Fuel Economy S1 3.9l Discovery

[Andrea]

Hello to everyone,
I have been reading this forum for quite sometime and found it to be a great help whilst we were having the motor of our car rebuilt, so thanks to everyone.

The question I have is that now our motor has been rebuilt and we are going up north towing a 1.7t caravan what would be a fair Litre per 100ks to expect? the car has the standard 80litre petrol tank along with a 50litre LPG tank. I know that LPG doesn't help in savings much on a long trip but for around town it has been great.

Thanks
Andrea

[PAT303]

I have the same set-up, petrol/gas on my partners disco as you have and I would add around 5-7 litres per hundred on top of your normal economy as mine seems to be around that figure.Hills,stop-start etc tend to raise it abit. Pat

[peter k]

Hi Andera,

I also have the same set up but have 80 litres of gas and tow a 2.5T van.
Normal driving I get about 300kl out for a tank of gas and closer to 400 out of petrol. Towing I get 200-250 from gas all going well. Windy conditions sometimes lucky to make 200kl. Petrol can be a bit better but not by much.
I know people say power is less on gas but i do not notice any power difference between the two.

Peter.

[Andrea]

Hi there Peter,

Thanks for the info, just another query what would you get out of a full 80lt tank of petrol towing the van? Our van is about 2t.

Andrea

[RonMcGr]

Hello to everyone,
I have been reading this forum for quite sometime and found it to be a great help whilst we were having the motor of our car rebuilt, so thanks to everyone.

The question I have is that now our motor has been rebuilt and we are going up north towing a 1.7t caravan what would be a fair Litre per 100ks to expect? the car has the standard 80litre petrol tank along with a 50litre LPG tank. I know that LPG doesn't help in savings much on a long trip but for around town it has been great.

Thanks
Andrea

Andrea,

I have a D1 V8 and tow a 1.3tonne van.
We usually sit on 95-100kph, due to the "gutless" factor at lower revs. I generally, 70 litres takes me 300 km.
Hills obviously less :)

Cheers,
Ron

[Andrea]

Thanks very much for the info Ron it is very much appreciated we are heading off on a 4 month trip up north and I'm trying to get some understanding of what I can expect in Litres per 100ks.

Thanks once again
Andrea

[DeeJay]

We did our Long service leave trip up North year b4 last with a County on gas. I would say 25-30 litres per 100klm will cover most possibilities. You will definately make good savings wherever you go & gas was never hard to find - but I'm talking within 200klm of the coast. Also 80 litres will hardly see you needing petrol.
The wind will make a heck of a difference, especially if you can get it coming up from behind, even with a poptop.
Regards,
David