How Many Of You Have Been Cought Out ??

Wherehegon,
yep agreee with Dave, your cut out is on a float valve which can get stuck at the top, my bet is that you will get more km's than usual out of that tank full(about 11L worth). Lpg is one of the only fuels sold that is actually temperature and density regulated.
Cheers
Graeme

Thanks guys, makes sense then. I think for memory the tank size is around the 68 litre mark... Lets hope the pressure relief valve works if needed if it happens again. I did notice that by the time it was just about full the bowser had slowed down to a trickle then come up saying "no flow" so sounds like there was not enough pressure to make the cut off valve work........WHG

Sounds like that was the issue Ace going by yours and the other replys. Thankyou........WHG

I've also experienced this at different servos.

Hi there PradOz, Im spewing that my tank is so small, They told me I couldnt get any bigger tank as they use to supply bigger tanks but people were complaining about too much reduced ground clearance so this was the standard size for the prado. I have also been told that when the bottle is mounted under the rear that when they are bigger tanks its the width thats the difference (between chssis rails) not the depth so ground clearance would be no different to what I have now ??? Dont know how true this is as I have not been able to check the ground clearance on another prado. If they do have the bigger tanks then they dont have the 2 inch lift I have so is very hard to determine the clearance difference. Having your tank size would give me another 100k range........WHG

All I can say is I'm glad I have diesel!! And Prad you say Eth is accepted!!!! Not by me!!!! My MC hates it ....

Hi there slammin, I noticed when I was filling up that by the end of it the meter was only just ticking over then come up on the screen of the bowser "no flow". Didnt realize this affected the cut off. I hope the cabbies are write in that there is a pressure relief valve ?? I presume this would be on all LPG tanks fitted. Mine is only 8 months old. Thanks for that. Soundslike there was no issues with the amount of LPG delivered...WHG

The pressure relief valve is on every system since day dot. I've only ever seen or heard of it kicking in once.

It was kinda interesting as it was in '92 in an old XE and the tank was fitted in the back of the station wagon. The guy had let it fill up on it's own with the lid holding the trigger, he stood there daydreaming and didn't notice the overfill. Anyway he paid and when he went to drive away noticed LPG smell in the car. He checked the boot and the relief valve was doing it's job alright and the vapour coming out a thick white colour. We pushed the car far away from any possible ignition points and opened all doors and boot. It took about 1.5hrs to stop relieving itself, as it was bleep out. Pun intended ; )

Censoring pi $ $ ing is a bit much!

I have recently taken to refilling the 97lt tank in my old LC as soon as the red light shows on the 'gauge'.
The refill never amounts to more than 65lt which means that there's at least 32lt of fuel remaining.
The tank, being mounted inside the rear of the wagon, gives a quite audible hissing noise when close to exhausted. Only about 10km left at that point.

Hi Peter, I get what your saying in regards to safety. I will only run it out if Im say on the freeway/highway and cruising in the left lane. If its on the red and Im darting in and out around local traffic or if wifes driving then I switch it to petrol so I/wife dont have any issues happen you have mentioned. I have been lucky when switching over as the motor continues to run and doesnt stall between changing from LPG to petrol and I dont have the foot on the accelerator so I dont get any back firing. Very happy with the system but with the small tank has been an issue with long distance touring. I was told I couldnt get any bigger tank but reading PradOz reply above this obviously isnt the case. This is my main reason for selling it as I have lost too much range. Was thinking of putting the petrol tank back in but am going to go diesel.Thankyou......WHG

Wherehegon,
As a TD Cruiser owner for the last 20 odd years towing a big van and prior to that had a Statesmen 5Lt on Petrol/Gas for umpteen years towing a big van, if I were you I would think seriously about going to Diesel for Financial reasons.

My understanding is that if you do a lot more Kms running around town compared to towing the van on trips, Petrol/Gas its a better financial option even down to a 50/50 relationship. (less to buy as well) Probably some of us baby boomers got into TD's because that's what real men do. Like in the 70's real men did not mention that they used under arm deodorant.

Another reason why I bought a TD was to be able to drive thru aboriginal lands, where petrol was a no go. I never done this and do not look like doing so. Probably the other reason was that in the outback especially in mining towns in WA its a lot easier to get a diesel Cruiser fixed than anything else. Touch wood ours has never needed help.

A mate did the sums and went for an older 4.2 Petrol Trol and put it on gas.

Peter

Hi Peter, after reading another reply I rang around today and found I can get 174L petrol tank to replace the rear tank which currently has the gas tank in its place. This will give me a total of 243L on board so would be enough to get me any where I need to go. Had a look at 3 prado's today all turbo diesel (same shape as mine 95 series) (earlier shape) and geez some people knock there cars around and funny thing was none of them had seen off road. More hits then Elvis Presley, trim torn inside, filthy seats, carpets etc and I thought man mine is in excellent condition and has been off road, beach,mud etc. With what it would cost me to update to diesel I can fit the big tank, lockers front and back, snorkel and buy myself another camper trailer. Yes it will cost me more in fuel being petrol but will get myself another set of rims, run road tyres around town and change over to muddies when I know Im going off road. Mine has 183 thousand k on it now but should be good for another couple I think ??. Another thing I dont like about the gas tank is I cant fill the reserve when I know the weather will be hot (when is it cool outback) as when the fuel expands it comes back up the filler nozzel, accross over to the main filler nozel then drips down under vehicle, to me extremely dangerous but this is how all the prado's running around on LPG are set up ?? I had petrol dripping on my garage floor previously due to this so now only fill it half full unless I know Im going to use the fuel. I have pulled my add from the net and will make my mind up 100% over the weekend to what my wife and I will do, but after doing some homework over the last couple of weeks Im leaning towards keeping mine, and I wont have to worry about scratching it like I would if I went and spent $30g's plus. Thanks for your time.........WHG

When running Taxis in NZ we used to remove the shutoff valve and bend the float arm to fill it right up.

HOWEVER we only filled it up at THE START OF A SHIFT so that it would soon drop down to a safer level.

Yes I know its illegal but how many 4wd are the same??????

In New Zealand when you fit an under body rear mounted tank it must be small enough that it doesnt drop below a line from under the rear wheels in a straight line up to the lowest part of the rear bumper.

Seems to be different here from what i have seen hanging under some vehicles.



Cheers

Sounds good WHG,
I was cleaning one of the Td 120 today at work, when the boss mentioned he was going to sell this one. How much? O about high 40s. I then had a good look at it and found scratches everywhere and the windscreen is all pitted. This 12 month old Prado had more hits then our 16 year old Paj. No way could you compare it to our 03 Nullarbor. As much as I like Prados they seem to get a harder life then Pajs and Jacks, and finding a good one especially a td is very hard.
Cheers Pete