Interesting Article on Petrol vs Diesel Prado

[DarkHorse Member Find all posts View Profile Close DarkHorse]

Here is a link from another 4WD online magazine. Very interesting article. Got some good figures..................

Regards,


Rob



http://www.overlander.com.au/vehicle_te ... or-Thought

[Pedro Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Pedro]

Thanks for that Dark Horse.

Did you happen to find the table of costs for services mentioned in last page?

Pedro

[Salesgirl Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Salesgirl]

Petrol

That petrol usage seems quite high, is that what most of you guys are getting? 14L per 100km....our info is that its closer to 13L per 100km

[xvprado Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close xvprado]

Re: Petrol

That petrol usage seems quite high, is that what most of you guys are getting? 14L per 100km....our info is that its closer to 13L per 100km

I think it is pretty accurate on a stock vehicle being driven "sensibly"

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I constantly get into the 12's with mine and 13's in the city, So I feel its a bit high.

[Mike Member Find all posts View Profile Close Mike]

Mine gets similar figures to those of Team Piggy. Goes higher when offroad.

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Even towing a WRX rally car & spares and trailer on a 1000km return trip I was getting low 14's...

[Matt Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Matt]

on my very short commute to work which i average around 22km/h i get around 18L/100..(about a 3-5 minute drive)

i just did a trip to the coast, and on the 45km drive in a 100 zone, i averaged 12L/100kms.. and that was a spritely drive.. :twisted:

on my last trip to gladstone (140kms) i averaged 11.2L/100kms.. and that was with passing trucks, and sitting at just under 110Km/h.

at the time i got the prado, the old 3.0 didnt appeal to me, i was coming from a 2.4L 4cyl 4runner, and i wanted something with more power.

i would probably go with the diesel if i was buying now. But i am still VERY happy with my prado, and since i dont pay for fuel anyway, give me that V6 Power!! 8)

[SSbaby Member Find all posts View Profile Close SSbaby]

One other factor that the article missed was the V6 needs a timing belt replacement at around 100,000km whereas the D4D doesn't incur this cost during servicing.

What's the cost of the service incl timing belt replacement? If the wife's '95 Corolla is any guide, the service cost was north of $1,000 (they also replaced the water pump, which they claim was faulty, ha ha how convenient !!! :roll: ) so I'd expect the cost to be greater for the V6.

[mav Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close mav]

One other factor that the article missed was the V6 needs a timing belt replacement at around 100,000km whereas the D4D doesn't incur this cost during servicing.

What's the cost of the service incl timing belt replacement? If the wife's '95 Corolla is any guide, the service cost was north of $1,000 (they also replaced the water pump, which they claim was faulty, ha ha how convenient !!! :roll: ) so I'd expect the cost to be greater for the V6.

It probably was faulty, I had to have my water pump replaced on my Corolla as well. It was an 89 model and it lasted about 7 years before needing replacing the damn thing just seized up.

[speedcomm Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close speedcomm]

It would be interesting to see if they factered the timing belt into the service cost.

Im with you Matt the old 3L was the only one about when I bought mine, I wasnt overly struck on the old 3L motor so went with the 4L, the old 3L in auto form was a bit lacking at highway speeds, wheres the 4L just goes when booted hard.

[DaveNQ1 Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close DaveNQ1]

Gday Gents.
I may be wrong and will stand corrected if i am, but i was under the impression the 4.0 V6 does not have a timing belt to be replaced. I think it may be a chain.

Cheers
Dave

[Fazza Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Fazza]

Sorry SS baby,
Other way round,as DaveNQ1 said the petrol no timing belt replacement but the Diesel every 150,000 km.
Or our service books are wrong?

Fazza,
07 GXL D4D Auto (with timing belt) bugger.

[Hutch Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close Hutch]

Gday Gents.
I may be wrong and will stand corrected if i am, but i was under the impression the 4.0 V6 does not have a timing belt to be replaced. I think it may be a chain.

Cheers
Dave

You are spot on Dave, this article talks about the timing belts.
http://www.lonards-automotives.com.au/prado.html

Fuel consumption wise i am getting 16's around Brisbane which i thought was great compared to the Jeep at 19's.

[SSbaby Member Find all posts View Profile Close SSbaby]

Sorry guys. ops:

I'm glad you corrected me. I thought all Toyota petrol engines were interference engines. Glad to know the 4L V6 has the chain. :wink:

Therefore, the D4D wouldn't really be more economical to run compared to the V6 when the price premium of the diesel option and maintenance costs are factored in over, say, the life of the vehicle.

Cheers