eurokiwitransit wrote:What fuel economy do you get on the open road?
My van is a 2011 2.4tdci 140hp. It’s been remapped and also has bigger 244/75/16 AT tyres on it. I’m driving from Austria to africa at the moment and my first tank disappeared in 430 miles. At times I was driving at around 70mph on long straight roads.
Is this out of the ordinary? Am I driving too fast?
She also has a turbo issue at the moment with black smoke, turbo failing and suspected overfueling.
Retired John wrote:Gee these are figures I dream of our 2003 2.4 TDDI gives 12-14L per 100km or 20-23mpg and then it is nothing over 100kmh / 60mph in perfect conditions and a tail wind we have gotten down as low as 10L per 100km but thats rare
knobby1 wrote:Retired John wrote:Gee these are figures I dream of our 2003 2.4 TDDI gives 12-14L per 100km or 20-23mpg and then it is nothing over 100kmh / 60mph in perfect conditions and a tail wind we have gotten down as low as 10L per 100km but thats rare
Yeah...but you're carrying 17 tons and have the aerodynamics of a block of council flats...
Lord Knobrot
madmart132 wrote:Where are you going in Africa ? Much south of Morocco you have no chance of fixing it if it goes wrong !!
Even in Morocco you might have to wait weeks or even months for parts to turn up and then somebody with the software to be able to get everything working .They simply don't have the training to work on modern diesels .
Most transit vans in sub Saharan Africa are petrols or banana engined (I sell my old vans all petrols to a guy who sends them to Nigeria )
If you know you have problems come back to UK and sell it and buy a mk5 , you will at least be able to fix it .
Your fuel economy is about right as well its a 4x4 with off road tyres what fuel economy did you expect ?
Jim Archer wrote:140 Jumbo, re-map, 215/75s.
On a high speed raid to Romania and back it managed just about 500miles per tank at 85-90, 2 up, with 5 x 100Kg dirtbikes and a weeks worth of clothes, riding gear each, tools and oils in the back.
Back and forth across town to work etc it does about 450ish.
Jim
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