Thread: Kilometers to the tank

On the freeway I would think around 700KM max for the petrol. I can get up to 1,000KM in the diesel if I let it run really low and I'm only doing freeway driving but I usually fill up way before then - there aren't many places where fuel is that far apart and I usually want to stop every 400 to 500KM for a break when driving the Rangie, but we did do Orange to Melbourne without stopping the other year.

It's the only vehicle I've ever had that is comfy enough to do these sort of KM in continuously.

Did you know the facelift 2005 petrol V8 4.4 is a Jag motor (check engine code on car sales advert)? It's supposed to be even better. It also came with a ZF 6 speed. The ZF 6 speed must be good with the v8 as they kept it when the v8 5.0 na & sc came out in 2010, even though the diesel 4.4 got the ZF 8 speed.

Originally Posted by Homestar

On the freeway I would think around 700KM max for the petrol. I can get up to 1,000KM in the diesel if I let it run really low and I'm only doing freeway driving but I usually fill up way before then - there aren't many places where fuel is that far apart and I usually want to stop every 400 to 500KM for a break when driving the Rangie, but we did do Orange to Melbourne without stopping the other year.

It's the only vehicle I've ever had that is comfy enough to do these sort of KM in continuously.

Thanks , have any idea of around town ?

We haven`t totally discounted a diesel , it all depends on the car and more so what has been done to it .

Originally Posted by rar110

Did you know the facelift 2005 petrol V8 4.4 is a Jag motor (check engine code on car sales advert)? It's supposed to be even better. It also came with a ZF 6 speed. The ZF 6 speed must be good with the v8 as they kept it when the v8 5.0 na & sc came out in 2010, even though the diesel 4.4 got the ZF 8 speed.

Thanks ,

i`d prefer the bmw because there are many of them and some of there problems i know and i know nothing about the Jag .

We had a look at X5s that have the tu? diesel , the update on the RR one with more power/torque they use the 6spd zf but unless they`re serviced early like the 5 spds they also seem to fail and then seems still no certainty .

I guess it`s the same auto as the RR but don`t know .

Originally Posted by PLR

Thanks , have any idea of around town ?

We haven`t totally discounted a diesel , it all depends on the car and more so what has been done to it .

Overall consumption we have got from the diesel over 3 years and about 80,000KM is 11.2 litres per 100KM, so an average of just shy of 900KM per tank. Around town is about 13LPH.

Absolute figures for the V8 I don't have but around 14's overall and around 17's around town would be about right I think.

G`day .

Are there any petrol owners that would like to comment about .....

Liters per 100 km for around town and distance that they normally fill up .

Liters per 100 km for highway and distance that they normally fill up .

Thanks .

My fuel figures l/100km 4.4 V8 BMW M62 back to when I bought it in December.

12.02 Highway 717km
14.42 Town/Hwy 583km

Average over the past 5001km(yes, that's what I've done since December) is 14.87 l/100km

The 4.4 M62 can be a horror story if it has had poor maintenance or is above 250k. Timing chain and guide replacement is a huge job. If there is a failure in this area it is best to look for another engine 😮

Jc