hi rick yes home town running ,would still go deiselif the opertunity comes up.better for touring ithink
roofy
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hi rick yes home town running ,would still go deiselif the opertunity comes up.better for touring ithink
roofy
hi bob
both our trucks must be well tuned as we can get them,might ghet a tad more with a snorkel
time will tell
roofy
A Diesel Patrol achieving 10l/100 k's would cost $12.50 assuming Diesel was $1.25 per Litre
A 4.5L Patrol achieving 20L/100K's would cost $11.80 assuming Gas was 59c per Litre
Not much difference. Havent done the exercise for Petrol but it would not compare with either Diesel or Gas.
Diesel would be the preference due to Power
Howdy - just finished the run to Sydney and back (and some surrounds), and pretty happy with the result ... essentially, since I've had Tank, I have replaced the air box, O2 sensor, coolant temp sensor, radiator, put in cold plugs, put in a colder thermostat, advanced the timing 4 degrees and had the valve clearances "set" a bit better for LPG ... that has seen me drop from around 22-23 litres per 100 on petrol, and 25 or thereabouts litres per 100 on LPG (both highway figures - not averages) to the following:
Petrol - 16.5l/100
LPG - 20.36l/100
Basically I have spent about $1400 to achieve (at petrol rates - lets say $1.35 per litre) a $8.77 per 100 running cost reduction ... means I'll see my return on investment around 16,000 klms from now *lmfao* ... but I am happy and that's all that counts .... apparently??
I have a turboed td42 running 13psi and yesterday I filled up. I drove 1863km on 202L that is 10.8L/100kms and compared to others on here its pretty effing good.
It is all highway driving (long trips couple of hundred km + nothing less). my ute isnt a daily drive coz I have a company car. The last tank of fuel took 4 months to run down.
1997 GQ 2.8TD
Just filled her up today - got 585km on 68litres, so roughly 12L/100km.
Usually averaging highway 12-13L/100km, and local roads 15-16L/100Km.
And again, we're from UK too - so it's dirt cheap compared to the price of running my 1.4l petrol skoda :P
Question guys, how to save fuel for the GU 2006 Model ZD30 Any advice
Did around 4000klms over chrissie , mostly highway. Low load weight, roof rack with tent & space case. Averaged 14.83 ltrs /100klms.
Pretty happy with that.
Not much you can do.Quote:
Originally Posted by raneydelrey
Make the car as light as possile by removing unneccesary weight and remove roof rack if fitted. Fitting a more efficient exhaust system may help, and many people report getting better fuel economy after fitting one of the power chips to the engine computer.
Tony
Hi,
Patrol GR (Y61) 1998 RD28TDi
Driving between towns keeping up to 90-100 km/h – 10L/100
driving on a highway keeping up to 120-130 km/h – 13L/100
in city driving speeds up to 40-50 km/h – 15L/100
so when fuel prices in Bulgaria:
diesel - 1.27 euros per liter
petrol - 1.28 euros per liter
lpg - 0.61 euros per liter
Looks like the diesel price has gone up in Europe, it used to be a lot cheaper then petrolQuote:
Originally Posted by damianovdd
turned out to be quote a popular thread this one!
I just got my best ever fuel consumption, 90% @ 100kph and 10% stop/start, managed 16.8l/100km on gas. Tyres at 40psi.
Just returned from a Trip to Porpunkah. Speedo reads 451 km's and Fuel Gauge is on Red Dot. (Gas)
300 km's towing a Jayco Dove Balance travelling up the Buckland Valley exploring Camping Spots.
The 300 k's was at 100/110 kph with the Air Conditioner on.
My Tank holds 106 Litres useable so that equates to 23.56 Litres per 100 k's. Not bad for 4500 GU
thats pretty good bobQuote:
Originally Posted by bob
g`day molongmick
i have the same vehicle, and same with the fuel ,still can only get around 650-700klm for both flamming tanks 130ltr very poor only got 16,000klm on the clock average 5.45
i have had absoluty no help from Nissan Australia they dont even return email, phone calls ,or bugger all ,worst mob i have ever delt with for after sales service,
the service boys where i bought the Nissan from are great but,............my fuel consumption is sh#t
keep us posted on how you go with Nissan please mate
nowoolies
Paul
well ive just run my Patrol on 2 x 100 klm runs and refuelled both times the farm and back.
and i got 5.45 klm per ltr the first fill,
and 5.48 klm per ltr the second fill
not happy with those figures
EUR1.37 is now the actual price of diesel...
is the prices of the fuel goes up in Au?
DamianQuote:
Originally Posted by damianovdd
Yes, fuel is getting more expensive here in Aus. too.
Has been around $1.34 (with variations) but is pushing $1.40 now.
Don't know about Euros but our dollar is at the moment very close to the U.S.$
I'm from Adelaide in Sth. Aust. and we do have variations of up to 5c./l. between various suppliers
Nice hearing from the wrong side of the world!
