Smell could be lots of things, there will be a leak somewhere no doubt, or maybe one of your vent linesetc. The consumption is normal.

 

20-30l/100 is about normal for a petrol gq. your fuel smell could be anything but i say. pull the injectors out and give em a service as they probably have been serviced. and see how that goes.

 

21L/100Ks ,your in the range of the average fuel usage

Fuel smell, look for tell tale signs, like wet fuel lines

 

There's a chance that it could be the o-ring on the fuel sender unit. I replaced the sender but not the o-ring a couple of months ago and noticed a terrible fuel smell all the time. After getting around to buying and changing the o-ring the fuel smell disappeared straight away. It's a cheap and easy job if that's all it is.

 

Mine has leaked from the fuel line that goes between the filter and the injector rail. It gets quite hot there so you don't really see it leaking that much especially once warmed up. I found the leak one morning when it was cold. Just had the bonnet up and turned the key to hear the pump prime before starting and could see the leak.
20/100 is good. I have got mine down to 17/100 on a trip.

 

Thanks for the feedback. Gives me a few things to check. Will let u know how I go.

Cheers.

 

I had the fuel filler and breather line go hard and perish off the tank , replaced them and all is good
Petrol fuel usage i have not monitoered as i mostly use petrol when 4wding but consumption is high when 4wding

 

I've got a carby TB42 on straight petrol and get 20 - 22/100km around town and 17 - 20/100 on the highway. She's pretty heavy than most and running 32's.

 

same...except



I get the same too except Trol is now on 33's AT's and with roof bars, 2" lift and EFI
used to get 16's when it was stock.

 

not bad figures there FNQMav, sounds about the same as mine, TB42s in a Shorty Mav

 

Maybe the title should be changed to TB42E Fuel Guzzling...

I can't see anything in this thread that would justify the use of the word economy!

By the way, i get approx 10.5-11l/100km out of the TD42 highway, maybe a bit more (12l/100km) in town...

 

oh and on gas she averages 23l/100

stic,
yeh it is abit of an oxymoron but cost wise when I run on it gas it's equivalent to diesel
I've done the maths and I'm at peace with the trol's high fuel consumption.

 

i used to get about 17l/100km in the old GQ tb42e,

as for the fuel, have you had it tuned? cause i used to be able to smell fuel while i was driving and it turned out that i was running super rich!

got it tuned and serviced.... smell of fuel gone...

 

got a tb42e gq lwb with 2" and 33"s. best ive had was 13.8l per 100 between werribee and sale over cup weekend while fully loaded with camping gear. avg around town is about 20l per hundred and towing 2ton its about 27l per hundred around town