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guinness

New Member

• Jan 31, 2007

• #1

hi my mates buying a freelander 2 ltr diesel ,he,s asking how many miles to the gallon will he get.

thanks

 

Blippie

Well-Known Member

• Feb 9, 2007

• #2

L-series - at least 30mpg
TD4 - around 40mpg

Cheers

Blippie

 

Rob501

Member

• Feb 9, 2007

• #3

guinness said:

hi my mates buying a freelander 2 ltr diesel ,he,s asking how many miles to the gallon will he get.

thanks

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My Td4 Mk3 Automatic so far is doing around 32 mpg but I've been everywhere in it, off road and motorways so there's no telling what it's really capable of on a steady cruise. I guess 38 to 40 mpg is achievable if you've a manual and a light foot

But who want's to 'cruise' in a vehicle with this capability?

 

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Idledrunk

Member

• Jan 11, 2016

• #4

Give you my real life comparison;

In my old 1.6 litre petrol Astra; Leeds to London and back would cost me £120. About 2 full tanks.

In my 2.0 diesel FL TD4; Leeds to London and back is about 7/8 of a full tank. A full tank currently being a little over £60.

 

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gt1752

Member

• Jan 11, 2016

• #5

My L series does about 60 miles on £10 so that would be bang on 30 mpg with diesel being at £1 a litre at the moment

 

GrumpyGel

Well-Known Member

• Jan 11, 2016

• #6

You've got a problem with your L Series then - or very short journeys in heavy traffic from cold!

 

GrumpyGel

Well-Known Member

• Jan 11, 2016

• #7

Blippie said:

L-series - at least 30mpg
TD4 - around 40mpg

Cheers

Blippie

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This is rubbish. Both engines are pretty much the same on fuel - if anything the L Series will generally be better. Both will give you roughly 40 on the open road and both will drop down towards 30 in heavy traffic cold stop/starting. I've never got close to 30mpg in my L Series - always much closer to 40. Add an auto box on the TD4 and pump 20% more fuel.

 

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gt1752

Member

• Jan 11, 2016

• #8

Really i think that the temp sensor maybe on its last legs as the car starts on the button from freezing cold ...well since i changed the glow plugs on saturday !
Any other reasons why my mpg is rubbish ?

 

teddywood1

Well-Known Member

• Jan 12, 2016

• #9

do not know why your car is rubbish but if you find out let me know mind you the wife keeps saying I drive to fast and I must admit if she drive we get better fuel economy ,also I suppose that heavy roof rack and lights may be my problem but hopefully this year I can get the time to make a roof rack out of alloy.

 

GrumpyGel

Well-Known Member

• Jan 12, 2016

• #10

teddywood1 said:

do not know why your car is rubbish but if you find out let me know mind you the wife keeps saying I drive to fast and I must admit if she drive we get better fuel economy ,also I suppose that heavy roof rack and lights may be my problem but hopefully this year I can get the time to make a roof rack out of alloy.

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I recon those lights are like an air brake! If the car's pushing those along, its going to affect consumption more than the weight of the rack.

I used to occasionally put stuff on the roof rails on my V8 D1 - if I was heading into a decent wind, the motor would really struggle!

 

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gt1752

Member

• Jan 13, 2016

• #11

Ive based my mpg on just £10 i put in the other day and the beast hasn't been used for ages properly so it may get better as i drive it more as the battery has been poor after a week possibly 2 of not driving it, maybe the ecu has to self learn again not quite sure but it does seem to get better the more i drive