KPL on different Trucks

fweddy · Post by **fweddy** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 6:19 pm

Interested to see what sort of Ks per liter each is getting. We all talk about certain trucks being expensive to run etc. But if we all note down our rate will help us see a pattern over different vehicles.

Top up, reset the trip meter then run the tank low and fill up. Divide the kms currently reading on the trip meter by the amount of liters of fuel you just put in and you have your rough figure. Do it twice or more to get a closer average.

State the make, model and engine, petrol or diesel the Kpl, the type of running (mainly offroad, long distance on-road, short distance on-road etc), and any mods that will affect the consumption (larger tyres etc).

fweddy · Post by **fweddy** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 6:24 pm

I have a 86 Surf with a 3Y (2 liter petrol).

Getting only 6.2 kpl (twice in a row, previously got 5.1 :shock:

)

Doing mainly on road, both trial tanks had a long run (1Â½hrs each way) some off roading (not much due to over heating) and a few short trips to town.

Only running 30" A/Ts which sing moderately on road.

Sadam_Husain · Post by **Sadam_Husain** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 6:45 pm

My flatdeck cruiser with a s/b chev (600 holley carb) uses around 22l per 100km economic highway driving. I dont think the consumption is much different to any of my 2F/3F petrol cruisers

DaveM · Post by **DaveM** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 7:35 pm

Sadam_Husain wrote:My flatdeck cruiser with a s/b chev (600 holley carb) uses around 22l per 100km economic highway driving. I dont think the consumption is much different to any of my 2F/3F petrol cruisers

callum007 · Post by **callum007** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 7:43 pm

my jeep is anything from 15 to 25km per litre.....
blizzard would be even worse... i reckon we did max 20km today.. i used 16litres..

ajnacey · Post by **ajnacey** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 7:50 pm

My Td5 Defender does about 10-11kpl on the open road. Nearly doubles if I go anything over 100kph. Have to cruise about 95.

swampa · Post by **swampa** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 8:02 pm

1k of track 15 litres, worth every cent

Mortisha · Post by **Mortisha** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 8:43 pm

My '91 Daihatsu Rugger (2.8l diesel turbo intercooled) averages out at about 10kms per litre on road. Running on 31" tyres.

pouw · Post by **pouw** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 8:52 pm

My 3L Turbo Diesel Surf used to get about 475km out of 55L (8.6km/L) and about 650km if open road cruising (12km/L). Not surprising considering it was doing 1800RPM at 100km/h.

tallsam66 · Post by **tallsam66** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 8:59 pm

In my Hulix Surf with a 3 ltr Turbo Diesel in getting about 12.5 Ltr per 100km.
But before i changed my air filter was getting about 13.75....an easy way to increase your economy by 10%.

Trev

wopass · Post by **wopass** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 9:12 pm

somewhere between 2kpl and 11kpl im sure theres a middle ground there but not sure where. i try not to think about it too much :wink:

2F 4.2 petrol 1970 FJ40 4spd 36" centipedes sprung over with 60's housings and all the aerodynamics of a brick....a really big brick :twisted:

Shane · Post by **Shane** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 10:33 pm

drove to tekapo on sat and filled up again,109km on odometer put in 13.8L.35's on LWB safari hi roof TD42 no turbo,probley not so good on return trip with slite head wind and higher speed.

Shane

Moriarty · Post by **Moriarty** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 8:50 am

Ssangyong Korando
2.9L, 5 cyl TDI

34000 K from new. Now doing over ALL running, 31 MPG (sorry, old fart)
Went to new Plymouth (from Wanganui) towing a flatdeck, two axle trailer, brung back a landrover, 25MPG round trip.

wassat in K per L?
25 MPG = 8.8652482269503546099290780141844
31 MPG = 10.985116938341601700921332388377

heheheh to convert KPL to MPG, mulitply by 2.82

lilpigzuk · Post by **lilpigzuk** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 9:28 am

2001 Discovery 2.5L 5 cylinder TD
Just did 720kms and it took 80 litres too fill this morn. 9Kpl. That included about 150km towing Lil Pig to various play areas, and 36km return trip to work and home each day in lovely auckland rush hour traffic. Thought that was fairly reasonable

Goose · Post by **Goose** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 9:46 am

Christchurch to Tauranga and back, $210....... :shock:

Ok, ok, a little off topic..... :wink:

2001 factory dedicated LPG falcon :twisted:

Usually 510ish Ks from 70 odd LTS around town, about 630 ish open road.

Have I mentioned before that I love LPG??? :roll:

rowinz · Post by **rowinz** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 9:59 am

1994 Prado 3.0 TD (1KT-TE)
Got around 11-12l/100km (8.5-9 l/ km) on 31s. Not sure on the 33s. Thats both open rd (105-110kph) and round town (gentle acceleration)
R

doddzee · Post by **doddzee** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 10:03 am

I get about 11l/100k in my 3.1TD bighorn and was getting about 17l/100k in my 3.5 V6 paj.

