Fuel consumption on 2014 Y61 ST Patrol 3.0 TD

[Hodge]

Go for the re-map over the chip on the CRD better bang for buck IMO

How so John ? With a chip, if something isnt right, you unplug it and its back to factory like it never was there. Especially with a car under warranty...
ECU tune something goes wrong... You're stranded.

[threedogs]

Twotrollfam had it done and swore by it . like anything if it breaks it breaks
A re-map IMO cant fail as there are no moving parts.
With the Patrol still under warranty I wouldnt touch it
Id drive it like it was stolen and wait for something to break lol

[Bacho86]

Go for the re-map over the chip on the CRD better bang for buck IMO

How so John ? With a chip, if something isnt right, you unplug it and its back to factory like it never was there. Especially with a car under warranty...
ECU tune something goes wrong... You're stranded.

I agree with Hodge, you have to be really carefully just saying remap is better as there is a lot more to it and the chip st least provides a fall back position if you're out in the middle of no where, you can remove the chip and continue under factory settings.

A Remap to my knowledge offer no fall back position, so you really need to choose your remap tuner very carefully if you want to proceed down this path .


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[Bacho86]

I'm suffering from pretty heavy fuel consumption figures in my new 2016 GU Y61. The best I have gotten is 17.3lph, the worst is 18lph. Mostly standard suburban driving with the odd highway run thrown in. I've only measured it over 4 tankfuls so far. My ODO is out by 7.3% with the 33" Mickey T's on, so I've accounted for this when working out litres consumed vs kilometre travelled.
Vehicle weighs 2600kg and is fitted with a Roofrack and Bar, to contrast this, my Pajero is heavier at 2850kg, and also has a roof rack, I average around 12-13lph mixed driving with it and the same type of tyres but in 32", so the Patrol is using substantially more. Is this normal? I was expecting maybe 14-15lph, but not 17lph+. I am not driving like a hoon but I don't baby it either, and sit on the 110 speed limit on the hwy. I'm not chasing uber fuel economy, but this is pretty thirsty for a 3.0 litre diesel I think.

As others have mentioned the vehicle is still new and may get better once it's run in, however they do seem to be hit and miss with CRD fuel economy

Not sure if you mentioned it earlier, but is the vehicle auto or manual?

My auto normally averages 15-16 l/100 km which isn't great, but learnt to live with it.

I remember some advice from ET a number of years ago where he said in his experience these engines prefer to get up to speed quickly and then maintain the speed, as opposed to slowing accelerating and labouring them under 2000rpm


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[Bacho86]

Twotrollfam had it done and swore by it . like anything if it breaks it breaks
A re-map IMO cant fail as there are no moving parts.
With the Patrol still under warranty I wouldnt touch it
Id drive it like it was stolen and wait for something to break lol

Berrimer diesel just posted an interesting video on Facebook regarding remapping vs plug in chips on, I'll try and link it in here

https://www.facebook.com/berrimadies...2636283446601/







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