Thread: 300 TDI Disco1---ECONOMY

Originally Posted by tomalophicon

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

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

JC

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

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

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
oh mine is factory standard

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

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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.

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

Originally Posted by tomalophicon

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

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.