131commando

Active Member

• Jan 7, 2019

• #1

Hi All, can someone who owns a FL1 TD4 3 dr manual vehicle commercial or Adventure model tell me realistic fuel consumption in both 4wd and 2wd as I am wanting a commercial model and have seen lots of web reviews that claim poor figures some as low as 20mpg which I was alarmed about thinking the Td4 was good overall in the 40s but have no idea of improvements in 2wd. Thanks Alan.

 

andyfreelandy

Well-Known Member

• Jan 7, 2019

• #2

Firstly if the VCU and transmission is in good working order then the mpg between 2 and 4 wheel drive modes is negligible. When the VCu is tight then that is a different question !
Mine Td4 ES 5 Door (160k on clock) does a good 32 - 35 mpg in every day short run use and 37 - 40 mpg on 60 - 70 mph motorway runs.
It is also an auto so a manual could do a bit better.

Hope this helps.

 

hd3

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Full Member

• Jan 7, 2019

• #3

can someone who owns a FL1 TD4 3 dr manual vehicle commercial

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mine averages about 40mpg ..
unladen .. just 30lb dog in load-space
( i use the AC most days )
biggest drain on mpg .. on mine .. be the pct heater ..
'n my right foot .. at times
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have never run it in 2wd mode ..
info on these pages suggest mpg aint much diff.
besides .. in 2wd mode .. more stress on the engine/ird mounts
.. as there's no prop-shafts connected to the rear ..
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131commando

Active Member

• Jan 7, 2019

• #4

Thats great thanks for the replies my FL2 sport Auto sd engine was pants in the lower 30's and the main reason I have not been able to convince my wife she needs another land rover, unfortunately for me she bought a fiesta 1.25 that does a million miles per tank and my showing her figures below 40 isn't helping,cheers Al.

 

Nodge68

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• Jan 8, 2019

• #5

If you want good MPG figures, then avoid an auto and a heavy right foot. The TD4 FL1 manual will do 35 to 40 MPG. The auto TD4 will do 27 to 36 MPG, depending on use.

Making it a 2 WD saves nothing worthwhile and makes the handling worse, as well as causing increased wear on the engine mounts.

 

Geodark

Active Member

• Jan 8, 2019

• #6

Mine does about 27ish round the doors (including sitting in traffic) and about 40 on a long run. and most of the time where they say its been converted to 2wd for economy are absolute bollocks, they have been done because of problems with teh vcu/ird/prop

 

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digby

Active Member

• Jan 8, 2019

• #7

i use around 8 litres / 100 kms............ this is just mixed driving mainly with no load