Thread: best long range fuel tank for Defender?

I have the 140 litre Long Range Automotive tank in my Defender. It has had a pretty rough history and there is no damage to the tank at all (the truck is raised). I had new mounts made up for the rear sway bar so that it sits about and inch off the bottom of the tank (I remove it for nasty offroad work).

It all works like a treat - only problem of late is that when I fill the tank some fuel seems to slosh out the cap on rough roads - have just ordered a new filler cap too see if this solves the problem. Has anyone else experienced this?

Daz

Originally Posted by dhumphri

I have the 140 litre Long Range Automotive tank in my Defender. It has had a pretty rough history and there is no damage to the tank at all (the truck is raised). I had new mounts made up for the rear sway bar so that it sits about and inch off the bottom of the tank (I remove it for nasty offroad work).

It all works like a treat - only problem of late is that when I fill the tank some fuel seems to slosh out the cap on rough roads - have just ordered a new filler cap too see if this solves the problem. Has anyone else experienced this?

Daz

I have the same tank, never had any real problems, it does leak a bit when completely full, possibly through the breather hose connection, too lazy to track it down.

I thought it hung a bit low but so far haven't bashed it off road, and I have dented both rear corners of the vehicle. The fuel light comes on with approx 30L left.

Main problem is the cost of filling it these days.

Tony, having watched in detail your slow destroying of your car, I must say that tank has come very close to some of those rocks when you negotiate your more nasty obstacles (about 1-2cm clearence) I dare say luck has been your allie.

You may also want to check out 4WD Systems in Adelaide www.4WDsystems.com.au . They do a 130L replacement tank and have a lot of technical info on their site about their tanks (seem well thought through). Also Bruce Davis in Sydney (9679-1179) supplies and fits the Out-of-Town brand.

Originally Posted by BigJon

Would you like to be rear ended while you had 20 litres of fuel in a tin can hanging off the back of your vehicle? I wouldn't...

May be illegal now. But have you ever tried lighting or igniting diesel. It does not happen easily and takes a fair amount of heat. Usually to get diesel to burn for fire training we have to drop ina bit of petrol to heat it up or start with gas (usually lines and nozzles).

Originally Posted by DirtyDawg

Tony, having watched in detail your slow destroying of your car.

Originally Posted by DirtyDawg

I must say that tank has come very close to some of those rocks when you negotiate your more nasty obstacles (about 1-2cm clearence) I dare say luck has been your allie.

Something else always seems to hit first though. Which surprised me, I thought I would have dented the tank by now. The tank I had on my Disco had lost about 10L capacity by the time I had finished with it.

Originally Posted by bluetongue

My 127L tank takes about 400-450 k's before it starts to drop off the full mark.

After that it's a gradual decent to when the fuel light comes on (around 900 k's)....

.... I've never filled it more than around 100 litres, so there must be an extra 27 litres in the tank at all times.

... Scott

Scott,

Have you ever found out whether you can use any more of that 27 litres? It might be that the light comes on early, but if the pickup isn't low enough then it's a bit of a waste.

I just phoned a guy from ARB about this. He reckons that with the 127l lra tank filling at 100l is a good point. However when pressed he said that you should be able to use down to 120l+ but it's obviously not a good idea.