Fuel ?
Submitted: Sunday, Jul 03, 2005 at 10:02
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10 Para (Qld)
We keep a pretty good eye on our fuel, we have a long range tank 145L and have also fitted a larger reserve tank 80 L was the first fill after fitting that was over 12 months ago now and since then we have only been able to fill the tank with 69-70 Litres, now i understand that the tank will not pump all the fuel out and requires some to be left in the tank, however after just doing a review of our log i recall last year when we crossed into WA and "bingo" all of a sudden each fill we did we got 79 L into that little
old tank of course we do not track our main tank as closely because we never run the main tank to empty, as a note we did 16,000 mainly all towing 60/40 black top/dirt and got 3.92k/Litre we have a 4.8 Gu TI Patrol weighing in at 3.5Tonne and tow an off-road CT of 1.5 Tonne.
Anyone got any ideas
Reply By: Exploder - Sunday, Jul 03, 2005 at 14:55
Sunday, Jul 03, 2005 at 14:55
Try just running it till the sub tank is dry and the engine stops (it’s a petrol so it won’t do any damage). Then just run of the main tank, then in the morning when it is is cool fill it up to the brim and see how much you get in.
There will still be a few Litres of unusable fuel left in the tank and from there you should be able to diagnose what is going on.
Why you are getting more In WA I don’t know maybe there was higher atmospheric –pressure when you were overhear and that compressed the fuel in the tank allowing you to pump more in. (It’s a long shot but
hay it’s a theory non the less)
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Follow Up By: 10 Para (Qld) - Sunday, Jul 03, 2005 at 16:08
Sunday, Jul 03, 2005 at 16:08
I dont think i can can i ? as in the Patrol you only ever run of the main tank and the sub emtys to the main tank. I thought that it was somthing to do with the hot weather and expansion as
well but after the last trip to NZ we even filled up 2 degrees one day and got 69 so i just dont know what it was.
Atmosheric - pressure
well now thats a thought would that have anything to do with it being dry and not humid.
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Follow Up By: Exploder - Sunday, Jul 03, 2005 at 17:38
Sunday, Jul 03, 2005 at 17:38
Yes true the patrol’s do draw from the main tank I thought because you put an aftermarket tank on it may have been set up to draw from either of the tank’s.
Generally WA has higher atmospheric pressure than the east (I think). The higher you go the less pressure and if you have a low-pressure system and you are at altitude alpine areas in New Zealand for example it is possible it could have an effect. 10Ltrs deferens compared to WA very unlikely.
Perhaps the fuel gage is playing games. Try just forcing 80Ltrs into the empty sub tank see how much goes in before it start’s coming out the filler hole.
If you fill up early in the morning when it is still cold you will get the same amount of Litres but you will get more fuel as the specific gravity of fuel is at it’s lowest .79 from memory. Sorry didn’t explain that to
well
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Follow Up By: 10 Para (Qld) - Sunday, Jul 03, 2005 at 17:54
Sunday, Jul 03, 2005 at 17:54
Phew that one has gone right over my head as
well, and i have had my nap, tried that seceral times fill slow shake truck fill slow again still only 69 i am not that worried about the 69 i can accept that i have 10L in the tank that i can't run i just can't get my head around the WA thing but have to take a short cut to the Alice this year via
Broome to find out for surem glad i had the handbrake with or she would have thorugt i was ready for the chair and telly.
Thanks for that
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