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22-06-2015
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CrawlerStar
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Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Sydney
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Problem with gas is where to put the tank. I need the rear luggage space.
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22-06-2015
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CrawlerStar
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Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Sydney
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Hmm seems mileage for the V8 is 20-25lt/100kms city and 14-15lt/100kms highway.
Based on my current running costs, that's probably an extra $500 to $750 per year.
Hmmm...
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22-06-2015
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Senior Newbie
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Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Sydney
Posts: 76 What Jeep do I drive?: WK2
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The 2014 overland v8 gets 13.2 around town driving normally
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22-06-2015
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Rock Munki
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Castle Hill, NSW
Posts: 2,136 What Jeep do I drive?: WG
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Shane001
Hmm seems mileage for the V8 is 20-25lt/100kms city and 14-15lt/100kms highway.
Based on my current running costs, that's probably an extra $500 to $750 per year.
Hmmm...
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A new high pressure pump on a CRD is at least $700, new injectors are at least $500. Troubleshooting a CRD is a PITA on occasion, hard to put a price on this if you do your work yourself.
My point is replacement parts if you need them (you probably will) will buy a shed load of petrol.
Buy a CRD with your eyes open, when they have problems they are not for the faint of heart.
HTH,
Jason
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23-06-2015
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I just registered
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Join Date: Apr 2015
Posts: 8 What Jeep do I drive?: WG
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I own a WJ/WG GC with the 2.7 CRD Merc engine and transmission and tow a 17ft single axle caravan. Average fuel use is around 12 litres/100kms in hilly country.
Caravan weighs around 1900 k's and the Jeep tows it with ease.
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23-06-2015
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No Winching
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 3,145 What Jeep do I drive?: WJ
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bodgie
new injectors are at least $500.
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And that is $500 each, DIY fitment.
So the fuel use for the V8 is $500 a year dearer. Lets put that into perspective given a good CRD can easily cost a minimum of $5k more than a V8. So that's about 10 years payback on fuel costs alone. Throw in the servicing issue and things get even more cloudy.
Mind you I love diesels and loved my CRD WG. Haven't owned a petrol vehicle at all for several years now with the last 4 purchases being diesel. However I've long been of the opinion of Jason, I will never again purchase an aged CRD and definitely not one without factory warranty. We have a Mitsubishi Challenger now 2 yo that we purchased new with a 5/10 year drivetrain warranty and I will not own it past the 5 year standard warranty. The only old diesel I will hopefully own forever and consider a long term keeper is my old 4.2 TD Patrol dinosaur. A modern CRD is not a long term keeper.
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23-06-2015
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MonsterMoose
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: QLD
Age: 70
Posts: 8,764 What Jeep do I drive?: WK2
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While my old CRD was a good unit, I actually feel a weight off my shoulders now that I have parked it at the dealers and drove my Colorado home, I have had a feeling that something was going to happen, 260,000km without a major ???
And this new vehicle I can read the Tranny temp on the dash and that really makes me happy and no special bloody price inflated oils, I'm really starting to like this truck and I've only had it hours.
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