Andrew posted:

Rodger, am going up in june 2002, by your info, and looking at a map of cape york, is extra fuel really needed to be carried?
I will be in a T/D rodeo, standard tank, but can carry 40L extra, any info appreciated, from you or others.
Thanx, Andrew

Will posted:

Andrew,
I travelled to the Cape in 2000 also with a GU Patrol 4.2 Turbo, diesel was not a problem, there are plenty of supplies along the way, I did carry a 20L jerry for the Cape Melville bit but did not need it, we also had a very thirsty Discovery V8 and had no troubles but had long range tanks.
Low Sulphur fuel is no longer a problem as that was only in the early stages 2000 BP has since corrected the problem I believe....
The seals affected are inside the pump and cannot be replaced easily but it only affects really old diesels.

Peter posted:

thanks for the responses - yes - mine is an old diesel (1989), however is it then the case that while the diesel fuel is still low sulphur, it now has a lubricant in it? ie, it no longer troubles older diesels? any information would be valuable!!

Andrew posted:

Thanx Mal, will be campimg around there for 3 weeks, so will be going a few places, to me 90 litres all up seems ok, should give me 700-750 km in rough going.