Fuel consumption / economy report

[threedogs]

Last 4 fills.

Tillix
12.82
12.66

Dawes
14.06
14.51

Have you fitted a tigged Intercooler to your Patrol yet ?

@ Kallen is your IC OE or been changed they leak from new I reckon lol

[BigRAWesty]

Your touring weight might be just over 3t ,gotta be happy with that.

That's empty. Empty draws no fridge or water etc..
So we'd be way over when packed for a trip..

Have you fitted a tigged Intercooler to your Patrol yet ?

@ Kallen is your IC OE or been changed they leak from new I reckon lol

Stock as..
In time I plan on going bigger but have to clean up and move the gq first

[GeeYou8]

Ok.. have you put yours on any scales yet??
Mine came in at 2.75T with only 60L of fuel in it..
The draws, braces, winch bar and diff mods all add up..

I haven't weighed it, only things added from base are towbar (genuine Nissan) Redarc Tow Pro Elite brake controller (must be at least 100 grams), a Tom Tom stuck to the windscreen & a set of rubber mats. Nothing to warrant a weight & balance check.
I am kind of liking not having a bull bar, although we have seen more roos in this one in 8 months than we did in the old one over 10 years.
Graham

[foggs]

12.5l/100kms always (highway and town, a/c on and a/c off), 12l/100kms if I didn't use cruise control.

Is your CRD a wagon? Any extra accessories adding weight or mods such as 3" exhaust?
Makes me wanna cry each time I read a 2012 CRD using less than 16l/100km.

[MyGU8]

Is your CRD a wagon? Any extra accessories adding weight or mods such as 3" exhaust?
Makes me wanna cry each time I read a 2012 CRD using less than 16l/100km.

Yep it is a CRD wagon. Only mods are alloy bullbar, Nissan towbar, dual battery, snorkel. But mine is a manual. I noticed yours an Auto.

I was puzzled with not getting any better fuel economy with highway speeds, then I put it to the drag force issue.

[foggs]

Yep it is a CRD wagon. Only mods are alloy bullbar, Nissan towbar, dual battery, snorkel. But mine is a manual. I noticed yours an Auto.

I was puzzled with not getting any better fuel economy with highway speeds, then I put it to the drag force issue.

Manual is meant to be worse from what I understand.. now you're just rubbing salt in the wound :P

What do you mean by "drag force issue"?

PS. I do get 13.5L/100km on highways.

[MyGU8]

Manual is meant to be worse from what I understand.. now you're just rubbing salt in the wound :P

What do you mean by "drag force issue"?

PS. I do get 13.5L/100km on highways.

Because the shape of the Patrol (which is not very aerodynamic friendly) the more speed the car is traveling it creates more drag force (pulling the car behind). I am not entirely sure whether this is the cause, but I never experienced any better fuel economy.
I used to have a Honda CRV which had an instantaneous fuel usage gauge, one thing I noticed from that was RPM is irrelevant to the fuel usage, you can go on 4th gear with less RPM but it used more fuel than going in 3rd with high rpm, of'course this is in the overlapping gear ratio speeds not always.

[BigRAWesty]

In the old td42 I can get 11L/100..
31" tyres and 90k/h..
Just to 13/100 if you do 100k /h..
And 14 /100 if I run 33's and 90k/h..
So it's all about the car..
One thing I have noticed with the crd manual is out 5th is very low in the rpm range at 100k..

[Bloodyaussie]

I was told the other day by a comp truck driver that my fuel figures are too high and jpc are shit... apperently they only play with the fuel screw and that is all.

Gave me a number of a bloke who he swears by and says many of the blokes in the know use him.... now i am just regurgitating what he said but he did say look at all the guys back in 2005 that used jpc for their tuning and now how many are going to him (competition seen).

Also said brett was shit...lol

Had nothing bad to say about dieseltec.

[AB]

I was told the other day by a comp truck driver that my fuel figures are too high and jpc are shit... apperently they only play with the fuel screw and that is all. Gave me a number of a bloke who he swears by and says many of the blokes in the know use him.... now i am just regurgitating what he said but he did say look at all the guys back in 2005 that used jpc for their tuning and now how many are going to him (competition seen). Also said brett was shit...lol Had nothing bad to say about dieseltec.

Yet another reason to move to the East!!!