300 TDI Disco1---ECONOMY

[1disco]

Hi All, Can anybody tell me how many Kilometers i should get per one LTRE of Diesel out of The Average Stock Disco1 300 Tdi. Thanx.;)

[loanrangie]

My best has been a little over 9l/100klms and average is probably close to 10/100 for my daily commute. Best on a long drive was 900klms out of a tank from full to reserve light on - mine is auto.

[tomalophicon]

Mine's around the same. 8-9/100km on a good day.

[Judo]

About 10L/100kms. Never done less than 9 or more than 11.5 (with a lot of weight and 4wd'ing)

[Jojo]

Mine is in the same line, about 9l/100km. Has been doing it for all the 16 years I've had it. With featherfoot driving you may get down to 8,5l/100km, but realistically you will get something closer to the figure above, which gives you about 11kms for one litre of fuel.
Cheers

[Blknight.aus]

real world figures vary from 8-12 K/l.

12 is pretty much optimal highway cycle and 8 is about average for city commuting.

[Discomark]

I get around 12L/100k on a distance trip but as high as 16L/100k when fully laden with 1200kg trailer and hilly terrain.

[MR LR]

My car gets a consistent 14litres per 100km, thats with heavy right foot in traffic, combined with towing and offroad work, highway i sit on about 120kph so that doesn't reep the benefits with economy. However if driven gently a tdi is very economical, my car blows a fair bit of smoke so i am doing the injectors, this should tidy the fuel economy up a fair bit to what others say, as i am not happy with the economy i get, but i realise i need to change my driving style.

Cheers
Will

P.S. its a 300 Tdi Slushbox

[B92 8NW]

Mine over the past 25,000km:

Best: 9.92/100km
Avg: 11.15/100km
Worst: 14.51/100km

Worse than most but I know why so I'm not concerned:D

[tomalophicon]

The owner's manual suggests we can get 6L/100km doing 90kph on the highway :o

[Blknight.aus]

never seen that but then I've also gotten a TD5 deefer to go 1000K to the factory tank with a trailer on the back if you operated in exactly the same fashion, doing 80 KPH on a cool night behind a big crane on dead flat roads with skinny road tyres at high pressure 6l/100 might be on the cards...

[justinc]

The owner's manual suggests we can get 6L/100km doing 90kph on the highway :o

:p:p I can get a 300Tdi to do that, but it won't be able to climb any hills:o:D

JC

[Blknight.aus]

sure it will, its just the suzi towing it is going to take it in the foot in the economy states.

[bigcarle]

i am one of those old school types that sit and calculates their milage and my TDi gets 9.8l/100km (29.5mpg) town work with or without the air cond and 8.6l/100km (32mpg) on the highway. first time towing with the camper (750kg) i thought i was getting 26mpg but i think it is better than that now.
once i worked out that on the highway cycle aith the amount of fuel i had left behind in the tank i could go 960km on the 89 litre tank :o

[bigcarle]

i am one of those old school types that sit and calculates their milage and my TDi gets 9.8l/100km (29.5mpg) town work with or without the air cond and 8.6l/100km (32mpg) on the highway. first time towing with the camper (750kg) i thought i was getting 26mpg but i think it is better than that now.
once i worked out that on the highway cycle aith the amount of fuel i had left behind in the tank i could go 960km on the 89 litre tank :o
oh mine is factory standard

[Ranga]

FWIW, my Defender HCPU gets around 11.5l/100km unladen.

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[Nomad9]

Hi 1disco,
I've just recently put a gas flowed head on mine and chopped the centre muffler out and I'm getting about 8.5 to 9 l/100 on a regular sort of basis. Haven't towed of given the vehicle a work out yet, that average is over two tanks of fuel. Oh and it is an auto.

[goldey]

Mine is a 98 auto with 265/75's and standard gearing. Normally around town I get about 12l/100k's. On a recent BIG trip towing a 1400kg camper and close to half a tonne of extra gear on the car we averaged just under 16l/100k's. I'm sure if I slipped some 4.11 ring and pinions in the diffs I'd do much better in terms of economy (oh and lose the 4 inch suspension lift and roofrack and.......)

