Nissan Patrol GQ 3 LT Fuel Consumption

Pelesino

I cannot give you a lot of info. I owned a skyline some years ago and it has the same 3 ltr motor as the patrol. In the skyline it was a ripper of a motor and I couldn't fault it.

I have heard the opinion that it is underpowed for the patrol. You are however looking at purchasing a 4WD not a racing car.

Hopefully someone will reply who has owned the 3 ltr patrol and can give you more accurate info.

Tjilpi

Father in law had a Commodore with that motor in it, was pretty economical unless carrying a load then drank like a fish.
From memory the Patrols do the same, reasonably economical when punted around empty but guzzle when the wellie is buried or carrying a load.

Pelesino,

I drive an RB30 - love it. Now 380,000kms. Consumption sits around 17litres/100kms driving at 100kph. Starts to drink fuel if run at high speed. Towing 750kgs CT goes up only 1 litre as I drop speed 10kph.

Come back if you have further qs.

regards

Mike

The RB30 was a very nice car (mine 1991) , much easier to live with
than an 88 turbo cruiser friend has.

It uses more fuel though - mine gave about 22mpg 13lt/100k until I fuel injected it.

Everthing was easier with this car - you could even change the clutch yourself as it used
lighter and faster gearbox than current GU patrols.

The whole car came in at under 2 ton.

Common fault was carburetter fuel pre- heater.

In 1993 they fitted electric windows and side intrusion bars , and often thought
this would be an ideal car even now as a project vehicle although it only had 100kw
and took almost 16 secs to get to 100kmh.

Robin Miller

Hi Pelesino,
I currently have a 1991 GQ 3.0 lt Petrol carby Patrol with 370,000k.

I have previously had that same motor in Holdens, though fuel injected, that felt very powerful. Weight is the biggest enemy of the RB30.

I always have a winge to myself about the lack of power and joke about it being slow.
However, I am almost always first away from the lights (a habit from bike riding) and around town it is as quick as most cars in normal use.
On the highway it is fast enough but slows down on hills. Almost unbearably.

I have often thought about changing the motor out with something more powerful, but being a scrooge, I don't want to pay more rego or fuel than I have to.
I get about 15l/100k from my round town driving and around 12.5 on the highway.

I often tow trailers with only small affect on economy. Big affect on performance though. (hills anyway).

I get the occasional fuel stutter when cold (5 times now) but this is a minor inconvenience and not enough to actually go looking for and fixing the problem.

Would I go for a bigger engine?????
I couldn't justify the expense of running a 4.2l petrol or a V8 chev but I would be interested in a diesel but not enough to fork out the dollars for a change over.

I am happy with the little 3.0 and it goes anywhere and does everything I have asked of it. For the money they just can't be beat. If I could get a turbo or Fuel injection swap over I might just do it but otherwise I 'll stay with what i have.

If they are the same price, go the diesel. If there is $3k more for the yota, go the nissan. (all other things being equal.)
Great thing about the petrol is, they are cheap to repair as engine and gearbox are thick on the ground. And they go forever. Mine runs sweet as. Even better than my '02 Frontera for smoothness and running costs.

Cheers Cam