Thread: Long Range Puma 110

As a start

Mulgo
Dual Fuel Tank System - Mulgo Pty Ltd - Australia

LRA
LANDROVER

Personally I like the way sill tanks keep the weight low and between the the axles. Rather than cantilevering the weight off the end of the chassis.

James

Sill tank only way to go IMO, they dont really effect ground cleance and keep the weight between the wheels.

I have a LRA drivers side sill tank and passanger side food grade SS water tank. If you wanted you could have the water tank used for fuel and fit a transfer pump.

I didnt like the extra fill point they tend to put in sill tanks, just behind the rear door so I had LRA make a "Y" adapter and fit in the main tank fill line, that way I just stick the diesel nozzel into the main fill point and direct fuel flow into the tank I want to fill. This also has the added advantage of spilling any overflow back into the aux tank when I do a fuel transfer. ( My old defender had the same tank but two fill points and if the main tank couldnt take all the fuel from the aux tank when transfering it used to overflow onto the road.... Doh!

My 300Tdi Defender came with LRA sill tanks fitted. Water on one side and fuel on the other.

The fuel tank is a pain to fill, I went to LRA and they sold me a replacement filler neck & cap as it had been re-designed. Must admit I never quite got round to fitting it and still live with the slow fill.

I have a few dents in the tanks where I've grounded them in the past.


Colin

I'm getting a 100ltr poly tank that fits across the back of the rear seats and plumb it straight to the main filler,an extra 100ltres for $200. Pat

I got one of the dolium rear 45 litre tanks on my 110 under the right rear guard. design wise it was great, no issues with departure angles or cantilevered weight, however it started leaking on the birdsville track earlier this yr, turned out to be a cracked weld. Aside from that it's a good system with no pumps, wires, or other fillers..

Flux, seems most guys run sill tanks for fuel, and leave internal space for water tanks, be it behind seats or on the floor, perhaps on the rear guards. Fuel inside the car is generally considered not the best place for it.

A rear quarter fuel tank can fowl with 255/85 tyres but if your not going there then it's not an issue. It is possible to balance the left side of the vehicle with a water tank from the same manufacturer.

I have Mulgo sill tanks in the 130 and occasionally I drag them on something. I have to be putting it over something that doesn't surprise me really for it to happen though. I think a 110 wouldn't touch hardly at all really. LRA and Mulgo have swept sides which work well if the car in on a lean. Long Ranger (AR is a square sided tank under the car and also uses the free space under the drivers seat.

A replacement LRA 127lt tank will give you reasonable range and then jerry the rest somewhere, probably the roof. Not my liking but many have done it and all depends on how often, how far/remote/long you want for.

I'll also add if you building a tourer than do all the mods first and look at suspension last. Get GVM, front and rear axel when full of kit then go suspension shopping.

I'd go with a combination of rear sill tanks and one under the drivers seat. You don't really loose any clearance with the tank under the seat and it used to be a factory option before they brought the TD5 out.

IIRC - You might even be able to use a 90 fuel tank?? Is that where they're still fitted??

M

I have a Long Ranger 127 litre in the back of the 130. I did the Hay River track from Jervois to Birdsville including sight seeing day trips at Batton hill and a 1 hour bogging in Lake Poeppel (yep, operator stupidity) where I left it idling. When I refilled at Birdsville I could only fit 98 litres in. I carted 4 jerries of diesel and didn't need them. Will fit an RV Poly 70 litre under the tray for the Canning and maybe 3 jerries to make sure. I did fit a 3mm steel guard over the Long Ranger but it tends to catch stones in it.