Hello evryone,
I'm new to this forum and have several questions about my 2007 gas sprinter.
Found this forum after purchased it from a dealer lot, 3.5L gas engine, 5 speed, 4.72 rear end. Driven about 1000 miles. Bought it because we need room for 4 carseats, and 1 booster for 5 childrens 7 and younger.
The rpm is too high at highway speed, 65mph @ around 3000rpm, a thousand rpm higher compare to my 4runner with 4 speed/OD and 4.30 rear end running at the same speed.
Questions are:
1. Do all the gas sprinters have this 4.72 rear end ? What is it good for ? Towing only ? too bad I probably will never tow anything since I don't have the hitch and not planning to put one on. Anything I can do to bring the rpm down to reasonable at a reasonable price? I think we will be driving it less than 5000 miles a year so if the solution is too expensive and can not pay for itself in 5 years, it doesn't worth it.
2. It has the steering wheel with no buttons, and so there is no mpg gauge, anyway a sprinter dealer can add this feature ? if not is there an after market device that is acurate and made for the sprinter, need to find the sweetspot for best mpg.
I haven't done any mpg calculation but for the current tank of gas it drank 3 bars (about 1/3 of the tank ?) for about 100 miles, about 50/50 highway/city.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
ktran
I'm new to this forum and have several questions about my 2007 gas sprinter.
Found this forum after purchased it from a dealer lot, 3.5L gas engine, 5 speed, 4.72 rear end. Driven about 1000 miles. Bought it because we need room for 4 carseats, and 1 booster for 5 childrens 7 and younger.
The rpm is too high at highway speed, 65mph @ around 3000rpm, a thousand rpm higher compare to my 4runner with 4 speed/OD and 4.30 rear end running at the same speed.
Questions are:
1. Do all the gas sprinters have this 4.72 rear end ? What is it good for ? Towing only ? too bad I probably will never tow anything since I don't have the hitch and not planning to put one on. Anything I can do to bring the rpm down to reasonable at a reasonable price? I think we will be driving it less than 5000 miles a year so if the solution is too expensive and can not pay for itself in 5 years, it doesn't worth it.
2. It has the steering wheel with no buttons, and so there is no mpg gauge, anyway a sprinter dealer can add this feature ? if not is there an after market device that is acurate and made for the sprinter, need to find the sweetspot for best mpg.
I haven't done any mpg calculation but for the current tank of gas it drank 3 bars (about 1/3 of the tank ?) for about 100 miles, about 50/50 highway/city.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
ktran