Jeep Diesel MPG

[Jem0911]

alexmckie said:

I wish I had kept my '02 Overland 2.7CRD Mpg was around 27-28 avg

But I bloody upgraded to a '57 Overland 3.0CRD Mpg is now around 22-23 avg Crap!! Towing at 60 with a horse took it down to 16mpg WTF!!

Really disappointed and will be selling now... Wifey suggested a Defender and I cannot argue with that....

Shopping time!!

Goodness severe difference in comfort levels
What about the Disco like for like on the comfort stakes.

[Rum Runner]

I looked into buying a GC recently, The later 5.7 hemi is better than the 4.7 on fuel , the engine runs on 4 pots around town. I have a Disco on LPG and its great. The later multipoint systems are very different from the old single point. Our local LPG specialist said the 4.7HO and 5.7 actually runs better on gas than petrol and returns actually better real economy never mind the price difference !. Oh and they service and fit many systems.
The 2.7 is nightmare to work on engine out for injector removal or cut hole in bulkhead.
I had a 2.8 Wrangler and that was great on fuel for a brick it would do 28 -30 town and late 35+ on the mway. Manual 6 speed. Really wish I had kept that, they now only do the top spec in auto.

[pcn1]

Rum Runner said:

The 2.7 is nightmare to work on engine out for injector removal or cut hole in bulkhead.

Ive read the 5th Injector can be got at by lowering the engine, not removing it ?
How often is that job likely to be done in the life time of the Vehicle, or your ownership time, maybe once ?

[psychoR1]

There's a couple of specialists that come to you and drop the engine and subframe to change the injector. I don't think it's cheap tho!

[Tophatron]

Best we've seen out of our 04 GC 2.7 Overland is 30mpg on a cruise. Around town and a little extra urban driving sees about 22ish. Towing it's about the same. This is from calculated figures, not the computer (which tends to lie a lot in my experience).

It's not amazing but not bad for what it is I guess. It's significantly better than my Dad's old 3.2 DiD Shogun Auto, which used to get around 18 around town.

A friend's dad has a 03 GC V8 HO - that's about 14 or so...