Prado 3.4lt Petrol consumption & Tanks

If you were basically on bitumen or good dirt, were travelling at 100kph or less, had highway pressure in tyres, no roof rack and camper around 1 tonne then you probably have something wrong. Should get at least 17mpg on the old scale under these conditions but if you drive over 100, roof rqack loaded, head wind, heavy 4wd then that is a different story.We have so little time to enjoy our land

Hi Bear
I agree with David. Did you by any chance have a spare tyre on the roof rack (sea anchor)? I tow a Jayco Eagle outback and carry a full load including small load on the roof and 750 k's is about average. I did find that the sea anchor reduced that by at least 100k's. I should also say that the fuel tanks usually still have about 20 (90litre) and 15 (69 litre) left when they show empty.

Tessa

Hi Bear
Just got back 4 weeks ago from a 8000km trip to the centre in my Prado 2.7
4 cylinder towing a camper trailer,loaded with wife and 3 kids kept arecord of fuel all the way.I only have a 90 litre tank and only use premium petrol(if available)
Worst was 460km from tank into a headwind up the Stuart Hwy and the best was 670km coming back from Broken Hill to Dubbo.Along the Oodnandatta Track, which
was in excellent condition I got about 17l/100km.Average speed 90 - 120km/h.

Bear
In our 3.4 v6 auto full loaded with camping gear and no trailer we can just about squeeze 600km out of the main and 400km out of the sub when on the highway.
Cheers
AK

Bear you really need to fill the tank and see how much it takes to get an accurate figure. I'm assuming you did't drain the tanks to get 750km and therefore the most important and not stated figure is how much fuel did you use? When mine showed both empty I usually had about 30l left! My advice is go diesel. I now have 180l of diesel and can easily do 1500km with camping gear and about 1000km with a fully loaded 16ft caravan on the back!

Hi Bear - we have also just returned from a 7000km trip (Sydney - Bourke - Darling River Run - Flinders Ranges - Innamincka - Camerons Corner - Tiboorburra etc) towing an Ultimate Off-road camper with our 2000 GXL 3.4lt Prado. Petrol consumption averaged 16.7 litres per 100km. I usually drive at around 90 - 100km & the trip contained lots of dirt, headwinds, & hills.
Hope this helps.