Freelander - Fuel economy

saker75

Hi all,

I have a 2005 Freelander TD4 auto. It hasn't been serviced for 12k miles (I have only recently owned the car). At the moment fuel economy is pretty dire. I do circa 380 miles per week and that's about one and half tanks of diesel. Most of that is motorway.

Do you think fuel economy will improve much after servicing? Or does this sound relatively ok?

I will wait and see what happens after servicing but my gut feeling is that I'll need to sell and move it on. I really like it though.

I guess this is a "how long is a piece of string" question but hopefully some insight will come.

Norman_Castle

A 4x4 isn't the best choice for economical motorway driving. Servicing may help. Check the tyre pressures.

Jackmydad

What's a tank and a half? About 20 gallons?
Which would be about 19 mpg, which is only just better than my old Petrol Series 2A Landy. . .
What's it supposed to be doing? How are you driving it, and what are you using it for?

loskie

a couple of things: are the tyres off road biased or brakes binding on, I get 29mpg in my petrol Forester no matter how I drive it. You need to calculate the mpg what you have described means very little.

I would have thought 30 should be doable. Are they long runs? Or short where the engine never warms up?
Or it could be something as basic as your driving style needing adjusted. For motorway speeds it will drink a lot, a poor choice if you are "doing mostly motorway miles".

gilbert_and_sullivan

If you don't hurry up and service it, turbo or timing chain or transmission failure will make extra fuel costs pale by comparison.

All depends how you drive, if you're running along at about 65 the car will be quite economical, increase that to 80 and drag will increase dramatically.

Tyre type and pressures, dragging brakes, manky air filter, roof rack, all sorts of things contribute to poor economy but the biggest influence is the person behind the wheel.

BeenThroughItAll

My sister's old TD4 manual of the same age gave 37-40mpg regularly.

saker75

Thanks all. I appreciate it was a broad question.

It's booked in at an independent landrover mechanic next week.

My commute is motorway but very slow or stop start. Get up to 70 occasionally. Otherwise I'm on twisty country roads and single lane tracks.

I'm aware that there are issues with the car so will see how things progress.

Ideally I'd like several cars to chose from each morning to suit my day! Ach well.

ali-t

What mpg does it display that you get? I have a freelander 2 and get 28mpg that goes up to 29mpg on motorways and long journeys.

nickcc

My previous Freelander 55 reg auto managed 35 on motorways and 30 around town. Tried the EGR bypass and Synergy, experienced considerable power increase but mpg remained poor. To be honest I wished I'd kept the Freelander rather than the RAV 4 I've now got as the best I can get is 20 mpg around town and 28 on motorways.

jbainbridge

A good start would be to work out the actual mpg.

http://http://www.simplemotoring.co.uk/calculate-mpg/

nickcc

31/32 mpg seems about right on a run.