80 Series deisel Landcruiser fuel economy?

Mine gets from 11.3 lt/100km on the highway unladen, 12s around town,15 towning a 1 tonne camper on the road, 17 towing on sand.

Have a look at the Lcool forum;
http://www.lcool.org/forum/index.php
you will need to register to read,but worth it, and
Offroad 80's
http://www.offroad80s.com

Lots of info on both these sites and a good knowledge base on this forum your reading as well.

A good service history is a good start.

I have a '97 poverty pack (aka Standard). Mine is always full of camping gear but not water etc. I got 12.5L/100km consistently in Adelaide, I get around 12.8L/100km consistently in Brisbane (must be all those hills!). Highway is not any different to town. I think you can add around 1L/100km for full time 4WD if you're buying a GXL.

In low range I've only done one extended trip with it through the High Country and it returned 18L/100km.

It's a great car to drive- the longer I own it the more I love it. People whinge about them not keeping up in traffic, can't overtake, can't do this, can't do that, blah blah blah, but that's not the reality of it if you keep it in good condition- none of these things are a problem. Mine goes like the clappers compared to when I first bought it!

Very similar to my brothers project car Craig.
Probably only two really important things and that is to have engine bottom end checked - most of bearing issues were known by then.

2nd is to look for chassis cracks particularly around the front - this is car in which Toyota moved to harder steel giving the car a firmer feel than its Nissan rival - however this did cause metal fatigue in extreme cases. (you can't weld to chassis either)

They took some 22 seconds to get to 100kmh which I consider dangerously slow - however its such a good platform that its worth working with.

In our case it now has an aftermarket turbo and a hand made water intercooler and the usual exhaust amongst other things.

It has come up really well , and can still run a % of bio-diesel and chip & transmission oil as fuel while still getting between 12-13l 100km and runs 260lt fuel tanks.

G'day Craig,
I have had the 96 1hz GXL since new. AFAIK the chassis cracking around the steering was on earlier models, the bottom end bearings were a known failure in factory turbo models only.
I have fitted a DTE turbocharger and now a beaudesert 3" exhaust as i need the extra power for towing.
I get 13l/100km normally and towing my 3 tonne van 22 to 25l/100km.
It's a really reliable vehicle, the range is good with the std 145 litre tanks. Check the cooling water is clean and red colour. Look at service history.
I have had occasional overheating problems on heavy load, this is almost always due to the viscous coupling driving the fan, I have used 3 up to now.

Cheers,
Bill

i have owned various 4wd but must say the 80 series was my favorite and by far the most capable, as said in prior response they are slow in traffic and make it difficult to over take. but all that is far over shadowed once you leave the bitumen and you are continuosly pulling your mates faster toy 4wds out of bogs or up steep assents, with both tanks full i was getting 900 km out of the 145L. the best mod to the car was a front difflock as the rear slip is more than cabable for most situations. hope you enjoy the 80 as much as i did