Gents,
thanks for all the info Ive gained from you all, I've now managed to get my TD4 up to 35 mpg combined. Ive blanked off the EGR, removed the ;chip; and uped the tyre pressure to 32 psi. This vehicle has to work hard and earn its keep.
With my last fill up Ive added some two stroke oil (today) so hopefully I squeeze a little more out of the old gal
season greetings and best wishes to one and all

Came back a few days ago from a 700 mile trip, Mway and A roads, mpg worked out at 32 and this is with the EGR bypass. Normally only drive short journeys, no Mways in Cornwall, with average 30mpg. Would be happier with better figures but have a heavy right foot

I bought a V6 a few weeks ago and from empty I placed 57.92 litres in the tank. Thus far I've travelled just over 155 miles and the tank is showing half full. I'll report back once I need to fill up again but based on what I'm seeing so far I'll probably end up on around 310 miles which will equate to just over 24mpg.

If that's the case I'll be happy enough because based on the mileage that I do (relatively low) and that I'd have had to pay around £1500 more for the diesel automatic model, provided that I don't have any head gasket issues, I won't have expended that extra £1500 in fuel during my ownership of the car.

Andy.

Hi chaps,

Getting about 38mpg out of my 99 L series diesel with a mixture of dual carridgeway driving to work, village driving for the school run, and twice a day upto out local stables where the horses are kept..

The book for my landy says a 59 litre (13 gallon tank) is fitted.. I always fill all the way to the top. The most ive ever got out of a tank is 503 miles. That was brimmed all the way to the top, then run down as far as i dare before chickening out.. The guage on my car keeps going underneath the red block!! (i dont think they are very accurate)

Anyhow, when i got o the petrol station, i filled it back to the top and got 61 litres in it!!! I guess there was 2 litres in the fuel filler pipe.. Any how, the car must have been absolutely bone dry.. so doing the maths thats 38 MPG!! Well happy

Mrs NEwcyboots does NOT like me running it down that low all the time - she alsways likes at least a 1/4 of a tank in at all times.. But we regularly get 370 - 380 miles from absolute full to going down to a 1/4.. Not bad considering what it is!!

Having held a debate with friends today it appears that two stroke oil makes a difference and not to buy super market fuel pay a few pence more for fuel and get better MPG

I must get round to checking the fuel consumption on our TD4 - it would be interesting to see what it gets I keep an accurate record on my 1.8 and on filling up last week, got 31.5 mpg

you could always sign up here and this will do all the calcs and graphs and you can compare it to other freelanders of the same age

Fuelly | Share and Compare Your MPG

1.8 on LPG 29.5 this week.

Some of us struggle to get into the 20's when it comes to mpg.

I could only get 700 miles out of one fill up if I filed the interior wiv petrol.

Hippo said:

Some of us struggle to get into the 20's when it comes to mpg.

I could only get 700 miles out of one fill up if I filed the interior wiv petrol.

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I feel your pain (managed an average of 24mpg from my first fill) but I like to consider the total cost as I find this the most accurate measure of the real cost...

I travel around 6 - 7,000 miles per year and paid £1,050 for my 2002 V6. It has had lots of cash spent on it in the past and the HG appears to be perfect - no issues at all (I'm also quite a sedentary driver and regularly check oil and coolant levels).

By my reckoning, 6,000 miles will cost me around £1,400. The same 6,000 miles in a diesel (assuming an average of 38mpg) would cost me around £970 - A difference of around £430 so all things being equal and assuming the same costs for servicing, oils etc, it would take me over three and a half years of ownership before I broke even which is fine however based on my past behaviour, I'm highly unlikely to keep it for three years before upgrading anyway.

Of course I haven't factored in resale values (I expect that diesels have a higher resale price) however based on the amount I paid, I expect that if I sold it in a year or two, provided that it had a current MOT and Tax, I should definately be able to recoup the original purchase price whereas I don't think I'd be able to say that had I spent the extra £1500 or so on a diesel model.

I'm not knocking diesels (no pun intended here), I've owned at least four diesel cars but I think that when choosing a car, people shouldn't necessarily go for a diesel just because they're more economical (as I have done in the past) or just go for a small car over a larger one because they'd be more economical either because fuel consumption doesn't necessarily reflect the total picture.

Andy.

I get 36 - 38mpg at the moment. EGR is blanked and regular use of Miller's diesel additive. That's with no regular long journeys at the mo and not too insane use of the right foot so I'm not unhappy with that.

I have had about 45mpg before, but I've never been able to match that since.

Manoftin said:

Gents,
thanks for all the info Ive gained from you all, I've now managed to get my TD4 up to 35 mpg combined. Ive blanked off the EGR, removed the ;chip; and uped the tyre pressure to 32 psi. This vehicle has to work hard and earn its keep.
With my last fill up Ive added some two stroke oil (today) so hopefully I squeeze a little more out of the old gal
season greetings and best wishes to one and all

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Happy Hanukkah to you too!!!!:mooning:

Without any effort, my TD4 returns 37-39 mpg on a tank full.

My only criticism is the ponderous accuracy of the typical 'Leyland' fuel gauge, which reads well over the FULL mark, when it's filled, and only gets 'down' to FULL after covering nearly 150 miles!!!....then seems to drop like a stone from that point forward.