Thread: Whats your PUMA fuel economy like

I'm getting between 9.4-10.3L/100km. All standard (Nothing changed from original). This is normal traffic & motor way speeds.. (And the litre usage is seems to be getting better. (As in using less fuel). Just have 6500K on the clock at the moment)

Will be going off road this weekend... Will see what it does then..

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Originally Posted by EastFreo

I am getting just over 10lt/100km. Pretty stock 2014 110 on cross contacts. Last trip got 10.3 but I was going fairly fast - ie 115kph! My wife laughs that we now cruise at 100 to 105 nowadays!

My fuel light comes on at around the 560km mark from full. Mine is a 2013 110 on MTR's with full rack, awning etc. and I tend to drive with purpose!

Around Sydney I was getting about 11. We left in Feb and have since done 15000km, all towing and as much off-road as the wife will let me (but fair to say most is bitumen) - in that time best has been 12.24, worst 18.42 (over Hotham, Dargo High Plains), normally 13 to 14. 90km/hr seems to be the best compromise between economy and arriving anywhere at a sensible time

Interesting to see these figures, ive always watched my fuel usage over the life of my puma, things that made the biggest differences to mine fuel economy wise was removing the canopy canvas when it was stock, it made considerable difference around 1-2l /100km difference to the same type of driving.

After i put the 33s and ally canopy on my fuel usage went up considerably, but i remapped it and upgraded the IC around the same time so the fuel usage after mods and remap was on par with what it was when the vehicle was stock.

Recently i changed the turbo for an alive high flow billet jobby, removed the cat and added a bigger radiator, power wise its a very different truck to drive, but economy wise its improved again.. i suspect the economy side of things it more to do with the decat then it is the turbo/map.

With the new turbo other mods i find if i drive it fairly hard it tends to drink more then before but for normal driving its better then it was, ive just came back from a 14,000km trip to darwin heavily loaded a towing a fairly heavy camper trailer and kept a close eye on fuel use, seeing around 16-17l per 100km at the worst, this was driving in outback NSW into a strong headwind and maintaining speeds around 120kph, the guy who was travelling with me in a v6 prado saw usage around 23L /100km in the same conditions but without a trailer.

Most of the trip i was using around 12-13L /100km, even on a stretch of the unrestricted speed roads i was maintaining around 130kph and seeing around 14L /100km. I also noticed better economy driving in the cooler parts of the day and into the night, while there wasnt a huge change it was certainly noticeable to the point it would have saved me many litres of fuel over the course of 14,000km


Driving home from Brisbane to Newcastle i averaged 12.2L per 100km, It was nice to make the whole trip on a single tank for a change, while this is no where as good as some of the other figures people have here, im pretty happy with it considering my 130 is one big fat vehicle as is my Kimberly camper when its all loaded up.

Best - around 9.5/100 (stock everything, mostly cruising in 6th gear)
Worst - about 20/100 (lots of low range, alpine diesel). Stopped to check if a stick had poked a hole in the tank!


Back to normal on the highway run home - 11.5/100 at 110kph. With roof rack, awning, winch bar/winch and plenty of camping gear in the back.

Mine is 0/100 kms. But it hasn't been delivered yet!

Originally Posted by Avion8

Mine is 0/100 kms. But it hasn't been delivered yet!

Same here, quite economical at the moment!

MY15 110 with around 3000km on the clock now, full length roof rack, awning on the side, bull bar and snorkel been averaging around 10.9l/100km and driving it with purpose where possible.