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Vehicle & Technical => Defender => Topic started by: Hairyduck on May 15, 2006, 14:26:46

Title: MPG??
Post by: Hairyduck on May 15, 2006, 14:26:46: Hi,

Out of interest what sort of MPG does everyone get? Ive got a 90 2.5TD and I seem to be able to manage 22mpg at most even on long runs, just trying to work out if this is the norm or not

Kev
Title: MPG??
Post by: smo on May 15, 2006, 16:05:12: There are a few threads on this here and there! Search may hold the key to your question.

For my '04 TD5 90 i get an average of about 25-28 normal use. I did however manage nearly 40mpg on a 250mile motorway run the other week, fully laden with trailer but only doing a very tedios 55mph!!!
Title: MPG??
Post by: smith335 on May 17, 2006, 18:49:32: i get a 18mpg out of my old 2.25 petrol 90.

i bet that makes you feel better!!!
Title: MPG??
Post by: littlepow on May 17, 2006, 18:50:26: Quote from: "smith335"
i get a 18mpg out of my old 2.25 petrol 90.

i bet that makes you feel better!!!

Might as well run a V8 and enjoy the noise as the fuel disappears!
Title: MPG??
Post by: Xtremeteam on May 17, 2006, 18:51:28: got between 2 & 10 with the v8 racer & get between 18 & 28 with the tdi depending on how i drive & how much the fueling has been "tweaked"
Title: MPG??
Post by: Adrian V8 90 on May 18, 2006, 12:43:23: I only get between 10 & 13 mpg out of my 90 turbo d
but i have junked the oil burner in favour of a moded V8

Adrian
Title: MPG??
Post by: Adrian V8 90 on May 18, 2006, 12:44:03: I only get between 10 & 13 mpg out of my 90 turbo d
but i have junked the oil burner in favour of a moded V8

Adrian
Title: MPG??
Post by: Hairyduck on May 19, 2006, 07:47:22: 10-13 :shock:

Thanks guys, I'm feeling much better now!
Title: MPG??
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on May 19, 2006, 09:17:43: The last few fill-ups have revealed an average of 27-29mpg from the Td5

My old 110 Tdi (300) used to average roughly the same

The 90V8-CSW...................... :shock: (I daren't say, but single figures at times)
Title: MPG??
Post by: woody on May 19, 2006, 09:35:56: i know a way to improve the fuel consumption on a defender
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and runs for cover
Title: fuel
Post by: blackbeltbob on May 19, 2006, 15:15:53: get 23 mpg while running around town but managed to get 28 mpg going to Wales at a steady 65 mph

on a different note was getting 29 mpg with my disco (td5), chipped the engine and now get 23 mpg because it drives like a demon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: MPG??
Post by: blackbeltbob on May 19, 2006, 15:16:34: sorry, forgot to say that the defender is a 300tdi
Title: MPG??
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on May 19, 2006, 19:40:17: Just topped mine up about an hour ago, lets do the maths

Trip states; 164.1miles
Took to brim; 23.41litres

Divide 32.41 by 4.545 to get the amount in English (5.1507 gallons) :lol:

Divide 164.1 by 5.1507
Equals; 31.85MPG

It's not bad for a bog-stock Td5 doing traffic-bound school runs, short jaunts, perhaps 20miles of motorways is it?
Title: mpg
Post by: tiltboy on May 21, 2006, 13:35:49: Well, my 90 is a late 200tdi, 146,000 miles (some of those were even on tarmac!), soft top, running on bfg muds all the while, with a disco t box (doesn't pull 5th very well and tend to use low around town :lol: ).

I get a fairly constant 30-32 mpg. Even towing (only a Sankey but hey) on short trips and laning/off road. But, I rarely paste the living daylights out of it! That's the key. :wink:
Title: MPG??
Post by: MK-90 on May 21, 2006, 17:17:12: 2.5na

worst: 18mpg (loads of short cold journeys)
Best: 33mpg (Big long motorway journey)
Average: 23-27mpg
Title: MPG??
Post by: ferret on May 21, 2006, 21:26:50: Somewhere around 25-30mpg on my 200 tdi defender.But thats with an alisport intercooler and the pump and turbo tweaked.