Thread: New Defender 90

Landieman58,

If I'm not mistaken, Pat referred to tanks in a 110...

There just recently been a thread on fuel capacity on a 90 and the long and short of it is that there are very few options.

The first and best options are KarlB's setup with the 2 Dolium tanks. This would basically be a 35 litre tank behind the passenger seatbox and a 45 litre tank under the driver seat box (similar to a 300Tdi tank). These both needs their own fillers cut into the side of the body and the fuel is transferred by electric pump to the main tank where it's used from.

This is not a cheap option and the quote you mentioned is most probably the 45 litre one under the driver seat. The 35 litre one is seldom kept in stock and it might have to be ordered from South Africa.

The second option is a smaller 30 litre tank in the right rear wheel arch, also covered in a previous thread. This one sits in line with the fuel filler and requires modification to the main tank (something LRA is not very keen on).

I suppose you can fit all three if you really want to, but $4000 goes a long way on other mods. Just remember it’s illegal to carry fuel inside the passenger compartment, which excludes all the UTE style PVC tanks...

The cheapest and least intrusive option is to carry Jerry cans. I personally carry 4 of them in 2 double racks and I have a piece of hose that I transfer fuel from the roof rack to the tank (old suck and spit method). This is all quite a bit off effort though and definitely not for everyone.

I travel Karratha/Perth/Karratha every now and then, and I use this setup to reduce my fuel stops to 2 and avoid the insane fuel prices the road houses charge.

Hi,

I got a 45 litre tank fitted by Daniel (Mulgo - advertises here) for around the $1k mark. Additionally I did not like the extra hole in the bodywork for the filler so some plastic welding and truck fuel hose later we had a dual fill inlet filler (at a small extra cost). So far everything has worked great and I have 105+ litres of fuel which = 1000 km range. Enough to drive anyone mad without stopping!

Originally Posted by toad

Hi,

I got a 45 litre tank fitted by Daniel (Mulgo - advertises here) for around the $1k mark. Additionally I did not like the extra hole in the bodywork for the filler so some plastic welding and truck fuel hose later we had a dual fill inlet filler (at a small extra cost). So far everything has worked great and I have 105+ litres of fuel which = 1000 km range. Enough to drive anyone mad without stopping!

Have you looked to see exactly how much you can get in your original fuel tank as I've got the same car and I can't get anything more than 49 litres in it (that's when it's dead empty).. which would mean you wouldn't have 105 litres with both tanks..

Either way I am thinking that I like the option you took with the extra tank without the extra hole.. because that's what's been putting me off getting another tank.. do you know if that affects your warranty?

Btw nice to see another Nara Bronze Landy out there!

Originally Posted by Sue

Have you looked to see exactly how much you can get in your original fuel tank as I've got the same car and I can't get anything more than 49 litres in it (that's when it's dead empty).. which would mean you wouldn't have 105 litres with both tanks..

Either way I am thinking that I like the option you took with the extra tank without the extra hole.. because that's what's been putting me off getting another tank.. do you know if that affects your warranty?

Btw nice to see another Nara Bronze Landy out there!

The official capacity for the tank on a D90 is 60 litres. You can probably get another couple of litres in the filler hose. The warning light comes on when there is about 12 litres left in the tank (ie 20% remaining). The only time you can say your tank is 'dead empty' is when you have run out of fuel and that is not a good thing to do in a Puma because of priming issues.

I run a left and right Front Runner auxiliary tanks with separate fillers (imported from South Africa by Dolium and installed by Opposite Lock South Sydney). The R tank is 45 litres and the L tank is 40 litres. Again you can get a bit more by filling the filler hoses and I think both tanks are marginally over thier stated capacities. Both tanks hang down to about the bottom of the chassis rail so break-over angle is not affected. I am confident I now have 145 litres fuel capacity.

Refusal of warranty would require Land Rover Australia to claim that the auxiliary tanks, their usage, or their fitting caused or contributed to the damage or component failure for which you are claiming warranty.

Cheers
KarlB

Originally Posted by KarlB

The only time you can say your tank is 'dead empty' is when you have run out of fuel and that is not a good thing to do in a Puma because of priming issues

You would have to try quite hard to run a Puma out of fuel. The car will warn you it is low by introducing a mis-fire, then it will shut itself down. You can keep restarting it, but it will continue to shut itself down every mile, this will keep happening until it actually runs out of fuel.

Cheers,

Tim