. The half of the trip not into the wind gave me 22 mph according to the .6mpg correction to Jeep's computer. Best so far is still the 24 I get for my 26 mile round trip commute.

 

[NMRubicon]

The remaining leg with less wind and elevation changes made 21.2 MPG at average of 75 MPH. Very noticeable decrease at anything over 70, and 65 is just about the sweet spot. This last time the computer was under actual by .3 mpg, so the computer is doing a relatively good job.

 

[pittsburgh]

The remaining leg with less wind and elevation changes made 21.2 MPG at average of 75 MPH. Very noticeable decrease at anything over 70, and 65 is just about the sweet spot. This last time the computer was under actual by .3 mpg, so the computer is doing a relatively good job.

@NMRubicon i take it you’re Jeep is a Rubicon with 33’s? Is it a 2 or 4 door?

 

[NMRubicon]

It does wear the stock 33s, and it is a 4dr.