Tuesday, Aug 17, 2004 at 10:56
Obviously my 3.0td is slightly outdated as far as the new ECU's etc are concerned, it's also done over 100,000k's now too and is 7 years old, however it's an absolute dream to drive on and off road. It's very quiet (
well it was until yesterday when the mandral bent lukey sorts exaust went on) LOL
My 3.0TD is an absolute drinker though,
fuel economy is pretty poor for a 4 cylinder diesel, but in saying that it does go like a bullet outa a gun. The surfs (as far as I'm aware) don't have a manual trim on the electronic
fuel pumps and because the technology was brand new when they were built they made them run a little rich on purpose, hence a lot of 3.0TD surf's blowing black smoke under power.
I'm sure you would get better economy out of a new 5L or 1kz-te tojo motor. Dtronic's etc are also around for those too.
Gotta remeber that driving style has the most impact on
fuel economy and the figures you get from forums like this are not always 100% accurate as everyone is different. I know for a fact that I absolutally thrash my poor girl and hence I don't get great economy, you here people getting magical figures from their vehicles and I sometimes wonder if they have a straw hat on the parcel shelf and a freight train of cars behind them while they tootle along at 75km/h on the highway.
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