fuel splitter
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 4:06 pm
hey just about to put a second fuel tank in my swb patrol gq is there a way to make a slpitter so i can put fuel in both tanks through the same hole.
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 4:11 pm
Diesel 100 series landcruisers use one opening to fit fill points for two tanks.
Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 7:28 pm
so do the 80 series diesels
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 1:58 pm
Will the tanks be level? if so it was suggested to me to get a fitting braised (or what ever) onto each tank and have a hose connecting the two, this means yor guage will give a total remaining indication as well.
Thinking about it I wonder if you would need to have another breather hose near the top as well so the fuel can flow freely into the other tank with out getting an air lock.
Thinking about it I wonder if you would need to have another breather hose near the top as well so the fuel can flow freely into the other tank with out getting an air lock.
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 2:05 pm
It is possiblt to fit two GQ filler necks in behind the filler door though. I have done it myself. When you remove the filler neck it is circular, just cut down one side of the circle on one fill and the opposing side of the other fill and weld them together so they look like a figure 8 if that all makes sense..
Dan
Dan
Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 8:39 pm
When you look into the fuel filling point of the 100 series you see two hole, one for each tank. So you have to pull the diesel trigger out of the first hole then put it into the second one to fill.chpd80 wrote:so do the 80 series diesels
The 80 series had a little pull lever that you pull out to fill the 2nd tank. So you can change which tank you are filling by just pulling the lever.
So depending how close the tanks are, you might be able to get away with the one fill hose with the 80 series changing valve thingy (Techincal term for it) at a point close to each tank.
Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 8:59 am
As Dan suggested you can fab up a twin filler using the existing filler neck.
80 series will work but they have quite a large valve splitter that require a lever to determine which tank you will fill.You may be limitted for space to fit this system.
100 series and I think some Prado have a factory tank fill split which is a simple design.
I managed to get a 100 series filler neck assembly.Had to cut down the filler pipe lengths to fit my aplication.
100 series filler neck.
Cheers
Dazza
80 series will work but they have quite a large valve splitter that require a lever to determine which tank you will fill.You may be limitted for space to fit this system.
100 series and I think some Prado have a factory tank fill split which is a simple design.
I managed to get a 100 series filler neck assembly.Had to cut down the filler pipe lengths to fit my aplication.
100 series filler neck.
Cheers
Dazza
Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 9:29 am
Only the 2.7L 4cyl Petrol 90 Series Prado is without dual tanks, the rest have them.Hales231271 wrote:and I think some Prado have a factory tank fill split which is a simple design.