landroverjack
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80-90 mph plus laden with 6 on board
:doh::doh: and then the depreciation of a van that does over 60k miles a year.. Im glad im not paying for it
What MPG do you get?
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:doh::doh: and then the depreciation of a van that does over 60k miles a year.. Im glad im not paying for it
My defender had a lying fuel gauge... Turned out that the last person to fit the sender put it in a few degrees out. So it would occasionally catch on the side of the tank and show false readings.
Hope it helps. And I used to get 30 mpg in my 200 tdi
catofthewoods
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I haven't worked it out precisely, but I reckon I'm getting about 30-35mpg roughly. My reasoning is:
if I put £20 of fuel in, this is about 16 litres roughly
a gallon is about 5 litres, so call it three and a bit gallons
this will get me 110-120 miles
120 divided by 3 - 40
plus that extra litre or so in the first place
make sense? or am I miles out?
this is in a 110 200tdi pickup
if I put £20 of fuel in, this is about 16 litres roughly
a gallon is about 5 litres, so call it three and a bit gallons
this will get me 110-120 miles
120 divided by 3 - 40
plus that extra litre or so in the first place
make sense? or am I miles out?
this is in a 110 200tdi pickup
landroverjack
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Ahh that might be exactly the problem, since sometimes it feels like working other times it stays exactly still
Thanks ill have to investigate
landroverjack
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Sounds about right and it seems to be what everyone else is getting so i would assume so.
:doh::doh: and then the depreciation of a van that does over 60k miles a year.. Im glad im not paying for it
your not it is a T plate genuine 38k it sat doing nothing for years at dads except for mad 3 week dash every couple of years
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Me fuel gauge works until i hit the red, then i get about 50-70 miles left in it depending on what i'm doing, laning, town driving or motorway etc.
I get about 20mpg average with a little more if i'm steady on the motorway, that's with a 19J fitted.
I get about 20mpg average with a little more if i'm steady on the motorway, that's with a 19J fitted.
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Your lucky mate, if mine hits the red the 110 conks out
fuel gauge works fine other than that so rather than ****ing about i just put fuel in when it reads 1/4 full. for mpg, not had it long enough yet but think around 28-30 with varied driving (country roads, dual carriageway & town) about 50-60mls a day to work and back. 110 csw 200tdi.
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alanhid
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Im getting around 27 - 30 with a hannibal rack fitted. Took it off for a week and was getting around 32mpg...........any tips on greater fuel efficiency would be appreciated as diesel just seems to be gettin more expensive up my way. most garages are 120p per litre now.
90 TD5 XS
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BenG
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I've only worked out once, was 30 MPG which was great as it was a mixture of motorway driving and not giving it an easy time. Entirely standard TD5
landroverjack
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Shell garage i normally go to has now gone up to 123.9 for diesel .. forgot to mention i have an OEM roof rack fitted.
Mainly used for getting to work and back right now about 7 miles of a road and 2 miles of motorway. Seems im doing quite well to get 30mpg out of a 200tdi 110 with full length roof rack
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Had mine a month. 110 300Tdi, which gets used on the back roads to commute to school. With a mixture of that, and a few lane trip and motorways, it consistently gets 30-31mph. Well chuffed, as I budgeted for 25 before I bought her
landroverjack
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With a mixture of that, and a few lane trip and motorways, it consistently gets 30-31mph. Well chuffed, as I budgeted for 25 before I bought her
I know defenders aren't the fastest vehicles in the world, but 30mph on the motorway?
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LOL - might have meant mpg!
rupe24655539
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Hi, we get about 29 with a 200tdi 110CSW. Do quite a bit of work in the fields though too
nunny.bdsc
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dont know what i get outa mine i just fill it up when needed,believe me it works out cheaper than running my tuned lambretta scooter,i get bowt 35 mile to the gallon with the lambretta but include 2 stroke oil (double mixture)at 18 quid per litre and its quite costly..so overall ime quite happy with the landy in comparrison
We get about 28-30mpg out of our standard TD5, but thats on mud tyres (G90's) that the vehicle came with. Also on a green laning trip to Wales (Strata Florida etc.) averaged 26, with lots of off-road miles and motorway/A-roads there and back from Bristol. Went a bit lower when the wheel bearigs started to fail, but should be better now they are done.
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300 tdi 90 with electric fans not viscous, no egr, no centre silencer, Allard intercooler, tweeked pump, 235/85 tyres so gearing up a lot. I drive hard (80ish on motorway according to Tomtom) and get 30 mpg. Oh, and the body is lifted a little so no aerodynamics either.
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i currently get 33-34mpg, but im thinking of changing tyres from 235/85/16 General Grabber TR standard tyres to 265/75/16 BFG AT. Do anyone have any ideas if with will noticably effect my fuel consumption? I do alot of miles, so would appreciate anyones advice.
