Could also be an altitude issue with you Roel LRs are a fond memory, apart from the maintenance.
5th Feb 2009 2:13 pm
Roel
Member Since: 16 Aug 2008
Location: home
Posts: 1215
I don't think that the fact that I live 4m below sealevel is the answer as I have the same problems in Austria were I am working now. I found that Germany must have the worst mpg eaters as it is even lower there.Roel
1997 Camel Trophy Disco ex-P101JWK (traded it for a Britains 42101)
1984 90 TD5
2005 G4 Disco 3 BN55WPT
Also member of club MTR
and Club Faultmate
Interested in my 4x4 history see my website: www.mudmachine.webklik.nl
Sorry it's in Dutch and with google translator it gets funny.
Must be the EGR's then LRs are a fond memory, apart from the maintenance.
5th Feb 2009 2:50 pm
tanters
Member Since: 24 Oct 2007
Location: Oireland
Posts: 4284
Update!
2 weeks now since I fitted the RAI and mpg up to 20.1
So Discowex kindly offered to swap the top of the unit with me for a period to see if any improvement....mini experiment so to speak. He'd fit mine and see if reduction of mpg in his motor etc
we swapped the tops and I reset before heading home......now reading 24/25mpg consistently for yesterday and today. see how it goes for the rest of the week end I'll report back.
One big difference is the noise now of the unit with the slots, maybe thats why they changed the design on the new ones?A happy childhood ... is the worst possible preparation for life.
8th Feb 2009 2:23 pm
simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
Posts: 18296
I like the noise of the slotted one... my D3 breathes now
8th Feb 2009 4:40 pm
Bushwanderer
Member Since: 27 Nov 2007
Location: Northern Rivers, NSW, Australia
Posts: 2050
Hmmm! Not noticed the noise with my (slotted) RAI. Then again, it has been fitted since new (and I normally drive with the windows closed to keep the heat out). The Bearded Dragon
9th Feb 2009 4:51 am
ronp
Member Since: 29 Nov 2006
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 15214
Bushwanderer wrote:
(and I normally drive with the windows closed to keep the heat out).
You don't live near Victoria by any chance
I shouldn't kid on ... very bad news down there!I was a normal heterosexual chap, but in these new woke awakenings I now identify as a Wardrobe.
9th Feb 2009 10:11 am
Bushwanderer
Member Since: 27 Nov 2007
Location: Northern Rivers, NSW, Australia
Posts: 2050
No, thank goodness - for all sorts of reasons!
Now doesn't seem the time to be a Victorian, poor . The Bearded Dragon
10th Feb 2009 2:06 am
SKP
Member Since: 07 Feb 2007
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 219
Fires still going
The authorities are warning to expect a body count of 300 (now 170)
10th Feb 2009 4:15 am
Wex
Member Since: 16 Apr 2007
Location: Knackeragua
Posts: 5173
Stephen , posting this on the fly 150 klm journey returning 25 mpg.You know my style of driving , N11 into Dublin , M50 and some short trips , engine ticking over etc , .Normally returns 25-27 in these conditions.Rack w/lights , Nudge , winch , MTR's etc etc all on.I expect without all this it would be approx 28-29.
10th Feb 2009 1:33 pm
mac.marty
Member Since: 30 Jan 2009
Location: Wiesbaden
Posts: 68
1. Mine attached by LR 3/2008 has holes....
2. to compare Liter/100km to mpg => please confirm you are talking about gallon (US) approx. 3,7 liter since there is also a gallon (imperial/british) in my conversion tool which is 4.5 liter....
in regard to gallon(US) I get 32 mpg including german motorways. This is without speed limit and MT tyres and RAI on the car.
Martin
10th Feb 2009 9:26 pm
discocuzzy
Member Since: 02 Feb 2008
Location: surrey
Posts: 2752
Discowex wrote:
Stephen , posting this on the fly 150 klm journey returning 25 mpg.You know my style of driving , N11 into Dublin , M50 and some short trips , engine ticking over etc , .Normally returns 25-27 in these conditions.Rack w/lights , Nudge , winch , MTR's etc etc all on.I expect without all this it would be approx 28-29.
Since Glynne stole my fronrunner rack off me i thought my mpg would rise significantly from 21.4mpg, with mtrs and RAI, winch etc..however after after 500 miles she is returning.....
22.6 mind you im now enjoying my torque tune again and hooning along at 90 "you cannot teach stupid people to do clever things"
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10th Feb 2009 9:48 pm
Chicken Duck
Member Since: 11 Nov 2009
Location: Italy
Posts: 1387
Sorry for digging up an old thread. All you guys with slots in your raised air intakes have you also got the grill bit at the back as well? And tanters did you cut slots in yours in the end then?
2nd May 2010 4:59 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 72799
Yep, slots in the front & grill at the back. That's from memory, car is few yds away, will wander out & check.
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2nd May 2010 5:03 pm
Chicken Duck
Member Since: 11 Nov 2009
Location: Italy
Posts: 1387
Thanks derick If Tanters cut slits in his i think i may be getting the old Hack saw out
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mind you im now enjoying my torque tune again and hooning along at 90 
If Tanters cut slits in his i think i may be getting the old Hack saw out 
