My 4.8ltr loves to drink

[danielrusty]

Anyone know anything about lessening the amount of petrol my patrol drinks. Have read a little about this Air/fuel ration controller. Any other thoughts,mods or ideas on what can be done to improve economy would be greatly appreciated! Im sitting around 28ltrs / 100Kms.... I am running 35" mud tyres with a 4" lift and am in the midst of getting some on road AT's but dont believe the economy will decrease significantly with only these changes.

Rusty

[jaxt]

Changing to AT tyres? maybe.
Changing the tyre diameter will definitely be more noticeable. Your current lift and whether you have roof bars/racks or drawers, accessories, etc will also affect economy...
Without knowing too much of what you have (ie added weight) and driving habits (ie was the 28l/100k figure calculated during city/town driving?) might give us more insight.
Changed air filter lately?
Going by what I read from this forum and the other one, the approximate average ranges are: (a minority get as low as 13-15l/100 but for this purpose take average)
Std ht and Std tyres = 17-23 ltrs/100 (hwy-town)
2" lift and 33" tyres = 19-25 lts/100 (" - ")
Yours at 28 with 4" and 35" combo and auto (I assume) sounds probable, others may have a different experience though and no doubt add to this.

my 2c

[GQ TANK]

Dont drive it!!!!

We had 4.8's at work great trucks - expensive to feed.

Running smaller tyres will help

[danielrusty]

I've done some calculations and i was sitting on 20/100 whilst using cruise control and on the open Hwy. I varied my driving style and ditched the cruise control and bettered my consumption by 3/100. I noticed that whilst in cruise control, there were more gear changes and also the accessory cant for see an approaching hill and so changes gears when its already struggling.

[danielrusty]

My vehicle is a TB4.8L 2006- Petrol, snorkel, 4"Suspension Stuff & Superior Engineering, 315/75/16 (35") Mickey Thompsons MTZ's, Dual Wheel carrier, Twin Jerry Holder, Genuine Nissan Steel Winch Bar, WARN DX9000 Winch, DRC Fabrications Custom Rock sliders, Caged Boot, Upgraded Led lights & LED light bar, GME TX3100 UHF, Rhino Heavy Duty Racks, Cruise Control mod/Triptonic,