Thread: New Hilux Fuel Consumption

@stagstalker 2022 9.4l per 100km same canopy as yours. Running factory tyres at the moment. Mostly open road.
The snorkel is meant to help with fuel efficiency.

Originally Posted by bigbear

@stagstalker 2022 9.4l per 100km same canopy as yours. Running factory tyres at the moment. Mostly open road.
The snorkel is meant to help with fuel efficiency.

Manual or Auto ?

Auto

You have to compare horses really
Upgrade to 150 kw comes at a price.
My 2021 hilux has pretty much all mods.
Driving normally withoit towing just under 10 l per 100 km
Towing the side by side 13 l per 100
It uses approx 2 more litres per hundred than my 2018 model

Originally Posted by Hornady ELDX

You have to compare horses really
Upgrade to 150 kw comes at a price.
My 2021 hilux has pretty much all mods.
Driving normally withoit towing just under 10 l per 100 km
Towing the side by side 13 l per 100
It uses approx 2 more litres per hundred than my 2018 model

The marketing tells you the latest engine upgrade makes it 10% more efficient on fuel

Originally Posted by stagstalker

The marketing tells you the latest engine upgrade makes it 10% more efficient on fuel

On a factory vehicle with correct tyre pressures, as an average of all highway conditions.

Increase weight, rolling resistance and decrease aero and the $$$$$$ will fly out of your pocket.

@Echo Auto

Interesting thing with the 2013 ranger I have - currently running 8.5L/100Km reported on the display, and it's reasonably close to what I work out on the receipts. That's .4 higher than factory and it's on aftermarket suspension with about a 2" up at the back and 1 and a bit at the front.

Ford replaced the rear springs without touching the front which resulted in a 3" lift at the back and 1" drop at the front - made the thing a widowmaker fu*ken dangerous. I stopped driving it until I fixed it it was that bad, totally fluffed the front end alignment and it was completely uncontrollable. But, interesting finding with that much of a wedge driving down the road - fuel consumption dropped by about 1.4L/100Km, I was getting 6.9L/100Km. So possibly the aerodynamic effects of how we set the ute up on aftermarket suspension has more of an effect that we would think. The snorkel does more for drag and increasong fuel consumption than anything else I suspect, especially the ones without a scoop on them and face the rear...

Are all the figures you guys quoting measured miles by the odometer and liters put in at the pump, recorded and tabulated, or are they quoted from the reading on the dash?

I wouldn't be trusting the dash readouts. I have found them to be highly inaccurate.

My 2015 4.0L V6 petrol hilux with canopy, roof rack, 270deg awning, running oversize 286 70 R17 Hankook mud tires, all in including town/highway/towing gets me 13.25L/100km on 95/98 recorded at the pump. In standard form, I was getting 11.56L/100km on 91.

My 3.5L V6 Surf (standard on AT tyres) used to go 12.36L/100km on 91, and 11.7L/100km on 95

The forward facing snorkel are designed to force clean air in.
Also a snorkel is meant to increase fuel efficiency.

Originally Posted by bigbear

The forward facing snorkel are designed to force clean air in.
Also a snorkel is meant to increase fuel efficiency.

A snorkel is designed to keep water out of your engine when you are wading in deep water. As a bonus, in dusty conditions at reasonable speed, they will reduce the dust intake. They are restrictive to air flow and if added to a stock engine with no other mods to counter their restrictive nature, will pull back horsepower and reduce economy.

Originally Posted by hotbarrels

A snorkel is designed to keep water out of your engine when you are wading in deep water. As a bonus, in dusty conditions at reasonable speed, they will reduce the dust intake. They are restrictive to air flow and if added to a stock engine with no other mods to counter their restrictive nature, will pull back horsepower and reduce economy.

Tell me more please.?
I had a snorkel fitted when I bought mine, before I drove it away, mine was more for dusty roads than water, but...
What other mods should I be considering.?

Originally Posted by jakewire

Tell me more please.?
I had a snorkel fitted when I bought mine, before I drove it away, mine was more for dusty roads than water, but...
What other mods should I be considering.?

What i don't get is some snorkel brands advertise more fuel efficiency by adding a snorkel

Originally Posted by jakewire

Tell me more please.?
I had a snorkel fitted when I bought mine, before I drove it away, mine was more for dusty roads than water, but...
What other mods should I be considering.?

Check out newhilux.net
It's an Aust based forum. Plenty of info there to consider.

Hey bro, mines 2018, manual transmission. Hasn’t got the bullbar etc I’m running some 17” alloys and AT tyres with upgraded suspension.
I commute 30 mins each way for work, half 100kmh half 50kmh zones. Any away trips are mostly open road stuff.
Currently sitting on 10 L flat. Used to be 10.5 L with the old steelie rims.