the 2.6 is a VERY good engine aswell...it is very prone to cracking heads but you just have to treat it right. I miss my old G54B. I had that engine running just perfect when I sold it.

I overheated my pajero pretty bad in the summer and as far as I know I didn't crack the head, or if I did it isn't bad enough to burn any coolant yet(knock on wood). Mitsubishi diesel engines are very tough, and the 4D engine has been around for YEARS and YEARS.

even that old G54B 2.6 engine used to be a diesel engine, that bottom end is indestructible

I overheated mine pretty bad too long ago, was on a trip and when rad hose blew. No cracked head for AFAIK.



Very true. There are many mid 80s Gen I Diesels around here still running, and the driving conditions here are not friendly to vehicles. A friend of mine has a '86 or '87 Montero, it is not running any more but the engine is the only thins that still works <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />

The tires on my Landcruiser are almost new; it would be a waste to sell them with the truck. Plus, the Pajero I'm looking at will need new rubber soon...

larger tires on the highway give you better gas mileage...engine is revving lower. it will give worse mileage in town with all the stops and starts.

Then what the hell am I doing wrong. I drive 70km one way to work and most of that is all highway. I was getting 700km on about 83 liters of fuel but have dropped to about 560 km on 90 liters. Bigger tires (285/75 r16 vs 256/70 R15) and have had the wheel alignment done. Seems to be sucking way less in town and I now drive about 95km/hr on the speedo vs 105 with the smaller tires??? I put the bigger ones on for better economy which was going against everything I was ever tought or believed in <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />

I bought my 91 SWB at VIB Motors in rthe Vancouver area for $10.9K - loaded with tons of toys and including 4 brand new 31.5 tires -only had 66K km. and checked out as perfect by a mechanic buddy of mine. They were good to deal with and quite helpful with the paperwork for registering it in Ontario. While I guess I could have saved money by importing it myself & doing the paperwork, certification and shipping arrangements - to me the extra cost was worth it & there's no substitute for actually test driving the vehicle and not having to worry about whether what you bought will actually turn out to be what you thought you were getting.

FWIW

Have you factored in the odometer error from putting the larger tires on? You are probably reading 10 percent less kms than you are actually driving. So if your odometer reads 700 kms you actually drove 770 kms.

The 10% rule is your friend <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />
i get 100-150kms more per tank on 33's than on 30's.

Winter diesel is out now, and you will get less MPG out of that as well. I certainly did over my 2200km holiday tour of the homeland.

yea...and winter diesel this year SUCKS as opposed to any previous year. I am still getting 550km to 80L of fuel with my 33"s and my heavy @ss roof rack and a whole lot of donuts and bagging haha.

I wish I knew why your truck is getting such bad mileage, try switching conditioners...try the Redline stuff and see if that makes a difference. I know if I don't run any it makes a HUGE difference, my truck runs like a bag of $hit with nothing in the fuel