Good luck
Col
No Chris, I was just looking at these figures too - everyone seems to be talking approximate fuel usage of Around town - 30 ltr's/100 klms. (That is the people with similar vehicles).Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris72GQ
We have a 1996 GQ Wagon RB30 3.0L Petrol. My hubbie was trying to get an idea of k's to a tank this week. We usually fill up the tank before running it too low so didn't know what the maximum k's we could get out of tank were - but we've nearly got the gauge down to the bottom now and have only done 305km on 95 litre tank unleaded. Think it's only got another 10 or so k's left in it, but that seems about right if you look at everyone elses figures ie 90ltrs/300km. I think they're just hungry - have told him it doesn't help that he puts his foot down occasionally either - think he just likes the sound of it lol.
To work out Litres used per 100 k's Fill up Vehicle and record the K's shown on Speedo. After driving for say 150k's fill up again recording the Litres used and the Kilometres travelled since last fill and enter in the Calulator here http://motormouth.com.au/myvehicle/c...alculator.aspxQuote:
Originally Posted by daves mrs
Thanks for the link Bob. :)
'98 Gu. Duel fuel
20l/100kms (gas) towing tandem tralier with about 1.5 tonne of rust on trailer. or $45 to Melbourne and back, fully loaded both ways.
TD42 with a blower at 11psi on 33" tyres, recovery gear second tank front and rear bars steps etc, in other words heavy around town 13.5L per 100klms. Best i have ever recorded is 12.6 around town. Going away in a few weekends will do a highway run see what it gets. Never really tried to get good economy out of it just drive it.
Wow, this wont look good, but my 2.8 TDi is getting 10L per 100km on the highway since blocking the erg and adding the 2T to the oil
They are good figures for a 4.5Quote:
Originally Posted by katwoman
I thought as much. Not gonna try it on petrol though.. With only 30 litres I wouldnt get very far.
I thought the Aux Tank was 35 Litres Capacity but I am not really sure as I am not game to run to empty due to requiring Petrol to start. I could be wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by katwoman
I have not tested Petrol Consumption but I might this weekend as I am going away on a trip.
I don't use 2T on my CRD but if I "hypothetically" had the ERG blocked (as the the vehicle is under warranty stating that blocking EGR is a no-no) I would see a very pleasant improvement in my around town economy of 1.5 LPH down to around 10.5 ish from 12.0 ish.Quote:
Originally Posted by thin on top
I am off on a camping trip weekend after next of 700 K's or so and looking very much forward to seeing the "hypothetical" results an EGR block would have when towing the Camper on EGR and LPH
You could be right Bob, it's bugger all, anyway. I only get about 50km's out of it if I'm real gentle. ( which I'm not) I stop/start on fuel, just because I've always been taught to run gas cars on fuel time to time. Not sure if you need to.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob
well ive had the first of the excuses from Nissan on my fuel (and it took a call from me i might add just over a month for a reply)
they now claim its not to bad
and that their tests are done for the govt ..........and get a load of this ....in a wind tunnel and thats how they come up with 10.7 klm / ltr
what a load of horsesh#t
i voiced my displeasure and am supposed to be getting a reply back
i guess some time this century
My Truck when switched to Gas always starts on Petrol and switches itself to Gas after warm up. Yours should do the same.Quote:
Originally Posted by katwoman
mine's manual switch over, need to start on petrol, but can immediately switch to gas, even when cold. It will start on gas if within about 30 mins of stopping a hot engine, but any longer I have to use petrol to start it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob
Mine is a GQ with 4" lift, winch and winch bar,drawers fully loaded, fridge, 33s and my fat arse and still gets 16 to 17ltr/ 100 out of an LS1 5.7 so very happy lol
Just tested the 4500 GU on Petrol and around town achieved 17.96 Litres per 100 K's.
Run it on Gas most of the time which is a damn lot cheaper than Petrol
Ran mine with the consult unit the other day to go pick up the kids - 19klm round trip and not overly stop/start as we are a bit out of the city, and I averaged 23.7 lph for the trip ... my heart nearly stopped!!! LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by Bob
Nah, I don't think so. Is a b$tch to change to gas. But tank needs testing. Will get it all sorted when I get bigger tankQuote:
Originally Posted by Bob
Depends when the LPG system was fitted Kat - mine doesn't even do the "pre-squirt" of petrol when starting on gas, so I have to start on petrol when cold, wait till it starts to warm and then switch to LPG - it was installed in 2007. Mine isn't gas injectors either.Quote:
Originally Posted by katwoman
So presquirt was post 07 ? I think mine was fitted 2000ish. I just start it on petrol out of habit. Will have all that looked into when I get tank done.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bigrig
Not sure when they came in, but probably before or around that time - May 2007 mine went in (through previous owner) and it is a bit of a dinosaur now ...Quote:
Originally Posted by katwoman
Mine was 2001... On "LPG" it started and ran on gas, on "Petty" it started and ran on Petty. With LPG selected it even disabled the Fuel Pump as I split an injector feed line crush seal one day and Petrol spewed everywhere (scared crappola out of me, how it never flashed over I'll never know) left it on LPG and I drove it that way for a while till I got a chance to fix it.