Thread: 2.2 fuel consumption

Drove my mates landcruiser. Definitely not a smoother ride than Defender. Also engine runs at busy 2500 rpm at 100 kph, as opposed to Just over 2000 on the defender. Not a relaxed drive. Due to lack of power he has had to have it chipped and new exhaust.

Originally Posted by discojools

Drove my mates landcruiser. Definitely not a smoother ride than Defender. Also engine runs at busy 2500 rpm at 100 kph, as opposed to Just over 2000 on the defender. Not a relaxed drive. Due to lack of power he has had to have it chipped and new exhaust.

Hmmm must just be my suspension...my partner has a 2006 efi cruiser ute when we use it out west it is noticably smoother on corrugations than the defender this is also been said by the blokes that ride on the tray of both vehicles that the defender is considerably bumpier compared to the toyotas...spending a lot of time driving a v8 cruiser ute on some cotton farms the suspension feels stiff and will not flex as good as a rover but once again hit corrugations and a rover cannot keep up...the v8 I personally don't think its that good power wise but the efi is a great motor and would own 1 over any rover motor...the fuel economy of the efi is fairly steady at around 12-14/100 but load it up and it still does it easy unlike the 2.2...

I just clocked 11K in my 90 and I am getting 10.4 on average since new. It has improved slightly, from the first few tanks, but that be as much me learning how to drive the truck smoothly as it is the engine loosening up. I commute daily from Katoomba to Penrith up and down the mountains and long trips into the scrub regularly. The worst that I got was 11.8 driving around the steep country on the farm in low range trying out the 4wd abilities. :-D

Thanks for your input...with towing the trailer I noticed I used at least quarter of a tank more fuel to do the same amount of k's as I usually do and lost around 30 km/h up inclines that I usually stay constant on...sometimes the main reason I get bad fuel economy is that I will be driving in say 2nd gear for 6-8 hours at a time but when I got the 17.5/100 was on the highway

I have a 110 and have put 17K on it since May. Fuel usage has improved since about 6-7K, Now around town I get about 10.5-10.8 /100K, Hiway is down around 9.2-9.5/100K. Have a boat (16ft ~700Kg) that I tow a bit, just went to Forster and back with it with two Kayaks on top of the 110, stayed around 98K/hr regardless of the limit (60 in the 60 zones of course) and got around 10.5/100 on the way down, on the way back I held speed limit and maybe a bit more and did around 12.5/100. I find that if you push it above 100K/hr the usage goes thru the roof.
Only off road I have done enough to get a milage on was on the beach with just the car and that was less than 12L/100.

I put nulon in the diffs, transfer case and gearbox and recon that improved the economy by around 0.5-0.75L/100 did that at 8K. I run the stock tyres 235/85R16.

When I had the D2 I changed to 215/90R16 and my economy improved. Remember with the 285s your rolling circumference is 4% more than mine so your odometer will read 4% less than mine for the same distance traveled. Hope this gives you some figures to compare with.

Very helpful thank you...I will consider dropping tyre sizes once these ones are worn out...travelling the amount of k's I do a week doesn't really warrant the larger tyres

I've found them to be pretty similar:





For my 2c worth the 2.2 is a better engine, more drivable, better power range. However the only place I miss the 2.4 is on the highway, put your foot down in 6th anywhere above 80km/h and it would go, the 2.2 you are back to 5th, (I know its lazy driving and I deserve a kicking for it, but hey).

However I do find the 2.2 is more happy at 100/110km/h than the 2.4. The 2.2 loves to rev, and I've had a few passengers think it's a petrol.

Cheers,

Tim

Very interesting... I am not sure how I am getting up in the high 17's