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Td5 Fuel Consumption

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LOFTY:
I was talking to Mr B today about towing, and he is of the same opinion, tow hard with a chipped/cooled TD5 and you get about 13 MPG. So you would have to drive really softly to get 30 mpg.
But as for Mr B and me, time from A-B is more valuble than MPG.
Perhaps when it costs £2 per litre, we will start taking the cost of fuel to be more important than time.
Getting 30 mpg from a 2500kg Land Rover, with the aerodymanics of a classic brick, is never going to be easy.
I am looking at building a new tow barge, with a 2.8Tdi, and to gain the extra power when towing, using LPG to boost power, as i have been testing a Powershot system, and it must be then only power increase system that uses less fuel, as the LPG/propane helps the diesel burn more efficiantly, so you end up using less right foot. I have been running around for about 3/4 weeks now, and havent used 19 kg of propane yet, but hills i would always drop to 4th, i just cruises up in 5th.
The best mod i have ever done to an engine, it does what it says on the box. :lol:

SteveG:

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--- Quote from: "littlepow" ---My 90 TD5 will give 30 mpg normaly and 35+mpg with overdrive used.
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I want an overdrive


--- Quote from: "littlepow" ---This is on motorway, back roads and the short trip to work. Have all terrains fitted and no roof rack.
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Ditto, BFG A/T's & no roof-rack
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110 TD5 on stock road biased Grabbers does about 28mpg with Overdrive on mixed driving.

90 TD5 on 33" MT's with 1.5" lift does about 25-26mpg on mixed driving with heavy right foot :wink:

Cheers

Steve

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