Extra diesel capacity?
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Extra diesel capacity?
I know you can't do this with gasoline but it seems to me you can do it with diesel - put a transfer tank in the bed and feed it to your engine, or stock tank? The way I recall the scenario is gasoline is too volitile, diesel needs to be under pressure to ignite/combust = not under the same handling regs.
Have any of you done this? That would be nice on long trips to not need to worry about fuel levels. Where my family's place is in Canada there isn't any diesel. The gas station doesn't have any. I believe the air base does, the owners have diesel trucks. It seems to me they have truck it in along with the fuel for the airplanes. Other than that the only option is to drive an hour and a half south to the border town. Or, I could just fill up a bunch when I cross and not have to worry about it
Have any of you done this? That would be nice on long trips to not need to worry about fuel levels. Where my family's place is in Canada there isn't any diesel. The gas station doesn't have any. I believe the air base does, the owners have diesel trucks. It seems to me they have truck it in along with the fuel for the airplanes. Other than that the only option is to drive an hour and a half south to the border town. Or, I could just fill up a bunch when I cross and not have to worry about it
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From: Pflugerville, tx
many use extra capacity tanks.. StanelyZ has a 60 gal from Titan
there is a discussion over in the 2011 6.7l section waiting on new tank from Titan for the 2011's
course you can also put in an in bed extra tank as well, and maybe a transfer tank..
there is a discussion over in the 2011 6.7l section waiting on new tank from Titan for the 2011's
course you can also put in an in bed extra tank as well, and maybe a transfer tank..
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From: Sequim. WA
EXTRA DIESEL
I have a tool box/ fuel tank in the bed of my F35- that holds 55 gals of diesel.
Plumbed directly to my main tank with a pump.
Turn on switch, diesel flows into tank. Forget to turn off switch and diesel flows onto ground.
Plumbed directly to my main tank with a pump.
Turn on switch, diesel flows into tank. Forget to turn off switch and diesel flows onto ground.
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I have a 50 gallon transflow tank that went right in place of the stock one. I like it, I can go about 800 miles unloaded on a full tank of fuel. I had one in the bed too, but I took it out and sold it when diesles was close to 6.00 a gallong around here. I sold the 5er too, so there wansnt a need for 110 gallons od fuel layin around.
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nope. Diesels can burn jet fuel (which is basically kerosene). It isn't legal, as there are no road taxes paid on jet fuel, and it is expensive. I'm not certain if the new diesels will will have trouble with it what with all the emissions crap they put on them. If it is an older diesel, you should have no trouble at all. We burned it in our diesels at the FBO because wholesale price for us was better than pump price.
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Flight Doc - Thanks for the info. Only the planes there are prop jobs. DHC-2, Cessna 180, twin beach - all float planes. One of the other companies has turbo props, but I have no contact with them.
Good info on the add-on tanks in the bed as well as the replacement under-vehicle tanks. I never thought of an under-vehicle swap, but thats a fantastic idea. That way the space isn't taken up in the bed
Looks like the stock tanks are 30.5 gal.
Do you have to get a new sender with the tank swap or just put the stock one in the new tank? Is there any trip computer stuff that has to be re-calibrated or does it base range off of how fast the level drops in the tank?
Good info on the add-on tanks in the bed as well as the replacement under-vehicle tanks. I never thought of an under-vehicle swap, but thats a fantastic idea. That way the space isn't taken up in the bed
Looks like the stock tanks are 30.5 gal. Do you have to get a new sender with the tank swap or just put the stock one in the new tank? Is there any trip computer stuff that has to be re-calibrated or does it base range off of how fast the level drops in the tank?
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From: The Land Of Time
Good info on the add-on tanks in the bed as well as the replacement under-vehicle tanks. I never thought of an under-vehicle swap, but thats a fantastic idea. That way the space isn't taken up in the bed
Looks like the stock tanks are 30.5 gal. Do you have to get a new sender with the tank swap or just put the stock one in the new tank? Is there any trip computer stuff that has to be re-calibrated or does it base range off of how fast the level drops in the tank?
The guage is pretty accurate as far as I can see, its just the Low fuel message thats off. It shows about the same fuel level as I can see on my Dash Daq.
Even if you go with a 40 gallon upgrade you are miles ahead say at 10 mpg, your looking at about another 100 miles before filling. The other added benefit is if you use Bio, the replacement tank I have is all metal. So no plastic in the tank to delaminate, me I stay away from bio in my truck.
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