TD5 fuel consumption

When you guys talk about a tank is that with the fuel light on or at the last line, I never let it get below the last line if I can help it.

With the city driving I do it is nearly always started cold in stop start traffic and 5 klm's then warm then another 5 klm's and shut down, so most of my trips are short with no more than 10 klm's stopping and starting, so maybe it's running rich all the time trying to warm up, 600 klm's out of a tank city driving is only a figure I can dream about.

I keep it well serviced and Dave just did the rev test and was normal so egr should be OK. So buggered if I know, can only wish I could get those sort of figures out of a tank.

I get the Disco back today, i removed the racks and stuff on the roof, i'm going to leave them off for 2 tanks to see if there is a difference in economy.

So far 10.5lt/100k is the best with Rhino racks, shovel & Hilift, awning & pole carrier and 32s.

Should be interesting:)

Oh scarry, yes i dribble:D

Baz.

Hi guys, interesting see how variable the tank sizes seem to be on the TD5.
I've been doing 200km a day commuting from the Gold Coast to Brisbane - mostly 110km/hr on the M1 but with peak hour crawl in and out of Brissy. I am getting 850 km to a tank - usually around 75l to fill.

hi guys

the person selling the disco lives in badgerys creek which is in the outer western suburbs of Sydney and if he's going to town would be travelling the m5 a lot or city driving could be liverpool or campbelltown so this figure is not impossible if driven easy also check out the No plate AIH 12X my 1999 td5 is AIH 12Z freaky . Have driven mine to Qld a few months ago towing my camper (1300 kgs) and got 9.6 L/100 at 95 km/h . Have done 920kms to tank full before very happy with my economy.

cheers mark

hi

glad iam not the only one that gets less than 10l/100ks.............iwas starting to think something was wrong with the car......

u know landys


hey baz dont forget to unhook the camper & dont go over 95ks ;) :wasntme:



cheers paul

Me too Scarry, I just did a trip down to the Otways & got 900 kays out of the 1st tank doing around 95kph. I didn't trickle the fill up & it took 80 ltr's on the 1st click so in reality it would be worse than the 8.8 litres per 100klm I thought I achieved. Either way, it was an economical & easy drive. Coming back at 110kph was a different story!