Thread: New Hilux Fuel Consumption

Originally Posted by Maca49

Your gonna piss people off at that speed,

Don’t worry, soon enough the only place you’ll be allowed to drive at 90km/h is the expressway.

All other two lane highways will be 80… And our fuel consumption woes will be solved, right there!

So much to look forward to.

Originally Posted by kiwijames

I have the same year XLT which is the same. Carrying about 500kg in tools etc just done 100K and the computer says 10.5L/100km.

Actually I'm telling porkies now that I think about it. I had DPS do a whatever thing they do to the computer. They gave me a print off of how many more horses and newtons of torque it improved. Really I struggled to see the improvement in the real world though. I think the 3.2 turbo was pretty much maxed from factory so couldn't be asked to get much more. I've put in an order for the PX4 V6 Ranger which might be here around October. See how that goes.
FYI All our fleet have GPS with traffic cop installed. If you go too fast for too long you get a reminder. To be honest it's made driving more relaxed so I seldom go anything more than the speed limit which should reflect in my fuel economy. Across our entire business I think getting the GPS installed saved around 10% in fuel bills which in today's world is a fair chunk of cash. Slow down if you want to save some coin.

Ive noticed that my Ranger's economy is very sensitive to the weight of the load. Even just adding my winter recovery stuff like the high lift jack, spade etc makes a difference.

That gear, a passenger and hunting stuff for a week adds about .8litre/100 onto my trips down south compared to just me and some day hunting stuff.

tyre presssure is one of the biggest things,and often over looked (guilty your honour) the 5lb the left front is down makes a huge difference,run the car on 32psi and the 4wd on 35-38psi its noticable with the smaller engines....
my older brother had a lat model falcon and noticed fuel economy had gone to crap,didnt matter how he drove it was crap,checked tyres,yip were down,pumped them up again and straight away the fuel economy was back where it should be.
and roof racks,even bare ones with nothing on them....our old 1600 escort would drop 5-10kmph with them fitted straight away.... didnt look at fuel usage back then...

Fuel consumption issues have nothing on the NZ economy, inflation and supply issues.

The NZ dollar has dropped to $0.62 US today, It's dropped 4 cents in a couple of weeks which will make the next tanker load of imported refined fuel more expensive. It's only going up in price so wait until Xmas/early next year when Europe's in winter and the Russian gas is turned off.

The pump price of diesel in most places is approx $3.00 per litre, some places higher than this. if you have a fuel card you can get as much as 16 cents off per litre, if you have heavy machinery and get diesel delivered by mini tankers you can shave approx 60 cents per litre off the pump price.

Those 1000 litre ICB plastic tanks can be sourced for around $70, mini tanker fill, drill a small hole approx 4mm dia in the top of the large plastic cap and place some electrical tape over it to act as a vent etc.

Most of you farming folk will have it sorted with you own above ground tankage but other rural people could save some dosh, townies I guess will have a storage problem.

Just a tip to try and save some people a few dollars.

Originally Posted by 300winmag

Fuel consumption issues have nothing on the NZ economy, inflation and supply issues.

The NZ dollar has dropped to $0.62 US today, It's dropped 4 cents in a couple of weeks which will make the next tanker load of imported refined fuel more expensive. It's only going up in price so wait until Xmas/early next year when Europe's in winter and the Russian gas is turned off.

The pump price of diesel in most places is approx $3.00 per litre, some places higher than this. if you have a fuel card you can get as much as 16 cents off per litre, if you have heavy machinery and get diesel delivered by mini tankers you can shave approx 60 cents per litre off the pump price.

Those 1000 litre ICB plastic tanks can be sourced for around $70, mini tanker fill, drill a small hole approx 4mm dia in the top of the large plastic cap and place some electrical tape over it to act as a vent etc.

Most of you farming folk will have it sorted with you own above ground tankage but other rural people could save some dosh, townies I guess will have a storage problem.

Just a tip to try and save some people a few dollars.

