Thread: Puma std Fuel Tank - Undocumented 5L reserve = total 80lt

An experiment.

I've just done a trip on full tanks (75 plus 45 litres) 1066 Km at a consumption of about 10.5 l/100km.

It would appear that the published 75 Litres is in fact a usable 71 Litres before the engine management system starts to come into play.

Read page 4 of the attached extract from the Workshop manual:

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The fuel light came on at 960 km and the hestitation started at 1065 km. (I was 500 m from home when the protesting started but I had a 5 litre jerry of diesel on board just in case).

For me 1000 km is the range that I can reasonably expect from the standard tank with the 45 auxiliary.

I put a total of 112 litres in the tanks today. That and the 4 litres kept in reserve gets very close to the 120 litres .

Has anybody used or have an opinion of the 135Lt tank offered by "Long Range Automotive" in Melbourne ?.

This tank can, apparently, be used with factory tow bar, rear step and standard sway bar linkages, unlike (I have been told) the "long Ranger" from ARB.