Cheers

Goldey

[random]

The owner's manual suggests we can get 6L/100km doing 90kph on the highway :o

Glad I read this b/c my 99/came out in 2000 though, was getting 6-7 per 100k it was freaking incredible , I use to think I was seeing things , until the air con belt wheel fell off .
I know I've asked around here about it and checked everything people have suggested but right now it's still only getting about 9/100k with the belt off , which feels pretty discusting after what it use to get . So whatever's going on I'm finding the parts to put that belt back on when I get time.

[rick130]

Mine is a 98 auto with 265/75's and standard gearing. Normally around town I get about 12l/100k's. On a recent BIG trip towing a 1400kg camper and close to half a tonne of extra gear on the car we averaged just under 16l/100k's. I'm sure if I slipped some 4.11 ring and pinions in the diffs I'd do much better in terms of economy (oh and lose the 4 inch suspension lift and roofrack and.......)

Cheers

Goldey

Yep, or a Defender t/case or high range gearset.

My 130 with 255/85's, bullbar, winch, roof rack, ladders and all my work gear which adds up to 3000kg averages around 11.8l/100km and I don't muck around on the highway.

[robw]

I used to get 9l/100km but with 2 inch lift and plastic bumper cut down I am lucky to get 12-13L 100km. My vehicle 300TDI automagic.

[wrinklearthur]

Hi All

Thanks everyone, I don't feel so bad now about getting 12l /100K in the loaded Defender 300TDi 110 with ARB bar, winch, steel frame flat tray, with a steel canopy that takes four blokes to lift it!
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[Spel1]

Something to keep in mind with the calculations (which I'm sure many of you are anyway) - if you are going by the odometer for actual k's there could be some discrepancies. My D1 with 235/85's reads 800km travelled on the GPS, with only 705km reading on the odometer. That is a bit more than the approx 5% that the difference in tyre size would suggest. Those of you getting horrible economy based on odometer alone may not be actually doing so bad. BTW 11.0l/100km on the D1 with full roof racks, TJM winch bar and the 235/85's, based on the GPS distance.

[rick130]

Something to keep in mind with the calculations (which I'm sure many of you are anyway) - if you are going by the odometer for actual k's there could be some discrepancies. My D1 with 235/85's reads 800km travelled on the GPS, with only 705km reading on the odometer. That is a bit more than the approx 5% that the difference in tyre size would suggest. Those of you getting horrible economy based on odometer alone may not be actually doing so bad. BTW 11.0l/100km on the D1 with full roof racks, TJM winch bar and the 235/85's, based on the GPS distance.

That's why I quoted my tyre size, most Defenders running 7.50-16's or 235/85-16's have the speedo and odo about 7-8% optimistic, and they aren't out the exact same % either.

When running 255/85's on most Defenders it pretty much corrects the odo and speedo, at least with new tyres, so 12l/100km IMO is a pretty representative figure for a Deefer.

I forgot to add that I'm happy with my consumption figures as the fuel is turned up to the max too

[sschmez]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2012/03/47.jpg (http://www.fuelly.com/driver/sschmez/discovery)

Thats my 300tdi Auto, roofrack, winchbar, winch, 235/85/16 BFG mt's etc. etc. etc.

100414 Km's tracked
15862.13 litres used
$21,138.30 spent
over 239 fuel ups

that'd be a pretty good indication from a reasonable amount of data:p

best ever was 11.0L/100km on 245/75-16 cooper st's in the early days pre mods ... snorkel made things worse
worst ... about 23.3L/100km
follow the link to look closer at the data

Stevo

[1disco]

Hi All, Happy Easter! Started this post about Economy. I have just been for my first drive in my new second hand Disco1. I have just been through city and Highway driving and have Drummed up just over 700Ks using 60LTRS of Diesel. One thing i have just been reading on here is a difference in Tyre size being a difference in Fuel consumption. Can anybody compare their Diesel consumption with Mine who is running same size Tyres as me Please. 235x70x16. Thanks Disco LOVERS:D