Thread: Filling diesel from a Truck Pump

Do ADR's come into this at all, and insurance? But I note the Defender can take the hi flow.

Answered my own question, no restriction that I can see

Just did a quick trip Toowoomba-Melbourne and return. saw same thing at a few stations-- one diesel pump with small nozzle and 6-8 hi flow ones.
Some also had about 2-3 cents/litre cheaper at the hi-flow; not really a consideration, although the wife though should be able to fill at them! just for that extra towards a new pair shoes??
Seems that a new replacement in-tank fuel pump may have gone walkabout after only a few days operation as first tank full, we stopped on side of road after using about 65 litres! fuel was full of air ! so not enough fuel pressure to start/run. I got the trusty NRMA guy to bring us 20 litres fuel and away we went!
So rest of trip refuelled at 550km without missing ( another) beat!

Originally Posted by Greatsouthernland

I can still use hi-flow, but need to take care with nozzle placement and keep the pressure against the filler neck, no splashes yet ... touch wood.

This can be done with a D4 but not with the MY12 Vogue because the Vogue's breather hole is inside the smaller diameter aperture whereas the D4's is above. The only way the I could get fuel in was to dribble it which I'm not prepared to do every time I get fuel.

My local service station has a stepped funnel that's apparently suitable for some vehicles but it doesn't work on the Vogue, with constant splashing from escaping air. Its lower section does't appear to be long enough and there's no seal for the truck nozzle, although I suspect that an appropriate size oil seal would do the job of sealing the nozzle. The service station doesn't want to spend $10K on a 2nd bowser but even if they did, or attached 2 hoses/nozzles as I suggested, there's still the problem when outback.

Perhaps if the nozzle sealed against the funnel then no splash-back would occur so I'll get the dimensions and hopefully get an oil seal to test the theory.

Love having Graeme in a Vogue - all our problems with be solved now!!

You people are hopeful!

The adaptor the local servo has is available as a genuine part from VW/Audi and BMW dealers in the USA, with different part numbers, obviously sourced from an independent supplier. They're only around US$7 but freight makes them relatively expensive. I'll get the sizes to hopefully find a suitable seal.

Does anyone know if all the large nozzles are the same diameter? Its not of much use chasing-up a seal if multiple sizes although the local servo may be interested in fitting one.

A grumble: The D4 and possibly the D3 too had a lip and drain to stop spilt fuel from running down the mudguard so why don't these vehicles have the same?

I have a 30x42 mm oil seal to try in the servo's reducer next fill-up in later thia week. If it works I'll buy one of the reducers to carry. Oh yes, there is a drain hole around the cap so mine now has a lip extender (strip of plastic) fitted to see if that stops fuel dribbling down the paint-work.

Originally Posted by Scouse

Did the earlier LM/L322s have the misfueling device? If not, they might be able to take the High Flow nozzles now.

The MY10-12 non-diesel all-nozzle-sizes filler neck is the same part# as MY02-09 filler neck.

The oil seal in the adaptor sealed but caused the nozzle to immediately cut-out several times in quick succession. The filler neck now has a small breather hole above the nozzle hole as a last-ditch effort before resorting to a standard filler neck, but I suspect that fuel rather than just air will too readily spray back through the hole. I dislike getting sprayed with diesel droplets every time I fill-up and having to later wash the paintwork.