Why doesn't this affect the petrols? The throttle travel is long for off road control so is presumably the same?
P38 Petrol vs Diesel
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Why doesn't this affect the petrols? The throttle travel is long for off road control so is presumably the same?
The same travel on both, just full travel is seldom needed on the V8, with the diesel you just get the sense nothing much is happening & find you have to plant your foot down under normal driving which drove me nuts after a few test drives, hardly the refined RR drive i was expecting.
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I can assure you that well-maintained 94mm bore RV8's can & do slip liners, I speak from personal experience. As for poster's that point to the low incidence of this disaster - remember all statistics have the same thing in common, when it happens to you it's 100 per cent! Having said that I don't advocate diesels either.
I never really found this to be a problem when I had mine, that said I do drive quite slowly but who cares? It's a Range Rover it's supposed to delightfully waft from place to place in luxury and comfort, which the diesel does just fine
And yes it sounds a tad canal boaty on the way, but it's still a better sound than the "beep beep beep" of the recovery truck reversing
I haven't driven a diesel but they don't suit the car IMO and before I get told off I'll explain why. I bought a 4.0 V8 this weekend (turner engineering V8 which should pre-empt liner issue). Yes a big thing is the comfort, driving position and environment but overall the thing that makes the whole thing work is the engine. It is so smooth! Pulls well but most of all, sounds superb. Every time you pull away or rumble down a side street it makes you grin. I was lucky to find one with the engine repaired but there are soooo many still about which have not had problems you have to ask how many actually suffer. If you're worried about economy I would'nt go for a range rover. Mine gets 16 in town, 20 at 70-90mph and 25 at 50mph but then it is a re-engineered item that may help on this front. Towing? Would imagine teens at best.
In summary always go V8.
In summary always go V8.
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You need to tell Land rover about your 25 MPG at 50 MPH, they may buy it back off you and strip it to find out hows it's doing that. Or do you have a very long hill you go down but never go up near where you live.
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Funny how people criticise the diesel as noisy then rave about the wounderful noise from the V8. My DHSE engine is inaudible most of the time which is how I like it, if I want engine noise I drive my sports car.
Anyone who thinks they get 25mpg from a V8 is either on the back of a recovery truck or they believe the fuel computer.
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Funny how people criticise the diesel as noisy then rave about the wounderful noise from the V8. My DHSE engine is inaudible most of the time which is how I like it, if I want engine noise I drive my sports car.
Anyone who thinks they get 25mpg from a V8 is either on the back of a recovery truck or they believe the fuel computer.
Correct, when driving mine apart from on hard acceleration the engine is inaudible. 50 MPH is the best fuel economy speed for any auto P38 as it is in torque lock. But you would have to reset the fuel computer at that speed to see those figures. The average would be nothing like that. Best i have ever had from my diesel resetting computer at the top of a long 30 MPH limit hill coming out of Blackburn was 64.8 MPG. But it soon diminished when i got back to normal conditions.
I'll add 2p here. Always a V8 for me, I took my old girl on a long run to a wedding and back with some friends and a boot full of beer on a 600 mile run this weekend mainly motorway with some A roads at either end plus a bucket load of traffic a total of around 17 hours behind the wheel and according to the trip computer we average 21.6mpg, on the fill up I manually calculated 21.2mpg (21.24 actually!) so the trip wasn't that far out considering. Most of the journey completed at 65-75mph where conditions allowed plus dispensing with an old D1 that seemed to have some sort of stuck throttle just past guildford....
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Slightly down on the published figures for extra urban then. May need a tune up.
I thought the 23.2 was at a constant 56mph? I thought she had done pretty well to be honest! Only 4mpg down on the M5.
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No it's not it is varied, look at what they did in RAVE it's written there. It was only a short test to be fair to them other figures are possibly available. I don't think it did bad either for a gas guzzler, it was a tongue in cheek comment.
No it's not it is varied, look at what they did in RAVE it's written there. It was only a short test to be fair to them other figures are possibly available. I don't think it did bad either for a gas guzzler, it was a tongue in cheek comment.
Haha to be fair it probably does need some degree of fettling but it wouldnt be a range rover if it didnt!
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Can you just put bio diesel in without any mods or setups?
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If it's good stuff yes.
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May need a fuel filter change after a couple of tanks.
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May need a fuel filter change after a couple of tanks.
Genuine commercial bio diesel should need no more maintenance than dino diesel.
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You might be surprised at the amount of **** it strips out then. Next village to us has a bio diesel refinery using oil seed rape (Colza), sadly it is illegal to use it in private vehicles here so almost all is shipped to Germany. Buses have a derogation in some places allowing use.
