Fuel tank auxiliary

[Brad@SuperiorCO]

Fuel odor
Does anyone have a Long Range America or Brown Davis tank with a fuel odor outside the Grenadier?

I have had mine for 2 months now, and in the past 2 weeks I am smelling gasoline outside the passenger side. The is no odor inside. There is no odor inside the fuel fill door/gas cap.

The odor is around the right rear quarter panel. It is in my garage and the garage is about 75° - 80 (27°C).

Has anyone experienced this?

 

[terdrocket]

Fuel odor
Does anyone have a Long Range America or Brown Davis tank with a fuel odor outside the Grenadier?

I have had mine for 2 months now, and in the past 2 weeks I am smelling gasoline outside the passenger side. The is no odor inside. There is no odor inside the fuel fill door/gas cap.

The odor is around the right rear quarter panel. It is in my garage and the garage is about 75° - 80 (27°C).

Has anyone experienced this?

How is your evap/charcoal canister breather situated?

 

[Brad@SuperiorCO]

How is your evap/charcoal canister breather situated?

Checking that out this afternoon. Do you have any experience with the breather location?

 

[terdrocket]

Checking that out this afternoon. Do you have any experience with the breather location?

Not on an Ineos. I installed a LRA tank on my 200 series land cruiser.

 

[Logsplitter]

I think my charcoal canister is blocked. I’ve had trouble for quite a while when filling with petrol, where the fuel pump keeps clicking off. When I had it serviced a few months back I asked for it to be checked and they said they had blown it through a bit with an airline. This helped a bit but didn’t eliminate the problem. Now with my auxiliary LRA fuel tank fitted the problem seems worse. It took ages yesterday to fill up the main tank with pump clicking off so many times. I think the charcoal filter is above the main fuel tank so a pita to replace and probably very costly too. I’ll phone my dealer on Monday to see how to proceed. A bit of a pain as I’ve only just got it back after having all the other works done. Anybody have any ideas? I see the breather connection is behind the fuel filler so could be blown through again. ?

 

[DenisM]

I think my charcoal canister is blocked. I’ve had trouble for quite a while when filling with petrol, where the fuel pump keeps clicking off. When I had it serviced a few months back I asked for it to be checked and they said they had blown it through a bit with an airline. This helped a bit but didn’t eliminate the problem. Now with my auxiliary LRA fuel tank fitted the problem seems worse. It took ages yesterday to fill up the main tank with pump clicking off so many times. I think the charcoal filter is above the main fuel tank so a pita to replace and probably very costly too. I’ll phone my dealer on Monday to see how to proceed. A bit of a pain as I’ve only just got it back after having all the other works done. Anybody have any ideas? I see the breather connection is behind the fuel filler so could be blown through again. ?

Suggest checking to see if the breather hose has sagged somewhere along its length causing a partial restriction. It may be just a subtle bend ...which is enough to cause interference.
I had a frustratingly similar issue with the BD aux tank. Bowser pump constantly stopping and diesel fuel was "spitting" back from the filler neck. Finally discovered a loop section of the ample length breather hose had sagged just enough to restrict full breather operation. Secured the loop with cable ties so that the bend radii didn't cause any restriction. Problem solved.
(I could shorten the breather hose I suppose but I've left the excess to enable maintenance to be done without having to disconnect multiple hoses. ..)

 

[USAFN1985]

Are these type of auxiliary tanks legal for on road use in USA? Seems like a good accessory to have.

Yes it’s legal..I just installed long range American 24 gallon tank… it’s awesome

 

[Logsplitter]

Suggest checking to see if the breather hose has sagged somewhere along its length causing a partial restriction. It may be just a subtle bend ...which is enough to cause interference.
I had a frustratingly similar issue with the BD aux tank. Bowser pump constantly stopping and diesel fuel was "spitting" back from the filler neck. Finally discovered a loop section of the ample length breather hose had sagged just enough to restrict full breather operation. Secured the loop with cable ties so that the bend radii didn't cause any restriction. Problem solved.
(I could shorten the breather hose I suppose but I've left the excess to enable maintenance to be done without having to disconnect multiple hoses. ..)

Thanks Denis. Is this the case with petrol as well as diesel Grenadiers. Mine is a petrol version.