wardharris
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Do they charge extra for that?Hah! Every time my truck visits the local Toyota dealer it comes back with all of my switches in different positions. It's almost funny.
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Do they charge extra for that?Hah! Every time my truck visits the local Toyota dealer it comes back with all of my switches in different positions. It's almost funny.
Definitely a good question that I'll be curious to try first hand as well. At the same time, I have to wander how it would be any different from filling up a jerry can or am I missing something about how those pumps work?
Yes, they have had Cali installs that worked, as we understand. The physical install and fuel door are what Georg and Dom will sort out when we have the prototype.California Question...
Cole is in California (as am I). I'm trying to figure out how this dual hole setup is going to function with California's fume recovery pumps. Has this been tried with a California-type fuel station pump?
Also curious about the seemingly missing closure device under the fuel cap (Don't know what it's called--like a spring-loaded cap you push through in order to fill up). I guess I don't know the significance of that to the pressure sensors, etc. No idea if that is a California-specific thing, or if it matters to remove that.... ??
We shall see!Definitely a good question that I'll be curious to try first hand as well. At the same time, I have to wander how it would be any different from filling up a jerry can or am I missing something about how those pumps work?
Understood and agreed as a potential issue and need to assess/address.Maybe it's fine. -I just remember Christo reporting real headaches in this regard. Perhaps I'm misremembering...but...?
I would be concerned that overfilling the main tank would result in fuel in the charcoal canister well before the fuel backflowed into the aux tank, resulting in all sorts of evap codes like you've been dealing with.This is speculation;
If the filler neck operates the way I think it does, the pump feeds up into the main portion of the filler neck to fill the main tank. So if you kept the pump going it would just fill the main all the way up to the top of the main filler neck and spill over/back into the aux tank. Kind of like pumping water out of the bottom of a bucket back into the top of the bucket. Hard to explain, but long story short, it won't cause any issues.
And as Christo once told, me a larger tank wouldnt really help him as he would have to stop to pee before he extinguished the 37 gallons the 13 gal tank would give him
I would be concerned that overfilling the main tank would result in fuel in the charcoal canister well before the fuel backflowed into the aux tank, resulting in all sorts of evap codes like you've been dealing with.
@wardharris, is the transfer pump inside the aux tank or external?
I would think the biggest benefit to you would be when towing the Kimberley. Not sure what mileage you get but we typically go ~150 miles between fill-ups, so doubling that with a 400 gallon tank would mean we could stop every 4 hours instead of every 2 hours.
I get about 10MPG so I can go about 200 Miles which is about 3 hours. That includes the sucky mileage on the MTN passes and the better mileage on the flat lands. I can go Denver to just before Grand Junction without stopping. I typically fuel up in Glenwood
10MPG doesn't make sense with those loads. Pedal to the metal and tires inflated at 15 PSI?
I run 37 psi (per Gaijin). Pulling a 24' long 5000# trailer at ~70mph I get about 7.5mpg. Mileage seems to go up/down by ~1mpg for every 5 mph in my experience (i.e. at 60mph I get 9.5, at 75mph I get 6.5). Hills and mountains only seem to have about 0.5mpg of impact in my experience. Even steep mountain passes don't make much difference, since any massive hit uphill is made up on the downhill.
Tires at 45 psi. Higher pressure gives better MPG. Over the mtn passes it is in the middle single digits. Then there are a lot of flat planes. If I drive much over 80 the trailer starts to rock It might be more like 9-10.
I am just telling you what I am getting. My trailer has 31" tires and has the same width as my cruiser. It has an Independent suspension (No solid axle). It tracks very well
Yeah his 10mpg was answering my comment "I would think the biggest benefit to you would be when towing the Kimberley."@Romer must be towing then. Even with winter fuel and 40PSI I get 15-16MPG at 75-80mph, granted no crazy hills around here.
I run 37 psi (per Gaijin). Pulling a 24' long 5000# trailer at ~70mph I get about 7.5mpg. Mileage seems to go up/down by ~1mpg for every 5 mph in my experience (i.e. at 60mph I get 9.5, at 75mph I get 6.5). Hills and mountains only seem to have about 0.5mpg of impact in my experience. Even steep mountain passes don't make much difference, since any massive hit uphill is made up on the downhill.
And this is with stock 3.92 gears??