80 series

Callum,

The early Petrol 80 series Landcruisers were a 4.0 liter engine (pre 93 I think) I'd probably stay away from those, thirsty & not a lot of horse power to go with it.

93 on Petrol 80 series Landcruisers were all 4.5 liter 24 valve MPI engines, these are a good deal as they have the horsepower to back up the thirst for petrol, driven sensibly with the correct sized tyres on they will deliver 16-18 liters per 100km (500 - 560 km to the main tank), with larger tyres auto gearbox & a heavy right foot I get between 22 & 28 liters per 100km in mine! (320 - 345 to the main tank).

Most will have a 45 liter sub tank which will extend your range by 160 to 200km.

Hope this helps.

Hi Callum
Jeff has nailed it with the above info.
80series are a great comfortable touring vehicle great on the road very little road noise.
And very capable off road even in stock form.
Still a few good ones getting around as they were last sold new 13 years ago.
Try and look for a 95 onwards build, these are the series 2 and the 40th anniversary the pick of the bunch. but still can command a premium price in good condition low klm under 200,000klm.
suspension /tyers /roofracks all will affect fuel economy.
For the 4.5litre engine a good guide, 16 liters per hundred klm on a run, 18l klm city. beach /offroad 20l+klm.
As with any 4wd servicing / parts can be costly so a good service history would be good.
I you intend to use it as a daily driver it could be a costly exercise if you commute a lot of klm .not an issue for me as i only commute 50klm a week and have another car and bike as well.
Lpg conversionis an option, but i personaly wouldn't go down that road again.
Chews out the exhaust valves to quick.
Search exploroz forum you will find a lot more info.
And lcool forum.

http://www.lcool.org/technical/technical.html

Rob

thanks a lot for all that info. gives me a lot to think about. anyone elses input will still be welcome though. thanks heaps

Callum, I've had both an 80 4.5 auto for some years and now (after a prado 120 which was too small for all the wifes camp gear) back to a 100 4.5 auto.
Both get about the same...20-22 L/100.
Seems expensive to run but measure it up aginst the increase purchase cost and serviceing for a diesel...not to mention also $ interest on the difference.
Mind you if I was towing a large van around Aust and doing heaps of kms the diesel would probably be the go.

ok. so how many kilometres would you expect to get to a 90 litre gas tank?

I had a 1HZ and later fitted a 1HZTD engine. There was stuff all difference in fuel consumption between the Non Turbo and Turbo Engine. 13 -14 highway 19/22 towing trailer. Keep the speed down to 90-100 I get 17.5 towing.

Cheers
Wayne B

My 1HDT gets a consistent 12 l/100 (around 1200km range max if run dry but I never have and hopefully never will) and marginally better on the highway.. that is with 33" wheels with muddies on and a nice lift job. Towing the fully laden camper and a car full to Cape York was a consitent 16 l/100.

The service cost is more with the diesel but I have never regretted buying the diesel over the petrol.

Thanks for all the replies to my query, much appreciated.
I definitely will be keeping the cruiser and the rangie will have hot go