Fuel Economy???

i have a 2001 model std diesel with aftermarket turbo, 12.5l/100 when taking it easy. 14.7 towing a fully laden camper trailer weighing about 1 tonne. I have bullbar, winch etc etc

Shakey ,

I have a 2001 100TD auto .

In really OFF track desert stuff travelling at 6 klm an hour , stop start , heavily loaded I was down to around 25 lt / 100 ! On a trip to Darwin with boat on camper trailer I got 12.8 on the blacktop .

Quite a variation !

Cheers ,

Willie

Have a new 2005GXL turbo auto diesel trip from Brisbane city to Shellharbour via newengland hiway dist 1096k fuel used 110ltrs=10.03lph=9.96kpl.
Shellharbour to Nerriga return towing heavy trailer loaded one way on 50% dirt
525kfuel used 59.4ltrs=11.3lph=8.8kpl not pussyfooting around.Hope this helps.

Regards BILLS Ps now has 25,000ks

I get about 14.9l/100km's in a diesel poverty pack 100 series on the open road.

About 4 - 5 more in my petrol 4.5.

if it is a normally asperated one then around 13 - 16 per hundred depending on how you drive it. Never measured the consumption in my 80 but when driving to perth the light comes on somwhere about midland so is about 75 litres for 650k (approx)

Pretty much agree with everyone so far. My 99 N/A cruiser got 13-15l/100km average. Best ever 12.2l/100km but towing the van loaded 2.5-3.0T it went up to 20l/100km.

Trevor.

2001 4.2l TD Auto 100S
I have kept records since purchase
Over 105,000kms average is 15.8l per 100km
Best is 11l per 100km
Worst is 24l per 100kms (Simpson/Birdsville towing Camper and loaded up)

I have just done 5000ks east to west and recorded consumption etc very carefully. Started with full tanks (not included in figures) and filled up at end.
Used 578 litres for just over 5100ks. Best was 9.8litres/100km, worst was 13.4 against strong headwind and 135kmh Broken Hill to Port Augusta on sunday. Average over trip was 11.2l/100km and bulk of trip was 115 to 120 kmh. There was no towing or load except me and bags etc, 100 series TD 5 spd auto, with chip fitted.
The manual has different ratios, I think it runs about 300 or more above the auto at 100kmh. How this affects the economy I dont know but I was stoked with how it handled it.
These figures are accurate, I have no gimmicks fitted etc nor any personal barrow to push. These are a sensational bus on the highway at least!

I drive a 98 NA diesel 105 Series, with bullbar, no winch (at the moment - bloody NRMA...), no racks or anything. I also have the split rims with narrow tyres, and tend to run high pressures.

Last Wednesday, I filled up at Rydalmere (near Parramatta), and switched over to the sub-tank on that bit of freeway between Ballina and Tweed Heads heading north. It was near the Byron Bay turnoff. It was about 800km by my rekoning, and I rekon the tank had about 10L left in it, as I switched over as soon as the light came on. So I would guess around the 10L/100km mark.

Coming home was a bit worse, as I was sticking to the speed limit (I would guess around 11- 12L/100km). It's amazing how much the consumption goes up when you sit on 110km/h as opposed to 90-95.....

Around town, the last couple of tanks have been around 12L/100km.

Cheers,

Chump

My former 100 series TD ( with the HDT motor), 2000 model did 15.6 litres/100 km - 6.4 km/litre towing a 2.5 tonne, 18 foot van from Perth to Port Hedland and back at highway speeds of 85 to 110 kmh.

Around town and on the freeway tp work and back was 12.2 litres/100 km - 8.2 kms/litre.

Beautiful truck for covering miles that TD 'Cruiser was. Gawd - I miss it.

Bilbo

Hey there,
have 105 GXL cruiser with custom aftermarket turbo setup. Pre turbo install was returning 13.6 to 13.8 L/100km, after install get 14.2 to 14.6 L/100km. Only had turbo setup for last 3500km so still 'playing' with the new power, should be able to drop this figure a little.

Rossco.

Hi there Shakey,

I have a '98 Normally Aspirated Diesel manual that is substantially weighed down with all that must have stuff ;-) ARB Sahara Bar/Winch/2nd battery/roof rack/Kaymar rear bar with two spare wheels, lots of sundry stuff and whenever travelling, am usually loaded up with 4+ adults, their gear, 80L Waeco, and a pile of stuff on the roof.

On road I get about 17l/100km pretty consistently if I stick to about 85-90km - don't seem to make much difference if I pull a camper trailer which weighs in at about 1T, but then, a lot of the weight is transfered from the roof rack to the trailer.

I run Cooper STTs at 45PSI on bitumen when loaded and I have learnt to use a light foot.

Offroad and in heavy sand hills or heavy going beach work, low tyre pressures, etc., this comes down to about 22l/100km and probably worse for the nastiest sections.

From what I can tell, the factory turbo is quite a different engine with much better economy, and the aftermarket turbos don't really make an impact on economy except that it is easier to go faster ;-)

Ciao for now
Andrew.