Thread: TD5 Fuel Consumption Figures

Originally Posted by Tombie

I must be the only one who doesn't record my mileage

What is with it all?

I fill it up and drive...
Some days hard, others I take it easy... Strong headwinds or strong tail winds... All too variable to measure IMO.

And when it's running low I throw in some more

Lately I don't get mpg or l/100km anyway... My economy is 155l per 3 months...... The ONLY upside of a Toyota Hilux work vehicle!!!

I'm with you Tombie, I often do a quick mental calculation when I fillup but never record......I suppose you could pass it on down to your great grandchildren because they wont know what Land Rovers are by then.

My 2001 Disco TD5 manual is chipped, runs 19psi boost, 270,000ks, 4" lift, runs bigger tyres, roof rack with pole carrier, hilift, and an awning, drawers, bullbar, winch, aircon on all the time, I get around 10.5/100k around town/hwy and around 13/100k to 15/100k towing the camper, worst has been 17/100k crossing the Simpson desert, towing our camper.

Baz.

my 02 TD5 gets about 9-10 and i do mostly city driving. I run Caltex Vortex and rarely run the AC.

No Mods (Yet....) other then a custom exhaust and a high flow air filter.

But I guess its all just down to your right foot. My Misses says I drive like an old woman but she flogs her yarris.

Originally Posted by Tombie

I must be the only one who doesn't record my mileage

What is with it all?

I fill it up and drive...
Some days hard, others I take it easy... Strong headwinds or strong tail winds... All too variable to measure IMO.

And when it's running low I throw in some more

Lately I don't get mpg or l/100km anyway... My economy is 155l per 3 months...... The ONLY upside of a Toyota Hilux work vehicle!!!

All good and fine when you have good access to a fuel supply. I find it useful to know what the best and worst consumption figures are when you are planning a trip where there is no servo at regular intervals.

Nothing worse than miscalculating how much fuel you need in the outback and being stranded in the middle of nowhere!

That alone motivates me to keep a record of how much fuel I use.

127,157 km and 16,929 litres of diesel used = 13.3 litres per 100km

2004 Td5 auto with lots of extra weight, Toombie chip, EGR removed and a mixture of 29'' & 32" tyres - estimate 75/25 on road/off road. I still reckon I should do better - maybe it's the steel rear bar, rock sliders, bar/winch + 150kg peranently in the rear?

Cheers,

Franz

Sure, but I have a simple rule for remote travel...

Calc at 15l/100km + 20litres reserve.

I base it on this to allow for hard slogging and a happy reserve

So my effective calc allows 900km offroad on my tanks + 20l reserve - if I use 15l per 100km.

Based on my avg distance per tank I do get over 1100km before filling up at first sign of fuel light. This is with a 2700kg Kerb weight.

Originally Posted by Tombie

Sure, but I have a simple rule for remote travel...

Calc at 15l/100km + 20litres reserve.

I base it on this to allow for hard slogging and a happy reserve

So my effective calc allows 900km offroad on my tanks + 20l reserve - if I use 15l per 100km.

Based on my avg distance per tank I do get over 1100km before filling up at first sign of fuel light. This is with a 2700kg Kerb weight.

I think I'd be happy with 15L/100km in the hard slogg stakes.

Seems like your fuel consumption is a lot better than mine.

Well here is the verdict chaps.

Took a short trip to sunny Kingston (just south of Hobart) and had JC check my coolant temp sensor and air flow meter on the diagnostics a few weeks after first starting this thread.

The air flow meter readings were a bit high from memory and JC quickly whipped it off the car and gave it a clean out with some contact cleaner as it was pretty dirty.

The air flow meter readings pretty much changed immediately and so I began another fuel consumption test. Nothing to serious just going by average km's from full to fuel light on.

Now over three tanks of go-go juice my land rover has averaged 695km per tank. with the best being 725km and the worst being about 670km which came on today. Suspect that would be using a bit more in the last week as has been bloody cold down here in Hobart and engine cooling down alot faster, more cold starts etc.

All of the tanks have been around town with no long highway trips so needless to say I am happy with the outcome.

Before I go I will just chuck a "many thanks" to JC as he has now helped me quickly and promptly on two occasions.

Dave

Hi All,
Found this thread to be relevant to my problem... A few months ago I bought a '03 diesel disco2a (auto) and it is stock standard with no mods. Recently it had a problem with loss of power - couldn't overtake on highways, couldn't climb hills, etc. But the main problem was the high fuel consumption. Looking at all the threads I thought it might be the wastegate modulator. But the mechanic traced it back to a dying fuel pump. Replaced it with a new one and the power's back but the fuel consumption is still shyte! Was getting 12-13 litres/100km but now it's going beyond 16 litres/100km (I haven't done much highway driving, mostly city driving).
I got my D2a with only 87k on the clock, seems to be underused and probably was in storage for awhile. What gives??

Thanks
VOON