Thread: fuel economy of a 2.4 defender

My Tdi when new used 10 or less per 100,the TDCi has never got near that. Pat

My Puma is doing low 10's with steady driving and upto 14 towing the work trailer which weighs about 1200 kg. I'm happy with that

My 110 puma use to do around 10-11 loaded on a trip and round town, my current 130 single cab does around 12-13l/100km,however it weights 2.9 ton so hard to compare. The consumption is pretty good for a large ute, but the ridiculous 75litre capacity is a joke, wish LR would wake up to this..

It would have cost them an extra 50 dollars to change the tank to 100ltres when they brought out the TDCi,as you say 75 is a waste of time. Pat

14L/100Klms loaded and towing my 2 tonne caravan. The ECU has also been remapped.
Regards
Maggsie
2010 Puma

Did the fuel economy improve with the remap?. Pat

the best I got out of my 300tdi on a 700km trip with 80% of that loaded tray full of concrete blocks was 10/100. That was city, suburb and hwy driving.

My 2.8tgv is returning about 13-14/100 with a 1.8t dual axle trailer on. Not only the weight but my COD is very bad due to a tray back and then a long draw to a 8x5 tradies boxed in trailer. Not bad and not much would return that without spending $40k or more...

Originally Posted by PAT303

Did the fuel economy improve with the remap?. Pat

Pat, my fuel economy drasticly improved when I added to much oil. For about 8 weeks I didnt even fill the tank once