D40 Fuel Economy
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KraftyPg
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As much as constant improvement in newer models is to be expected it's still good to see Nissan (and owners of course) are able to keep bringing those figures down.
Passage GT
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haha, unless you drive a crd patrol that is!
ourd40
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I just drove up to Qld from Melb and got an average of 12.5 LHK thats cruising on 100-110 265/75 tyres
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KraftyPg
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Yeah but who'd drive one of those
Bigger tyres, speeds over 100, I think 12.5 fairly reasonable. Did you have much load on?
ourd40
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Yeah but who'd drive one of those
Bigger tyres, speeds over 100, I think 12.5 fairly reasonable. Did you have much load on?
I was thinking it was ok, have a bar, winch and about 550kgs.
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KraftyPg
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Well sssshhh don't tell people if it gets any better they might get jealous 
ourd40
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My old R50 would chew about 20LHK with 31's and no bar and no weight and worst of all no power..
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KraftyPg
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My old man had an R50 and it was never that bad, wasn't as good as I'm getting out of my STX and nowhere near as good as he's getting out of his new BT50 but it never averaged 20's.
ourd40
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Always got 400kms to tank didnt matter how i drove it and that was only hwy from Melb to Sale on the odd occasion i did drive around town id be lucky to get 350
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KraftyPg
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My old man wouldn't have brought two of them if he was getting that sort of economy, he more of a miser when it comes to using fuel than I am.
ourd40
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Lol, thats why i sold it, cheaper to sell it and buy the Nav
joe2006
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What sort of figures is he getting from the BT50?
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KraftyPg
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The bastard is getting low 8's and into the 7's everywhere except when he's driving around the farm.
joe2006
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Like the old saying about there being no substitute for cubic inches.
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Dave
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^ Except when comes to the TD42, its a gutless POS.
joe2006
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Maybe it was good when it was a new design?
Don't know much about them other than originally being a truck motor, I think??
P.S feel free to delete these because I realise this is a sticky.
Don't know much about them other than originally being a truck motor, I think??
P.S feel free to delete these because I realise this is a sticky.
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Dave
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According to some TD42 fanatics. It was used in "Bus's" aswell. Maybe like a Nissan Civilian sized bus.
They overheat, crack the Pre-combustion chamber's.
There not as awesome as people make out.
They overheat, crack the Pre-combustion chamber's.
There not as awesome as people make out.
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fuel consumption
Hi guys, thought I would put in my two bobs worth. A recent trip to Wilpena Pound and across the nullabor towing a wind up camper returned 13.6 L/100, 7.3Klm/ltr, or 20.7 MPG in the old stuff. last count mainly burbs driving with no towing I got 9.1ltr/100, 10.9 klm/ltr or 30.9 mpg. So I am pretty happy with that , by the way it is a standard manual D40 diesel. The end of this month I am towing the rig to Rockhampton so will what returns this time.
Hi guys, thought I would put in my two bobs worth. A recent trip to Wilpena Pound and across the nullabor towing a wind up camper returned 13.6 L/100, 7.3Klm/ltr, or 20.7 MPG in the old stuff. last count mainly burbs driving with no towing I got 9.1ltr/100, 10.9 klm/ltr or 30.9 mpg. So I am pretty happy with that , by the way it is a standard manual D40 diesel. The end of this month I am towing the rig to Rockhampton so will what returns this time.
