Aux fuel - disco

Hello..............

Anybody out there................

Uhoooooo............................

There's gotta be another disco owner out there somewhere who has been crazy enough to take it far enough to need an aux tank...........
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Maybe not.

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Friends of mine are on to their third diesel Disco.......

Has to be something wrong with those people. They have had heaps of problems and yet they keep going back!

Another mate had one from new about three years ago and his mechanic told him he was better off selling it than keeping on paying for the repairs as LR wouldn't fix some of them under warranty. Only 18months old! He also has had two landrovers since then.

Madness I tell you!!!!!!!!!!!!

Although getting back to your question. I would think your only option would be a long range or 2nd tank (whichever is done for your model) or carrying jerry cans either in the cabin, on the roofrack or on a holder on the back door.

Long range or 2nd tank is safest and easiest way but they are SO expensive. I have a ute so I carry heaps of jerry cans. Takes up space but unbelievably cheaper. Long range tank on my Rodeo is about $800 + fitting. A lot of money for the equivilent of three jerry cans!

Utemad

Gi day John,

I have a series 1 disco with sill tanks (50 litre each) from 4wd systems in SA. That gives the car about 180 litre carrying capacity. They are the biggest I colud find and hang about 1" below the chassis rails. The system uses a small pump to transfer fuel to the original tank. I paid about 1K 8 years ago and they are still going stong.

I checked there website and it seems they only do a replacment tank for the series 2.

You colud also try Long Range Automotive.

HTH

John D - '93 200 Tdi disco

Hello John
I fitted several long range tanks and also auxiliary fuel tanks to Disco II's.
It's not that big a job. You have to decide if you want to spend big money for a bit more fuel, the Disco's genuine fuel tank takes 95L, on which you should be able to travel nearly 1000km. (Td5 manual)
The fitting of an auxiliary or long range tank on a Disco II could cause you a few problems. I assume your Disco is a Td5. If you fit a long range tank, the tank will be your lowest point underneath the car. Heavy duty offroading will therefor be restricted. Also keep in mind that the Td5 Disco's have a very unique fuel system with a dual stage fuel pump fitted inside the tank. The pump is fitted trough an opening on top of the fuel tank and sealed with a rubber seal. Most of the long range tanks are build higher around the top of the pump which means the fuel level is above the seal. The gravity of the fuel above the seal could cause the seal to leak. The same goes for auxiliary tanks because they sit inside your RHR mudguard between the filler neck and the tank. With one specific brand of long range tanks I also experienced that the customers could not use the whole amount of fuel because the pump did not reach to the very bottom of the tank.
Make shure you get heeps of informations befor you buy.
Hope this help...
Go Land Rovers !!