Defender expedition fuelfiller

[juddy]

My current 130 as one of these fitted, iam told they were standard fit on all Defenders up until a few years back. Is this the case?

Or were they only on certern models?

I read it was a factory option on new defenders, but have never seen it listed.

[JDNSW]

Standard on all Series Landrovers and 90/110/Defender until laws were introduced to make them illegal for petrol engined vehicles, which must have fillers too narrow for leaded petrol bowsers. Another influence was the general adoption of locking fuel caps.

John

[juddy]

It comes with a locking cap anyway.

Standard on all Series Landrovers and 90/110/Defender until laws were introduced to make them illegal for petrol engined vehicles, which must have fillers too narrow for leaded petrol bowsers. Another influence was the general adoption of locking fuel caps.

John

[JDNSW]

It comes with a locking cap anyway.

Yes - but not originally, and the type commonly seen is a lot cheaper - that and commonality with petrol ones probably explains the change for the Defender. Although worth noting that petrol Defenders have only rarely been made and have never been sold in most markets.

John

[ATH]

My '97 300 Tdi had one but the 2003 Td5 didn't. I couldn't see the point really as the filter wasn't small enough to stop anything but stuff which would get stopped by the engine fuel filter anyway, but I supposed they'd help it remain free of at least some crap like rust flakes out of jerries etc.
Alan.

[disco2hse]

Pretty good for stopping organic material like leaves, twigs and so on which can break down once in the tank when filling in the bush.

The downside of them is they tend to rust out and the rust ends up in the tank.

Alan

[Sly]

Mines got one, great for filtering out paint flakes from 44s used at fule drops.Not so good when trying to use high flow pumps.

[p38arover]

My '83 Rangie had one - I swapped it to my '87 Rangie before selling the '83.

My '84 County had one, too.

[yt110]

My '97 300 Tdi had one but the 2003 Td5 didn't. I couldn't see the point really as the filter wasn't small enough to stop anything but stuff which would get stopped by the engine fuel filter anyway, but I supposed they'd help it remain free of at least some crap like rust flakes out of jerries etc.
Alan.

I think the point of them is when you pull up the inside tube,twist and lock in place you can pour a jerry can straight in,no funnel needed.As you say,keeps crap and paint from the jerry can out of the tank.

[JDNSW]

I think the point of them is when you pull up the inside tube,twist and lock in place you can pour a jerry can straight in,no funnel needed.As you say,keeps crap and paint from the jerry can out of the tank.

Exactly. And if you don't want the screen, for example with a fast fill pump, you can remove the spout completely by giving it a bit more of a pull and twist from that stage.

John