Thread: Long range fuel tank

Hi Tote,

Yes they use a transfer pump to get petrol across to the main tank. The filler is in the same place as standard with two holes inside the fuel flap and you just fill them both up. Front pipe is the standard tank and back pipe is the auxiliary.

TimJ.

Well,
There you go,

Did not realise they had replacement tanks for these things.

Can i ask what the replacement size becomes. Is it a big difference?

Cheers.

Nah Pete, they don't. These guys are all talking about auxilliary tanks.

I rang around when I got mine way back and they all said they'd looked, but they came up with what you said in your earlier post: The OE tank is as big as will fit in the space it's in.

After taking my tank off the other day to try and fix the fuel gauge sender, i can believe it.

Thanks Jamo,

I didnt think there was a "Replacement" tank as such.

Do u know what size the "Aux" tank tank is, i see many in the w/shop but dont really know how many litres are in it.

I would say at a guess 80Ltrs? but not really sure.
Looking at a V8 at the moment as i have 1 at work cheap & i know the owner..so more thinking...more deliberating.

Its fun removing the tank, isnt it.
Which sender was it, the one u cant get to??
Can be problematic at times..

Cheers & thanks again.

Hi Sniegy,

Tank is nominally 110 litres (apparently about 104 useable) but I have never got that much in and now I have a couple of big dents in it and it definitely doesn't hold over 100.

TimJ.

Like Tim says, it is labelled as 110 litres, but I've only ever got 104 litres in it from dry. (still, what's 6 litres between friends)

It was, unfortunately, the front sender. And my arm is not 6 foot long with at least three elbows.

I can live with it. The fuel guage now only uses the top half. When the tank's full, it reads full, when it's half full it reads at 3/4 full, and when it's empty it reads half full.

At the moment I have to replace the LHS EGRV; and do a double flush (~18 litres of oil that costs more than gold) and filter change on the transmission; so forking out for a new tank isn't on the cards!

Only 104L even trickle-filling? Usually with LR tanks you need to trickle the last 5-10L in very carefully. Works with normal tanks too, with the D3 you can get another 5-7L in over the first click on the filler.

Yep, only 104 even with trickle filling. I don't know, but I think that their stated 110l must be a gross measurement.

Doesn't matter. I try not to get myself in a possie where 6 litres matters.

I've managed to get 89 litres in the main tank.