Thread: New Hilux Fuel Consumption

After 9 months of waiting we finally got our new hilux a week and a half ago. Really loving everything about the vehicle so far except one thing, at 1000km on the clock she is drinking 13L per 100km with no load and doing mostly open driving with some short town transits. Automatic transmission.

As seen in the photo it has a bit of extra weight: Bullbar, winch, snorkel, under vehicle protection, steel side steps, canopy, old man emu suspension upgrade/lift, maxxis razr AT811 265x70r17 tyres (40 PSI front, 38 PSI rear), etc.

Based on the mods above I knew it would drink more then normal but when the specs say 7L highway, 9.4L city and a combined average of 7.9L, I thought it was reasonable to expect something along the lines of 11L per 100 for my setup. I get those figures are almost always ambitious but my Holden ran at 9.5L with M/T tyres in the same size and a canopy and snorkel on it..

So there lies my question to any other newer model hilux users, how is your consumption and did it improve much as it ticked up some km and broke in?

Get the Toyota guys to check injectors at first service sounds like it's running like my old one. Easy fix with Toyota techs.

we did 400kms and used 40 liters today..near enough to it anyway....and thats in the old nissan terrano with mudgrip tyres.... down to central otago and back...your post makes me feel a bit better about it. thankyou.

Mines done 80k , does 9l per 100 on open road at best. Usually around 12l per 100 in town

With that gear on that’s pretty normal. Might get a bit better. At least 6 of my mates are running 2016+ hiluxs on farms down here and they all comment on the fuel consumption. My 200 series uses not much more than a new ute, and people always comment on how much I must like buying fuel


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Lot of xrta weight there,winch and bull bars.My old patrol with what you got on there,weighs 3 ton.Get around 13/14 litrs/100k if im nice to it.One day i travelled from TeAnu to Chch on a full tank.Used 92litres=630ks.Tank holds 95litres.
My son n law picked up his new hilux few weeks ago,he s a diesel machanic so it will be interesting how his hilux goes on fuel.He just built a new deck on it with large tool boxs bolted on for his work.Took it for its first long trip last week.Demisters on wing mirrows wouldnt work on its first icey trip.Truck only done about 600ks now.Very nice truck tho,but it wont stay clean long being a roveing diesel mechanic in muddy old Southland.

My son n law just got back to me after reading your report SS.He gets around 12/100.So yr truck and his about the same.Interesting.

I’m not surprised at your numbers.

It’s in line with what I’ve seen with this model Hilux with all the fruit.

There’s a lot to be said for driving style when it comes to heavy utes. I have a Scangauge II on my Hilux and I have one of the variables set to LOD, which is engine load. It is really interesting to watch how that varies with slight changes of right foot pressure at certain speeds in certain gears. You learn to lift and coast relatively easily and it makes a big difference to fuel consumption.

The other thing to consider is have you change the tyre overall diameter? Is it a taller tyre?

I don’t really trust the on-board computer for fuel consumption and have found that the calibrated Scangauge is spot on, And always lower than what it says on the cars computer.

My brother just bought a 2021hilux xtracab 4x4 with 10k on the clock.
On his way back he was getting 10.3 after a couple of hundy k and getting home.
He rang me the next day, do you want to hear a funny story?
Yep I said.
Turns out he was used to his old hilux gearbox and driven all the way back in 5th as didn't realize the fucker is a 6 speed!
True story.
Very nice rig though.

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Nice setup, pretty much identical to my 2020 except my tyres are 265/65/17. I’ve just done 37000k’s and average 10-10.1L/100k. I slowly added my bits and it hasn’t changed the L/100k


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I’m getting around 10L/100km and that’s a bit of round town and towing included
It’s a manual so maybe better economy
Have got it down to 9.2L/100km on a trip driving carefully

Might have to do the math again there 7mm, that looks to me to be 11-12L/100km. Your calc may have put the wrong figure over the top of the other wrong figure

I think Trout, myself et al running 30 year old pushrod turbo diesel 4x4s getting 10L/100km are having to wipe the smiles off our faces about now

Originally Posted by andyanimal31

My brother just bought a 2021hilux xtracab 4x4 with 10k on the clock.
On his way back he was getting 10.3 after a couple of hundy k and getting home.
He rang me the next day, do you want to hear a funny story?
Yep I said.
Turns out he was used to his old hilux gearbox and driven all the way back in 5th as didn't realize the fucker is a 6 speed!
True story.
Very nice rig though.

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My old Navara was a 6 speed (new one is auto) and I must have driven thousands and thousands of Kilometers in that thing in 5th gear lol

2020 Ranger xt. Full bull bar and nothing else, 10.5L/100 town and country. But my kids say Im a bit of a Nanna driver.