Don't think you'll get the plastic tank filled by on farm or rural fuel deliveries, the ones I know have fairly strict delivery container terms.

And yet those IBC's get freighted from overseas with all sorts of toxic hydrocarbons inside them....

Get two of them. Put one on a trailer, go to Gull during their 12 cents/L off the already cheapest price in town, fill in the middle of the night, drive home and decant into the other one you have (most people won't have the forklift capacity to lift them full off the back of the trailer).

Expensive fuel won't be half as inconvenient as no fuel available whatsoever when, for whatever reason a ship can't get here.

300winmag may correct me, but diesel will keep for years. Petrol in full steel 205's will also keep for ages. My quads, 2 wheelers and chainsaws are all running on a 2.5 year old drum I just opened. Makes me wince just thinking how cheap it was when it was filled...

Originally Posted by XR500

And yet those IBC's get freighted from overseas with all sorts of toxic hydrocarbons inside them....

Get two of them. Put one on a trailer, go to Gull during their 12 cents/L off the already cheapest price in town, fill in the middle of the night, drive home and decant into the other one you have (most people won't have the forklift capacity to lift them full off the back of the trailer).

Expensive fuel won't be half as inconvenient as no fuel available whatsoever when, for whatever reason a ship can't get here.

300winmag may correct me, but diesel will keep for years. Petrol in full steel 205's will also keep for ages. My quads, 2 wheelers and chainsaws are all running on a 2.5 year old drum I just opened. Makes me wince just thinking how cheap it was when it was filled...

See an odd one already getting filled at Gull. Another problem many rural people may have is a spare $3000 to fill one. Also you may have to pay someone to guard it. Used to hear some sad stories from logging contractors loosing large amounts of fuel over the weekend, this was when diesel was under 70 cents a liter. One guy used to place the 5000l tank down a gully well clear of the road, reckoned the thieves used his log loader to cart the tank up to the road, emptied it over the weekend and returned it to the gully.

Yes, that sort of carry on will only increase when times get tough.

MOW in Twizel 45yrs -50yrs ago in the dam building days used to put coloured dy in their fuel tanks.If you stole petrol or diesel.You soon got found out.DCM with no union back up.

My brother has a 2015 ranger which is stock standard and I bought a new ranger in 2020 for my work vehicle. I was very shocked to find out how much more thirsty my new ute was compared to his. My ute has all the extras, wheels, steel bullbars, side bars, running boards, canopy, roof racks & couple of hundred kgs of tools in the back. From memory my brother was getting about 350 km's more out of each tank of fuel than me.

I went back into Ford after I'd had my ute for about a month and questioned them about the fuel my ute seemed to be using, they just said it would get better once the engine wears in. It has never got any better though that I've noticed.

I have a new hilux hopefully arriving in a couple of weeks so will be interesting to compare the two.

Well at least it's better than my 94 pajero 2.8
Had the fuel pump and injectors done last year and it didnt change a thing.
Still get about 640ks till the fuel light comes.on from a theoretical 85l tank.
Got 87-88 in it before.
Think it equates to about 21-22 mpg
Think that's about 14 or 15L per 100ks but havent looked it up.
Be happier with a later model petrol at the same mileage as it would have shit tons more get up and go and probably do way better than that on average.
That is considering a vehicle in my price bracket

Originally Posted by Trout

MOW in Twizel 45yrs -50yrs ago in the dam building days used to put coloured dy in their fuel tanks.If you stole petrol or diesel.You soon got found out.DCM with no union back up.

When I was a kid farmers didn't pay any tax on their farm petrol. Petrol that was bulk delivered to the farm was dyed (blue I think) to ensure that it was only used for farm use. Late 1950's

Now a days you claim the tax back off petrol consumed on the farm.

Originally Posted by Trout

MOW in Twizel 45yrs -50yrs ago in the dam building days used to put coloured dy in their fuel tanks.If you stole petrol or diesel.You soon got found out.DCM with no union back up.

how would the dye help if the engine burns the fuel to run?