CHUTCH wrote:With mine I just filled the whole tank and then pretty much drove it to empty, got around 1250km. I had 10L left over! I just monitor the km’s now
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CHUTCH wrote:With mine I just filled the whole tank and then pretty much drove it to empty, got around 1250km. I had 10L left over! I just monitor the km’s now
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Markdavo wrote:CHUTCH wrote:With mine I just filled the whole tank and then pretty much drove it to empty, got around 1250km. I had 10L left over! I just monitor the km’s now
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What size tank do you have?
Cheers, Mark
Bushwalker8 wrote:It's not just the remaining fuel you may want to consider. The tank shapes are naturally different and particularly the extra protrusions on the frontier, so the relative volumes vary disproportionally across fuel heights. The gauge increments F, 3/4, 1/2, 1/4 etc are calibrated to the standard tank and vary quite a bit with the frontier and are non-linear on the way down. And so are the other derived parameters displayed such as distance to empty etc.
Over the last 18 months of creative filling, the remaining litres for my gauge increments for the frontier come out consistently thus:
Neck - 146
F ----- 103
3/4 ---- 91
1/2 ---- 66
1/4 ---- 40
Light -- 28
E ------- 22
I've kept these stuck on the visor to assist decision making.
I recently picked up a scan gauge 2 and it can be calibrated to any size tank and fuel flow and should calculate distance to empty more accurately independent of the gauge sender but haven't had it long enough to validate this.
Very happy with the frontier though.
John
Bushwalker8 wrote:It's an auto and I can get up to 1,400km with just the vehicle & travelling easy. But mostly it's fully laden and towing a Jayco Eagle with plenty of back roads and bush tracks thrown in so typically we are seeing something like around 1,000 -1,200km mixed use. Worst I can recall was something like 850km in mostly steep terrain.
Fuel consumption starts rising considerably over 80 to 90 km/h, but carefully torqueing along bush tracks at low revs remains very frugal.
Cheers,
John
Thanks John, I guess anything is possible. My wife has finally shown an interest in the Hilux and we're off down south for the weekend. Her comments will be interesting particularly the difference in ride vs her Honda HRV.Bushwalker8 wrote:Interesting variation, quite likely an 8l offset between our gauge/sender calibrations as the tank and filler neck are more likely to be consistent volumes (or the pump was badly out and you got ripped off!)
Cheers
Bushwalker8 wrote:It's not just the remaining fuel you may want to consider. The tank shapes are naturally different and particularly the extra protrusions on the frontier, so the relative volumes vary disproportionally across fuel heights. The gauge increments F, 3/4, 1/2, 1/4 etc are calibrated to the standard tank and vary quite a bit with the frontier and are non-linear on the way down. And so are the other derived parameters displayed such as distance to empty etc.
Over the last 18 months of creative filling, the remaining litres for my gauge increments for the frontier come out consistently thus:
Neck - 146 (totally maxed)
F ----- 103
3/4 ---- 91
1/2 ---- 66
1/4 ---- 40
Light -- 28
E ------- 22
I've kept these stuck on the visor to assist decision making.
I recently picked up a scan gauge 2 and it can be calibrated to any size tank and fuel flow and should calculate distance to empty more accurately independent of the gauge sender but haven't had it long enough to validate this.
Very happy with the frontier though.
John
Bushwalker8 wrote:All good. It took a few fills before the calibration settled in, more than the single calibration fill they recomend, but once it is set the distance to empty is very accurate. There is minor one time process explained in the manual to get the distance to empty to show up on the "guage" screen, and you need to fill to the same full point each time but otherwise works great. Also shows 3 other guages of your choice. Overall a great solution, very happy with mine and it compliments the tank well.
Bushwalker8 wrote:All good. It took a few fills before the calibration settled in, more than the single calibration fill they recomend, but once it is set the distance to empty is very accurate. There is minor one time process explained in the manual to get the distance to empty to show up on the "guage" screen, and you need to fill to the same full point each time but otherwise works great. Also shows 3 other guages of your choice. Overall a great solution, very happy with mine and it compliments the tank well.
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