Thread: Spinoff question: Your fuel consumption per 100km

my D4 3.0 with 8000km under it's belt seems to be getting similar fuel usage to when I got it new. some examples of what I've experienced:

country driving at 110km/h : 9.0 l/100 km
hard country driving at 130 mm/h with a 1t trailer : 9.5 l/100 km
inner CBD driving with a heavy right foot : 11.7 l/100 km

I agree with one of the posters the real world usage is about 1 l/100 km more than what the computer shows.

I should note that both my wife and I drive it hard - my wife more so than me

The computer is optomistic for sure, using a Faultmate MSV-2 you can check the CCF (car configuration file) and there is an option to change the dash readout for fuel economy on my MY10 3.0 D4. The setting was +7% which was about what it was optomistic by since new. I set it to 0% but it didn't seem to change much I now have it at -7% and it's showing about 11.4 L/Km.. which is about right based on real calculations, I do drive it hard though and tow trailers often..

Originally Posted by trobbo

bugger, cant cut and paste from excel and it wont accept spaces or anything else to format.

trobbo, depending on your version of Excel, you can create a picture. The image below was done in ver 2007 but basically can be done in all versions of MS Excel from V3 on.



A little known feature of Excel is the Camera. Search on it in the Help system or simply customise the Toolbars by adding the Camera option.

You still have to manipulate the image through you favourite image editing tool (I use Paint Shop Pro) and save it as a JPG, GIF, PNG, etc. image type before you can display it in AULRO website.

HTH, Leigh

Just finished my first tank in my RRS - Melbourne to Canberra at 110kph and then about 150km around town in Canberra. Computer said 8.8l/100km but actual was 9.9l.100km, so the usual under read by about 1l/100km would seem about right.

Garry

Gary, 'Spose you will be testing the fuel consumption travelling to the LRC-ACT meeting on Monday night ... must be a little better than the 101!

D4 2.7TD fuel records across it's 14,750km life say 11.50 l/100kms average.
Mostly country driving. Includes some infequent short distance box trailer towing, and ~1500km 2t caravan towing (averaged 14.81 l/100kms).
So without the c/van, average becomes 11.24 l/100kms.

Just come back from about 800 km trip towing my camper trailer (most likely about 1200 kg on the road) with my D4 3.0 which has done about 32,000 km - averaged 14.5 / 100 km. Of the total distance about 700 km was at around 100 kph and the rest grinding along pretty slowly with a bit of up and down on some rough bush tracks.

In general road use I'm not getting the same figures as others are reporting for the 3 litre motor - highway driving (110-115 kph) with cruise set most of the time gives me around 11 / 100 km real consumption, with the computer the usual 10% under that.

Just read through this thread and thought it worth adding that my 2005 D3 Diesel HSE (with loads of extra weight) regularly got around 11.8 to 12 per 100 according to the on board poota.

I recently got the very problematic auto serviced and modded (for filter changes) and she has dropped now to around 10.2 per 100 consistently which is quite a difference post auto service.

These figures are around town.. highway trips are always under 10 per 100 depending on conditions.... 8.6 to 9's being typical.

...do still miss however the ever reliable 900/tank the TD5 always got.

Cheers.