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Freddie12

Member

• Oct 16, 2014

• #1

Hi all,

I have asked a few questions in the last couple of days so i apologise for that, Land rover ownership is all new to me.

I have managed to get 400 miles roughly from £100 and just wondered if that sounds about right for round town driving, no motorways or a roads cruising at 60mph.
Im not bothered how much I get as I did not buy a Disco for fuel economy, it costs what it costs, I just wanted to check everything seems to be correct-ish.

I have also noticed some owners make some changes when they get a Disco, such as cleaning and changing sensors, fitting an EGR blank?
Are some of these changes worth doing in your opinion, if so I will research them more.

Thank you once again, I appreciate the advice.

 

DIFFLOCK66

Well-Known Member

• Oct 16, 2014

• #2

I'm assuming its a TD5 and not a V8, especially with that mpg - very good!

Yes, clean/change sensors. Yes blank the EGR - who wants regurgitated, hot, exhaust gas being dumped into the inlet side of the engine?

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Freddie12

Member

• Oct 16, 2014

• #3

Yes a TD5!
I will look into those changes, thank you

 

poacherman

New Member

• Oct 19, 2014

• #4

Don't know if this helps my standard td5 £65 300miles

 

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999mch

Member

• Oct 19, 2014

• #5

I get 24mpg out of my td5. But you need to do fill up to fill up

 

biggeeeee

Retired - Living the dream

• Oct 19, 2014

• #6

I'm constantly getting around the 33 - 35 mark, dont do town driving and can usually sit on the motorway just under 60.

Sincethe last fill up I've covered -

2 trips of 160 miles and a 40 mile trip plus a few local runs and tank now sitting on half, so around 400 miles on half a tank but as said very careful on the fast pedal

 

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rolinger

Member

• Oct 20, 2014

• #7

Sounds reasonable. I'm usually getting 23-24mpg on a TD5.

Most recent fill- 83 litres, 430 miles. Most of that was loaded up for family holiday, 5 people + luggage inside, 3 bikes on towball mount, 2 more on roof rack, mostly 60mph on A roads with 100miles on dual carriageway @ 70mph

 

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Freddie12

Member

• Oct 20, 2014

• #8

Sounds like they like long runs

I will fill up tomorrow and report back, I think i will be getting around 20mpg but that is with no long runs.

 

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Maaarrghk

New Member

• Oct 20, 2014

• #9

I get about 24-ish with mixed local driving (no motorways). On a motorway run I got 30 without any mods.

Don't blank the egr, delete it completely - £28 from Paddock. Also might be a good idea to fit silicone turbo hoses at the same time as the originals de-laminate internally with age and you cannot tell by visual inspection.

 

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Freddie12

Member

• Oct 20, 2014

• #10

Ah thanks mate,

I have read lots of posts about erg's Mafs, decat, remap etc, I'm trying to make sense of it all!
I'll be honest I don't know what to do, apart from the erg which i am going to remove.
I will do some more research on the others thank you!

 

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Freddie12

Member

• Oct 21, 2014

• #11

Mine seems about average.
Got 473miles from 91 litres so worked out about 24 mpg for town driving, hardly get into Torque Lock!
As I said, it costs what it costs but I thought it would be a good indicator of how its running, Thanks all.

 

Gordy88

Active Member

• Oct 21, 2014

• #12

24 or so from my auto, thats a mix of driving in town etc.

You might consider a prescription for Prozac as well, lol!!

 

Silverlandy

3.5efi's other half

• Oct 21, 2014

• #13

I got 450 from the last full tank. Mixture of short journeys in the sticks and some motorway driving,

 

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Freddie12

Member

• Oct 21, 2014

• #14

Gordy88 said:

You might consider a prescription for Prozac as well, lol!!

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On order!

 

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Freddie12

Member

• Oct 21, 2014

• #15

Silverlandy said:

I got 450 from the last full tank. Mixture of short journeys in the sticks and some motorway driving,

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Very similar then Thanks mate