Petrol vs diesel

Anything with ~200k km+ on it already and, wanting another 100k km out of it: petrol for reliability and therefore, petrol to save money (and that includes the additional litres of petrol you may use...).

Now that the L319/320 have been out and about so long, the petrol variants (both V8 and V6) have shown that they give way less trouble over the long term. All of the 'restricted performance'/go-slow/crawl home events I had over 5 yrs/~100k km (there were a lot) were related to common TDV6 issues - EGR's, turbo/wastegate, never ending fuel system issues, gearbox/torque converter...

Yeah, the TDV6 goes alright, and it's not bad on fuel, but the restricted performance events get very tiring. These are on top of the other normal stuff that need attention like front end bushings, tailshafts, handbrake, wheel bearings, compressor, CANBUS etc etc. that you still have to deal with on the petrol models.

I'm currently looking to get back into the L319/320 thing, but it won't be a TDV6.

A lot of those diesel issues relate to the 3.0L or the D3.

The D4 2,7 has been the least problematic of any of them,uprated from the D3, with very few if any issues at all.
Whether it has fewer issue than the petrols,who knows,but it would go close.

And with a BAS tune it certainly gets along well,and the EGR’s will never have an issue.
But as others have said the rest of the vehicle is pretty maintenance hungry,and loves to empty the wallet.

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Originally Posted by Aussie Jeepster

I have a V6 petrol, and I love it!
We tow a 16" van and I'm ok with the economy - I didn't but it to be cheap to run!
It gets serviced every 6 months, and having just had a service, it is running like a dream
On country runs, I get 13 - 15 l/100k and towing is around 19-20.
I don't use it as a daily driver so the city fuel consumption is not an issue for me, but I wouldn't trade it for anything at the moment.

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About the same economy I get with my rotten (dpf equiped ) BT50

I had 2007 D3 SE V6 for 4 years and 100,000k. Loved the car but yes, thirsty. The thirst was offset by the 64k drive away price I paid vs the then $82k for the TDV6. I retaught myself how to drive and after a year or so could average 14's combined. On sand it'd easily be over 30 [bigsad] I do remember it running out of puff close to 100 kph; couldn't pass a dodgy curry at that speed.

The TDV6 D4 was much better all around. The SDV6 a step up again.

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Originally Posted by sharmy

About the same economy I get with my rotten (dpf equiped ) BT50

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Yeah check out Dash off-road re towing a 3 tonne van with a Navara vs his old Y62. He says don't do it for safety and economy which goes to over 20l/100ks plus towing up hills is dramatically slower...so journey time is vastly longer.

Lady with a TDV8 rangie tows a 3 horse float and gets worst figures of 18l/100klms which is way better than her old 200s. On highway not towing she got 9s.

That car/engine privides the best of both worlds re power/economy☺

Closest I got in a country run was 15.5, but I guess the big muddies don't really help with fuel economy. What kind of tires are you running?[/QUOTE]

I've got Pirelli 255/60/18 ATR+ tyres, and just got home from Burra, in the mid north of SA - averaged 11.5 to 12.6 on the 400km trip there and back, sitting on 102-105kph.

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Originally Posted by INter674

Lady with a TDV8 rangie tows a 3 horse float and gets worst figures of 18l/100klms which is way better than her old 200s. On highway not towing she got 9s.

That car/engine privides the best of both worlds re power/economy☺

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Dash read out or worked out actual?
There is usually quite a difference,particularly with LR’s.

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Originally Posted by scarry

Dash read out or worked out actual?
There is usually quite a difference,particularly with LR’s.

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From memory actual. He also notes the rpm is high when towing and seldom gets out of 4th gear. I tend to agree with comments that the claimed 3.5t tow capacity is more a product of marketing than engineering in these vehicles.

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Originally Posted by Aussie Jeepster

Closest I got in a country run was 15.5, but I guess the big muddies don't really help with fuel economy. What kind of tires are you running?

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I've got Pirelli 255/60/18 ATR+ tyres, and just got home from Burra, in the mid north of SA - averaged 11.5 to 12.6 on the 400km trip there and back, sitting on 102-105kph.[/QUOTE]


alright, time to dump my muddies then.
I guess another thing that influences fuel economy are the big roof racks that came from factory, but they are so cool I can't possibly get rid of them.

Thanks everyone for the input, I guess I'll stay with the petrol if I can somehow manage to bring down the fuel consumption.


Does anyone know if long range fuel tanks for the petrol exist?

Yes they do but you need to get the spare out from under and onto a carrier as that is where the aux tank goes.

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I don't have one but fitted this to make life easier if need spare in bush. Will probably get an aux tank later.