Thread: Fuel consumption V8

If they was a way to drop fuel economy a lot, Land Rover would have done it by now.

With the V8 you have to have long pockets..End of story.

There is something wrong with the tuning of your engine if you are only getting 350km out of a tank. I have had two 94 V8s from new ( a pre update and a post update) and both would get over 500km from a tank - the pre update with multiple fan belts was a bit more economical then the post update with a serpentine belt.

Even if you get as bad as 20l/100km which I never got in 12 years of D1 V8 ownership you should still get over 400km out of a tank.

I used to get about 14l/100km cruising at 110kph and about 17l/100 around town.

There is something not right with your engine.

Garry

Throw the pod away and go back to the original filter,,
what you save in fuel wont cover the new engine,,

does it reach operating temp?

hi yes it does always sits on half it has v8 falcon thermo fans fitted no viscous fan it was missing on the way home when u go over bumps will have to look at faulty wiring too it has a 2nd battery fitted where u should get cool air in thats why i took the original one off was thinkn should fit a snorkel to give it cool air

yeh thanx mate i have had this one only for 3 weeks still sortn it out

My d1 update is on gas and it would cost me about $30 for 250 kms.
But before my d1 was on gas I was getting the same fuel economy as you are now.
I checked and fixed all my vacuum leads and found the ends swell and don't seal.
I checked and fixed the vacuum advance which was broken.
The main thing was my air flow meter was not working right. The disco had heaps of power and drove very well but there was no way I could keep fuel up to it.
After I fixed those thing I was getting around 16L / 100kms

cool wished mine did lol i just cleaned all plugs was missing the plugs were black so wire brushed them and now runs smooth again hopefully changes the feul consumption