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standard and long range fuel tank sierra '92

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 4:30 pm
by BAD70Y
Hi all
1) how many liters in a standard fuel tank?
2) I have a long range fuel tank to put into my Sierra, do I use a standard fuel gauge sender in it?

(My fuel gauge has never worked properly so I will need to get a new sender!)

Thanks, Aaron

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 4:36 pm
by want33s
1) 38-40 litres. Mine has a few good dents in the bottom and only holds 28L.
2)Wouldn't know without seeing it. Longrange tanks are aftermarket and can vary quite a bit.

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 4:51 pm
by BAD70Y
Thanks for the fast reply, want33s
I will have a look tonight and post a pic of it

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 4:56 pm
by nicbeer
ARB do the 70L ones and they use the orig sender but you have to lengthen the rod that measures the fuel level.

Nic

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 8:36 pm
by gumtree
i have o long range but mine doesnt work so i asked arb about it. they said he original one works semi accurate as in u might go the first 200k with the needle on full and then i starts to move or the needle might sit on empty and u still have 20L left in the tank. u can get to know how your one works after a while.

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 10:16 pm
by BAD70Y
These are the pics of the long range tank, should be going in tomorrow
I bough it second hand but never used
been sitting in my old man's shed for over a year
it is a Long Ranger fuel tank


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has anyone used a LONG RANGER fuel tank?

Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 10:42 pm
by want33s
Looks like it takes the stock Suzi sender (probably bent to suit).

Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 12:03 pm
by jono_785
with this tank where do u need to rout the exhaust?

Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 2:08 pm
by mrRocky
my tank is only about 10 litres, specially modified by a rock

Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 12:25 am
by BlueSuzy
:armsup: True that! Rock modified. need to poke it out. i get max 200kms a tank :!:

Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 1:53 am
by ofr57
my tank hasn't got dents an i get 250 :lol:

Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 8:53 am
by Hybrid
ofr57 wrote:my tank hasn't got dents an i get 250 :lol:
LOL Yep in the same boat. Not one dent in the tank and I'm showing empty at 230Km

Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 9:50 am
by Pinball
I got the longranger in mine and had a fiddle with the sender unit recently..

http://www.pointnshoot.org/modules.php? ... =0&thold=0

stock unit been reoriented into the side of the new tank, had to fiddle a little with the angle of dangle and so on, but much better now. Although it doesn't seem to link to the low fuel light at all... or else it trips lower then the current "empty" position of the sender unit.

btw, tuogh tank and sit up tigh nicely... finally dinged mine on track 3 of Tough Tracks at Bestbrook... damn rock :bad-words:

Spock

Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 4:13 pm
by islandvitara
i have this exact same tank in my sierra!!! havnt filled it yet but if anyone else has i would like to know:

how many K's to a FULL tank, assuming your sierra has the 1.3 carby?

and how many litres does the tank hold?