Gadimai
Member Since: 26 Oct 2011
Location: Kathmandu
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Hello friends,
Just to let u all know that my disco 4 which I bought 10 days back with 950 kms on the clock is really bad on fuel consumption, it gives me only 5 kms per litres diesel, and iam all alone driving the vehicle without towing or anyone else in the vehicle, I was just wondering if this was normal or is there any chances that I could do anything to better the fuel consumption. Cheers.
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 31st Jul 2012 4:10 pm |
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Gareth
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Member Since: 07 Dec 2004
Location: Bramhall
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What were you expecting? I think your 5l/100km's equates to about 23 miles per gallon, so if your doing short journeys, up and down hill (as I would expect you are in Katmandhu) then thats not bad.
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| 31st Jul 2012 4:14 pm |
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JonM
Member Since: 24 May 2012
Location: North Yorkshire
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Gareth wrote:What were you expecting? I think your 5l/100km's equates to about 23 miles per gallon
I get 5l/100km to equal 56.5mpg which would be amazing!
However the post says he's getting 5km/l which i recon is about 14mpg which is very poor! I'm getting about 26mpg day to day driving up and down the dales. It sounds like there's something wrong if you're only getting 5km/l. 
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| 31st Jul 2012 4:38 pm |
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Gareth
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Member Since: 07 Dec 2004
Location: Bramhall
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5 km's per litre. Yes my typo! However....
1 gallon = 4.55 litres.
5 x 4.55 = 22.75
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| 31st Jul 2012 4:54 pm |
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JonM
Member Since: 24 May 2012
Location: North Yorkshire
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5km = 3.10685 miles
1l = 0.219969 gallons
so 5km per litre = 3.10685 miles per 0.219969 gallons = 3.10685 divided by 0.219969 = 14.12mpg
There's something wrong with his car!
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| 31st Jul 2012 5:17 pm |
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DSL
Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
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5km/3.105 miles/ltr = 14.12mpg. Probably about right at altitude, wouldn't have thought nothing other than heavy urban type driving. Gadimai, what sort of driving?
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| 31st Jul 2012 5:20 pm |
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Gadimai
Member Since: 26 Oct 2011
Location: Kathmandu
Posts: 34
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DSL wrote:5km/3.105 miles/ltr = 14.12mpg. Probably about right at altitude, wouldn't have thought nothing other than heavy urban type driving. Gadimai, what sort of driving?
Hey DSL here we have a lot of stop and go traffic plus can't drive in high speed Atleast not in the city, We do have
Lots of uphill and downhill here, I don't know how much this contributes to the bad fuel economy but iam really worried and tensed, can u suggest anyways to better the fuel economy.
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| 31st Jul 2012 5:29 pm |
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DSL
Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
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Sounds about what I'd expect, not sure there's much you could do to improve it in those conditions. Fault codes might indicate if something is wrong, otherwise you could spend a fortune speculatively changing bits to see no difference.
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| 31st Jul 2012 5:44 pm |
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NJSS
Member Since: 06 May 2009
Location: Catherington, Hampshire.
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Automatic gearbox (no choice I know), altitude, stop/start driving & little or no high speed driving - I'm not really surprised.
Compare notes with other D4 users in Katmandhu, or even D3s & see what they are achieving.
Good luck.
NJSS Am I Gammon or Woke ? - I neither know nor care.
2016 Discovery 4 Landmark
2011 Mercedes Benz SL350 (R230)
1973 MG B GT V8 - 3.9L John Eales engine, 5 speed R380 gearbox, since 1975.
1959 MGA roadster - 1.9L Peter Burgess Engine - 5 speed gearbox
Past LRs - Multiple FFRs, Discos & a Series I - some petrol, some diesel,
none Electric or H2 fuel cell - yet.
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| 31st Jul 2012 6:24 pm |
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PSC
Member Since: 01 May 2006
Location: Johannesburg
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Kathmandu - Alt 4600 Feet
Johannesburg - Alt 5751 Feet
No one here complaining about their Diesel consumption (D4). My Petrol D4 uses less fuel about town.
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| 31st Jul 2012 9:07 pm |
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DSL
Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
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I thought it was higher than that. 
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| 31st Jul 2012 9:10 pm |
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mike23118
Member Since: 01 Oct 2010
Location: North Wales
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Just out of interest, how much is 1 ltr of diesel in Kathmandu ( if you answer in rupees how many of them in a £) Now Renault Trafic
D4 gone
D3 gone
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| 1st Aug 2012 11:21 am |
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NJSS
Member Since: 06 May 2009
Location: Catherington, Hampshire.
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Quite inexpensive compared to UK.
http://www.tradingeconomics.com/nepal/pump...-data.html
The increase from 0.22US$ in 1996 to 0.91US$ per litre today must hurt though!
NJSS Am I Gammon or Woke ? - I neither know nor care.
2016 Discovery 4 Landmark
2011 Mercedes Benz SL350 (R230)
1973 MG B GT V8 - 3.9L John Eales engine, 5 speed R380 gearbox, since 1975.
1959 MGA roadster - 1.9L Peter Burgess Engine - 5 speed gearbox
Past LRs - Multiple FFRs, Discos & a Series I - some petrol, some diesel,
none Electric or H2 fuel cell - yet.
There are 10 types of people in this world: Those who understand binary, and those who don’t.
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| 1st Aug 2012 12:42 pm |
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mike23118
Member Since: 01 Oct 2010
Location: North Wales
Posts: 1028
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sell the disco and get a prius . oops just been on the news the electrics off Stick with the disco 
(well next door anyway) Now Renault Trafic
D4 gone
D3 gone
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| 1st Aug 2012 5:09 pm |
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