Pajero Owners Club of South Africa

17kms/l = 5.88l/100km

something isn't right there. No ways can a 3.5 petrol V6 give that figures in a 2ton plus car.

Is probably a typo, was probably meant to be 17l/100km which sounds more like it - they are usually between 13l and 17l per 100km from my expereince on the 3.5 Petrol, unless you doing the rough stuff then it can go to 20l+ per 100km

Ops!...
Very very sorry! I will correct that.
I wrote having in mind consumption per 100Km.

My consumption on the dash board is 6.6 - 6.8 / L (never reached 7!!) per liter on the highway and 5.8 - 6.2 / L in the city.

Very high..
Stan

This thread is a classic example of

• "fix it before you even know what is wrong"

or

• "repair comes before diagnosis"

Although I have lots of sympathy with the OP, we can all learn from this experience.

Don't start fixing before you are 100% sure of the problem.
Workshops are way to willing to try all options of replacement at the owner's cost.

For this reason, I always advise to be specific when giving a workshop instructions.
In this case the owner (incorrectly) diagnosed his vehicle as suffering from some or other "overheating" problem.
I'm still not sure whether it did overheat or not, or whether the gauge is/was broken.
The correct diagnosis would have been: "The gauge fluctuates".
If it was due to overheating, fair enough.

The moment the owner does the diagnosis, he exonerates the workshop of finding the cause of the problem, and is liable for all costs.

On the other hand (Dêrren), if the workshop makes an incorrect diagnosis, the owner could and should refuse to pay the cost.