Prefered the pajero in just about every other way bar its fuel economy though.

mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 5:38 pm

dont you guys mean litres per kilometer or is that just the nature of my truck :oops:

Sadam_Husain · Post by **Sadam_Husain** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 5:47 pm

Had to get the calculator out to work out all the different formats :scratch:
(Highway driving on 95 octane)

22l per 100km
or
4.5km per litre
or
$0.33 per km :oops:

billyvanboheman · Post by **billyvanboheman** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 10:06 pm

Last big trip I did that meant I was filling the Isuzu Bighorn, 2.8 TD Intercooled, was over Xmas and New Year, did a trip from Pohara (Golden Bay) back to CHCH Via Blenheim, towing a horse float full of camping gear and then a weeks running round town.
Running 31's and free wheeling hubs.

Filled up again to go to Hanmer the following weekend.

Recorded the Pohara trip at: 13.67Km's/ltre, or 7.31ltrs/100Km's, or 38.6 MPG.

Should have a another go at it without the horse float, but for normal running it's supposed to be more economical to not run a full tank, it does make it a bit hard to check figures if you donâ€™t fill it though.

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 10:20 pm

Goose wrote:Christchurch to Tauranga and back, $210.......

Ok, ok, a little off topic.....

2001 factory dedicated LPG falcon Usually 510ish Ks from 70 odd LTS around town, about 630 ish open road.

Have I mentioned before that I love LPG???

my old flatmate was a great fan of LPG he had a supercharged chev V8 in his holden commodore and he injected liquid gas into the intake manifold which dropped his intake temperature to a bout 20 degrees

he used to do it on a motor that he used in a jet boat and sometimes that had ice on the intake manifold it dropped the temperature that much :lol:

Jerry · Post by **Jerry** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:02 pm

2000 Diesel Grand Vitara does 700k (to the reserve mark...so 750?) on 53L of diesel, book quotes 6.6L/100k Combined, 5.8 Extra Urban?? and 8.0 Urban....Co2 is listed as 190g/km. With OEM tyres (Dunlop Grandtreks) I was getting 750k to this easily....running Goodyear Wranglers now and its much happier on the road....all this is onroad.....(I don't take it offroad yet)

Rugger does 250-400k per 55L tank, with the dents in it its probably more like 47L, on and offroad mixed, running 31" tyres, on standard tyres it will do 500l onroad.

Cloggy_NZ · Post by **Cloggy_NZ** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:30 pm

Sadam_Husain wrote:Had to get the calculator out to work out all the different formats :scratch:
(Highway driving on 95 octane)

22l per 100km
or
4.5km per litre
or
$0.33 per km

Crikey

And I thought Disco's were thirsty. Around town I get 5km per litre. On the open road with a light foot I can stretch it to 6.5km per litre.
This is with a 3.5 litre injected engine and 32" tyres

mroffroader · Post by **mroffroader** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 5:21 am

Cloggy_NZ wrote:
Sadam_Husain wrote:Had to get the calculator out to work out all the different formats :scratch:
(Highway driving on 95 octane)

22l per 100km
or
4.5km per litre
or
$0.33 per km

Crikey
And I thought Disco's were thirsty. Around town I get 5km per litre. On the open road with a light foot I can stretch it to 6.5km per litre.
This is with a 3.5 litre injected engine and 32" tyres

il guess mine will be a little worse on 34'" tyres???

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:45 am

The cruiser used 3/4 of a tank to get from queenstown to Ch CH, about 45-50lts for the trip.

Work car does aprox 13.5 - 14 lt per 100ks, Ford Territory and a lot worse if you give it a hard time.

wjw · Post by **wjw** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 9:46 am

Round town I seem to be getting around 18L per 100km's thats 5.5Km/litre . with a heavy right foot

Not bad considering I'm running a 3litre petrol, 35" tyres on a Prado that weighs in at 2.8 Tons with all my work gear in it, oh and my heavy right foot.

Compare that to the 1KZ:

1KZ cost 24c a Km when I last calculated fuel costs + RUC charges, that was in October 2005.

2JZ costs 25c a Km based on todays fuel prices, so not much difference.

it will be interesting to see what the 2JZ does on the open road.

The only snag is range, based on the figures above:

2JZ - 440KM's per tank

1KZ - never really worked it out, but over 550Km's

callum007 · Post by **callum007** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 10:36 pm

my 2.9l diesel merc van, laden weighs near 3 ton. Dunedin to Auckland $120 diesel at 1.10 a litre..

xj · Post by xj » Fri Feb 23, 2007 5:39 am

4 litre Ch'okee
450kms on $75.00 - Hamilton to Palmerston North. (approx 55litres)

IcedJohnno · Post by **IcedJohnno** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 11:56 am

rowinz wrote:1994 Prado 3.0 TD (1KT-TE)
Got around 11-12l/100km (8.5-9 l/ km) on 31s. Not sure on the 33s. Thats both open rd (105-110kph) and round town (gentle acceleration)
R

Am impressed rowinz
My SWB 93 Prado gets between 5.6km/l (17.8l/100km's)and 7.8km/l (12.8l/100km's) depending on terrain, 4 or 2 wd and the mass of my right foot. I am running on 31 MT's and have the 1KZ-TE too. Perhaps I need to try harder :roll:

Guess thats the difference between 110/100 and 140/110 as normal speeds.

Jerry · Post by **Jerry** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 12:31 pm

4 litre Ch'okee
450kms on $75.00 - Hamilton to Palmerston North. (approx 55litres)

Mates V6 Terrano $105 for 350k :oops:

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