Long range fuel tanks - Nissan Patrol

Hi Kiwi

Diesel /petrol

I have 2 GU 4800 petrols , the 2010 one comes with no sub tank and I fitted with 75lt LRA tank - quite good , a little slow to fill though as filler not as big , this version uses external fuel pump , and a cute little 5 LED fuel guage.

Total useable fuel is 165 lt or about 1000km touring

On my 2002 model , it came with sub so I got 145lt main instead giving 175lt total. No issues at all it gives about 1100km touring range.

If I can ever decide which one I like most I will fit both tanks to it giving 210lt however in practise we have been able to carry 300lt , sufficent to do such hard tracks as Madigan - so maybe won't bother.

Get good tanks not cheapies.

We tow a van with our GU 4.2td Patrol.
Fitted was a Long Ranger 90ltr replacement tank where the sub tank goes which gives us a total of around 150ltrs without running dry.
The reason for the sub tank replacement was to balance the vehicle rather than have the larger tank on the rear together with the ball load.
We were fortunate as the installer, Opposite Lock in Dubbo managed to get the sub tank gauge to read correctly,
This has also gave us a good range depending on roads and terrain.
Up to 1200 KLms when all goes well and not towing & when towing 800 klm's + .
Both tanks are filled easily by the truck bowsers.

I've had all the major brands (LRA, Long Ranger and Brown Davis) in three vehicles over the years. Had issues with them all. If you're towing and not doing super rough stuff, you should never have a problem. The atrocious conditions of the outback tracks these days will soon take their toll on any accessory so beware.

Some good info in this search string

Long Range Tanks

and this outlines some issues I've had in the past.



The Talawana tank incident!


Cheers Mick

I have a December 2009 GU 3TD and have my auxillary LRA long range tank which is out of my previous 2002/3 GU 3TD and it has been across the Simmo 3 times + Cape York + Flinders + Robe + Birdsville + Innaminka +++ and it is still holding up very well. Brad Newham from ARB Elizabeth installed it and I get exactly 70L out of it - it takes 70L.

I release fuel from the auxillary once the main tank starts emptying to about 1/2 way

Just my experience

Cheers

Colin

Hi Peter,

I had a long range tank fitted to my 2002 petrol 4800 patrol manufactured by
4WD Systems in S.A.
I have heard some comments on their quality that are not very flattering, but I had no problem with the tank in the 240000 klm I travelled with it.
I also had a Lokka supplied, and I think manufactured by them fitted to a 97 patrol also with no problems and the phone support was very good.
Since you are in S.A. it might be worth a look.

G'day Peter
You don't need to be an accountant to figure out there is going to be no cost saving by spending $2000 or more on a fuel tank to save on fuel.
If you can save 20 cents a litre you are going to have to do that for 10,000 litres just to break even.
At 5 km/l economy towing a van you will have to travel 50,000 km on cheap fuel to get there.
At 8 km/l without towing you have to do 80,000 on cheap fuel.
I don't think you are going to do that.