90's+ Discovery fuel costs

[the_fatman]

Can someone please grill me or link me to fuel prices etc as i am interested in buying a late 90's + discovery in either V8 on gas or Turbo Diesel....just wanna know the truth about fuel costs and reliability from people who actually drive them....
Thanks in advance
Chris

[6.5 rangie]

300tdi or td5? We have a 300tdi, get 10-11l/100k with 32's

[cookiesa]

94 300tdi Diesel Disco

Standard Tyres, 2" Lift, Full roof rack, Bar Winch 8-9l per 100km

Second Disco both have been great (last one had just under 400,000 when we sold it)

[the_fatman]

Thanks for that I am leaning towards the turbo diesel just need to read up on the 2 diff motors you talk of
thanks again

[cookiesa]

300tdi is an older style diesel, mechanical injection, turbo and intercooler. Manual Only.

Td5 came in the series II Discovery, same capacity 2.5 but 5 cylinder instead of 4, injected newer style turbo diesel. Td5 has more power but personally I think the real advantage is that the series II has a bigger boot area and in the seven seaters the rear seats face forwards not towards the centre (300tdi series I Disco)

However on some series II models the centre diff lock was removed (although in most you can retrofit the CDL) Have a look on AULRO for more specific details on these. Series II had traction control which is a good system in the Disco's.

The other advantage is the Td5 had an auto as well.

Really depends on what you intend to use it for.

[the_fatman]

Mate that was just what i needed thanks, al i will be doing is some medium off road and possible touring, no hardcore anything like that....the TD5 in an auto sounds perfect to me
cheers mate any more info lol

[6.5 rangie]

300tdi is an older style diesel, mechanical injection, turbo and intercooler. Manual only

Well thats interesting, i think atleast 90% of them are auto, mine is

[cookiesa]

Sorry my bad! I even intended to get the auto this time around!

[GRIMACE]

A standard V8 discovery should only use about 15L/100 (highway) and 18L/100 (town), but in all honesty it seems very hard to find one that's not chewing upto and over 20L/100.
Running gas they can use 5-10L more, I personally don't like the dual fuel setups on the EFI rovers due to the possibilty of backfiring and the damage it can cause to the air flow meter.

I can't comment on the diesels as I personally have never owned one.

[lariens]

I have a auto 300TDI 96 model, when I first got it I was getting about 10l/100k (720km / tank), now I only get about 550km /tank around town. Not sure why it has dropped off. In saying that the 550 is my wife driving and doing alot of short trips. When I run 32 mungrels in the bush I get 550km and thats hard going.

[stuee]

but in all honesty it seems very hard to find one that's not chewing upto and over 20L/100.

x lotsofstupidboggedetynumbersmatedwithgrimaceanddrswhilev840watches

My Disco has been in the family from new. Its now hit 13 years old and I can get 16-18 on the hwy if I'm lucky but really struggle to get under 22 around town. I have recently fitted a new vacuum advance module on mine which is the latest splurge in an effort to get the economy back to around 18L/100km around town, as this is what the old boy swears it used to do.

My advice is if you want to do any sort of touring or trips longer than a weekend get a good 300tdi, otherwise range kills you, that's if the fuel bills don't first

I've secretly reverted to driving around the missus' Grand Vitara to and from work at least 3 days a week as it uses literally half the amount of fuel mine uses