Fuel Consumption

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Re: Fuel Consumption

Post by Simon Jones » Tue Jul 14, 2015 12:16 pm

There is a small reservoir in the tank (like a plastic ice cream tub) which sits under the pickup pipe and minimises the affect of fuel sloshing from one side of the tank to the other as the vehicle moves around. It could be described as a reserve tank in as much as the rest of the tank could be empty but there will still be perhaps up to a litre of fuel remaining until it drops below the bottom of the pickup pipe.
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Re: Fuel Consumption

Post by mikeonb4c » Tue Jul 14, 2015 12:34 pm

Simon Jones wrote:There is a small reservoir in the tank (like a plastic ice cream tub) which sits under the pickup pipe and minimises the affect of fuel sloshing from one side of the tank to the other as the vehicle moves around. It could be described as a reserve tank in as much as the rest of the tank could be empty but there will still be perhaps up to a litre of fuel remaining until it drops below the bottom of the pickup pipe.
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Re: Fuel Consumption

Post by teenmal » Tue Jul 14, 2015 12:50 pm

They are called Swirl pots/baffles, we had to fit them on various tanks in the past for various reasons, they have nothing to do with keeping a reserve head of fuel in the tank. When the tank is empty the pot is empty (no reserve)


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Re: Fuel Consumption

Post by Buglet » Mon Jul 27, 2015 1:06 am

My fuel gauge on my last Bongo died and remained dead for a good long time, in that time I ran out of diesel a good few times before deciding on the golden rule that '500Km is an empty tank' and anything over that is good luck. If you keep a jerry can in the back (diesel is safe to carry and some types don't stink) the 5 or 10L will easily get you to safety. The little reservoir bit seems to stop the engines panicking too much about running out unless you repeatedly limp start it in desperation. :oops:
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Re: Fuel Consumption

Post by sotal » Sun Oct 11, 2015 6:02 pm

It turns out that our Bongo does have a low fuel light. It is orange and is the light at the top left of the right hand area of lights.

It came on, on Friday as I was going to fill up. I was able to put 55L in so I assume it is a 60L tank and there was 5L left in?
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Re: Fuel Consumption

Post by the1andonly » Sun Oct 11, 2015 6:56 pm

I think the tank is at least 65l
On friday I put 63.5l in (still running)
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Re: Fuel Consumption

Post by teenmal » Sun Oct 11, 2015 10:08 pm

The low fuel warning light normally indicates that your vehicle has approx a 10 liter head of fuel left in the tank.
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Re: Fuel Consumption

Post by cmm303 » Mon Oct 12, 2015 10:19 am

If you're brimming it, there will be a few litres in the pipe.
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