Thread: D4 Fuel Tank Capacity

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

I train mine to lug at low revs using the + up and cruise.
Not worried about the fuel usage,I make it labour as its the only time the bloody thing has to work.All about avoiding glazed cylinder bores,not that I have found it a problem in both the TD5s Ive owned.Anything asian I have had anything to do with glaze up really bad,dirty stinking engines
Andrew

Interesting post Andy. I'm surprised that's the case - as in I hadn't thought of that. This is my first diesel car and when it labours as you describe I kick it down a gear but that's probably because I've only owned petrol cars before. Maybe I should let it labour

Martin

I would make it work.
A lazy diesel will glaze bores.Anybody with Tojos Nissans Mitsis will know.
When I was a sodbusters slave I was supplied with a toyota 4.2 landbruiser,during seeding I used it to tow a 3000lt boomspray,flat out in 3rd or 4th lowrange.After seeding it was like a new vehicle power wise
Our Trytoo would glaze badly,used Cost effective solutions product on it,it made a hell of a difference.We serviced my mates 4.2 cruiser ute with the stuff before he returned to Derby from Williams towing a tandem trailer with all his goods a chatels,he rang me up when he got home."What was that giz you put in my oil??? never had so much power and it used much less fuel"
Ive never put it in my TD5's,wasnt needed.
This stuff isnt snake oil it works!!!!
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Late Landy motors are very clean,so less carbon build up.Making them work will keep things clean.
Andrew

X2. It's good kit and fixes Toyota diesel issues.

Thanks guys, so my calculations say you are getting somewhere between 600-700 per approx 72lts depending on you driving style and town/country.
I would have thought it would have done a bit better than that. I'm happy I won't be running a roof rack at this point, so that should keep the numbers a bit on the higher side I guess.

Cheers

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

Mine is usually between 9 and 10 L 100km.MOST of my driving is 110kmh on cruise.

If you are on 80 or 90kmh roads and light traffic the numbers tumble.80kmh in 8th is 1200rpm,and they will lug up hills like that too

Andrew

Is that calculated from the pump, Andrew?

After 3.5 years and 58K I'm at 10.3 measured at the pump. Drive like at nanna. You're right about 110 though, you save money if you care to slow down to 100.

It so happened a mate in an identical car to mine, down to the arb bull bar. Left the Miami pie caravan near Pinjarra the same time as I. He set off at the limit of 112 and I at 104. Beat me to Margaret River by 8 mins. If you're in a hurry, then you're in a hurry, but if you're not why bother for 8 mins. But I'm going off thread.

James I dont worry too much about the pump and ECU readout.Checked it several times is almost spot on.
Andrew

Taken the D4 to Harvey yet James???
Gordon has invited me a couple of times,still too new so Ive declined
Andrew

Originally Posted by Chops

Thanks guys, so my calculations say you are getting somewhere between 600-700 per approx 72lts depending on you driving style and town/country.
I would have thought it would have done a bit better than that. I'm happy I won't be running a roof rack at this point, so that should keep the numbers a bit on the higher side I guess.

Cheers

Before I fitted the long range tank, I used to easily get from Kalgoorlie to Perth or from Perth to Kalgoorlie (600km one way). The gauge would be showing slightly under 1/4 and I do not normally like to run a fuel tank below about 1/4 - but I knew that the Disco would make the distance easily. This was with bulbar and full length roofrack fitted, but rarely anything on top of the rack.

Now that I have the long range tank, I regularly do the return trip plus 2 or 3 days running around in Perth, without the need to buy fuel while I'm away.