Idling fuel consumption

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G'day, I have a diesel 150 series which I use to charge the batteries of my camper trailer whilst holidaying. To top up the charge I would need to run the prado on idle for around an hour or two.. Any one have an estimate on how much fuel this would use ?

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Re: Idling fuel consumption

bugger all

[Matty80 Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close Matty80]

Re: Idling fuel consumption

I'm with samo on this one - bugger all...

The holden V8 i was driving around last time i was home listed the instantaneous fuel usage at 2 litres per hour while at idle.
So i would hazard a guess that the prado would be less than that?

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Re: Idling fuel consumption

This does not answer the fuel consumption question,but instead of idling the Prado for an hour or two,would you not be better of investing in a solar panel?,the continual idling will definitely not do wonders for your 60000 plus dollar investment,diesels will glaze if left idling for long periods of time just offering some useful advice

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Idling fuel consumption

Thanks for the replies. Less than 2litres is good &should do the trick... I have a 80w solar panel which I was going to mount ontop of the camper trailer roof but leaving in 2days & no room to carry ( don't want a gennie either). The prado usually pumps 20amps per hour into the batteries if the charge is low ...