Hi Team
I bought 2020 Land Cruiser V6 GXR Middle East spec. I bought Brown Davis 180L fuel tank (TL200R1) which replaced my 45 liter sub tank.
I have been having some issues with the installation from the get go. Really hoping someone here has experienced this and can help/guide me.
Apparently, the brown Davis tank had two two vents on their 180L tank but when the sub from V6 removed it only had one vent. As such the installation guys here killed one of the vent on the tank.
Secondly, they extended the pipe out from the Y type pipe (situated behind the front passenger tire) and stick it out from the hood. They claimed that higher air pressure required due to bigger tank capacity and the pipe need to be higher in elevation from the tank.
After installation, I filled the tank up 270 liters in total! Both original and new 180L tank filled properly. I drove about 600 KMs back to my hometown and the fuel gauge came down which confirmed that fuel is flowing from sub tank to main tank.
Next morning I am half a tank, I smelled fumes but no visible leakage. I drove for about 20 KMs and when I turned off the car I see petrol leaking from chessy. Turned off the car and it started to slow down and eventually stopped. I immediately contacted the installation guys 600 KM away and they said to remove the Y type stock pipe with the valve from the vent and connect a direct long pipe to the vent hose. I did that and it did not leak. Now I am trying figure out:
1. Why did the fuel came out during half tank? Could the installation guys connected wrong pipes?
2. Why did we have to extend the air pipe and remove the Y type pipe? To me seems safety issue that the valve is not there anymore and since the other end of the pipe is sticking out in the hood what if petrol comes out of it and engine catches fire
3. Is one vent nozzle not enough?
I have a 800KM off-road trip coming and I am concerned that I don’t understand the issue and I will be dunes going up down and it would cause fuel to spill.
Some photos attached
I bought 2020 Land Cruiser V6 GXR Middle East spec. I bought Brown Davis 180L fuel tank (TL200R1) which replaced my 45 liter sub tank.
I have been having some issues with the installation from the get go. Really hoping someone here has experienced this and can help/guide me.
Apparently, the brown Davis tank had two two vents on their 180L tank but when the sub from V6 removed it only had one vent. As such the installation guys here killed one of the vent on the tank.
Secondly, they extended the pipe out from the Y type pipe (situated behind the front passenger tire) and stick it out from the hood. They claimed that higher air pressure required due to bigger tank capacity and the pipe need to be higher in elevation from the tank.
After installation, I filled the tank up 270 liters in total! Both original and new 180L tank filled properly. I drove about 600 KMs back to my hometown and the fuel gauge came down which confirmed that fuel is flowing from sub tank to main tank.
Next morning I am half a tank, I smelled fumes but no visible leakage. I drove for about 20 KMs and when I turned off the car I see petrol leaking from chessy. Turned off the car and it started to slow down and eventually stopped. I immediately contacted the installation guys 600 KM away and they said to remove the Y type stock pipe with the valve from the vent and connect a direct long pipe to the vent hose. I did that and it did not leak. Now I am trying figure out:
1. Why did the fuel came out during half tank? Could the installation guys connected wrong pipes?
2. Why did we have to extend the air pipe and remove the Y type pipe? To me seems safety issue that the valve is not there anymore and since the other end of the pipe is sticking out in the hood what if petrol comes out of it and engine catches fire
3. Is one vent nozzle not enough?
I have a 800KM off-road trip coming and I am concerned that I don’t understand the issue and I will be dunes going up down and it would cause fuel to spill.
Some photos attached