Patrol 4.5 lt Economy

That sounds pretty well spot on, 2 friends of ours get 20/22L per 100 4.5 one is manual the other is auto they jump to about 30 when punching through the sand on stockton beach. Yep there thirsty thats why you will pay 10k more for a diesel and get 13/15 per 100k. Get used to it cause fuel is only going to get dearer, the other option is to go gas. Regards Steve M

Mate, I have a 2000 4.5 manual and regulary get 17-18ltrs/100km, best figures I have ever got out of it on a hwy run is 15ltrs/100km, so your useage considering its an auto, doesnt to me seem that out of the ordinary. PS. I have fitted a cat back 2.5 inch exhaust and fuel economy hasnt got better or worse, although I tend to get up it a bit more now that it sounds so good!

Cheers

those are standard figures.

Thats why 4.5s are now down to the $15k range, they are thirsty...
big petrol donk + big car = ?

... yes! That why I have also a subaru impresa (4 cyl. ) .... wery economical to run ....

Luca

My 4.5L Auto 80 Series gets (at best) 17l/100km - doesn't seem to use that much more juice but when it's working hard though. Only marginally worse economy (20-22l/100km) when doing heavy off road work.

Sorry to say - get used to it mate! I still love my truck to bits tho!

Cheers
Scoey!

Hi Pjl62

As per other replies - your consumption is not way out of line.

Your best real option is to Uni-chip it which will save around
a liter but give you real power boost as well, and helps if you do go gas.

The standard stuff like pumping tyres up above 40 helps of course, and
going to 255/85/16 from standard will give you around another liter.

If like to stuff around at little expense , then cut MAF sensor wire to ecu
and drop voltage (5% is safe) with couple of resistors (100ohm/2200ohm).

Makes it leaner, and it will hesitate a little when cold.

Have this and switch in my 4800 manual to select power/normal via this method.

Robin Miller

Sounds about right.

Thats why mine is being fitted with gas in a few weeks time.

I get around the same, you get used to it very quickly, and extractors does help

glad i got a new TD

why not just get the thing put on gas? ive seen the 4.5 powered gu patrols for as low as 15k so bung it on gas & u have ur self a pretty decent 4wd as well as being cheap as $%^& to run & those engines run well on gas!

A lot of people have suggested putting it on gas.
I have a 2000 GU 4.5 Auto on gas (88lts usable gas).
Cant really comment on the petrol figures but with gas I get around 330km around the city and up to 440km on the highway unlaoded. On our recent trip from Perth to the East coast and back we averaged 300 km per tank around the 27lt/100km roughly.
Filled up this morning and it cost $42