So, I've got NL on LPG, stock petrol tank has been removed and LPG tank is in that gap, with 45l auxiliary petrol tank mounted on passenger side forward of the diff.
I bought a twin LPG tank set up that I was going to try and make fit in the old petrol tank spot, but I'm rethinking things. I'm not sure how long fuel prices will stay at the point they currently are, but when petrol is cheaper than LPG.... My focus is really on increasing range.
I'm thinking that filling the fairly large gap I have with petrol tank would give me a lot more range than the extra 40l LPG tank and be fair bit easier to do.
My questions relate to the best way to do this, and legality in NSW.
Based on VSI 6 I gather fuel tank is considered modification if it doesn't use the original mounting points. Mine would use some of the original mounting points and the others just mount to the floor like the LPG tank is. Anyone know who has to do the inspection on this sort of thing?
I can't seem to see details on construction or other requirements for fuel tanks, anyone know?
For use, I thought using the current tank as the main tank would work best, and just transfer fuel from new to the old when that tank gets low. Anyone got any better ideas?
As a much simpler idea, a few 20l jerry cans meets my requirements nicely and is a lot simpler than faffing around with everything above. but, mounting them somewhere is the issue there. I gather you can't legally mount them on the back of the car. I'm not real keen on them being inside the cabin especially while i'm away. On the roof is an idea also, but I'm keen to avoid having roof cage on the car unless absolutely necessary. Kind of leaves me with little other option, apart from mounting them under the car in the gap there. Don't really like the idea of pulling them out from under there to fill or transfer to the main tank, bringing me back to the permanent mounted tank idea.......
Has anyone any experience with any of this? I guess even experience with inspections on auxiliary fuel tanks would answer some of the questions. Keen to hear other ideas around this also
I bought a twin LPG tank set up that I was going to try and make fit in the old petrol tank spot, but I'm rethinking things. I'm not sure how long fuel prices will stay at the point they currently are, but when petrol is cheaper than LPG.... My focus is really on increasing range.
I'm thinking that filling the fairly large gap I have with petrol tank would give me a lot more range than the extra 40l LPG tank and be fair bit easier to do.
My questions relate to the best way to do this, and legality in NSW.
Based on VSI 6 I gather fuel tank is considered modification if it doesn't use the original mounting points. Mine would use some of the original mounting points and the others just mount to the floor like the LPG tank is. Anyone know who has to do the inspection on this sort of thing?
I can't seem to see details on construction or other requirements for fuel tanks, anyone know?
For use, I thought using the current tank as the main tank would work best, and just transfer fuel from new to the old when that tank gets low. Anyone got any better ideas?
As a much simpler idea, a few 20l jerry cans meets my requirements nicely and is a lot simpler than faffing around with everything above. but, mounting them somewhere is the issue there. I gather you can't legally mount them on the back of the car. I'm not real keen on them being inside the cabin especially while i'm away. On the roof is an idea also, but I'm keen to avoid having roof cage on the car unless absolutely necessary. Kind of leaves me with little other option, apart from mounting them under the car in the gap there. Don't really like the idea of pulling them out from under there to fill or transfer to the main tank, bringing me back to the permanent mounted tank idea.......
Has anyone any experience with any of this? I guess even experience with inspections on auxiliary fuel tanks would answer some of the questions. Keen to hear other ideas around this also
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