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Fuel Tank Swap

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Rangie3.0LtrDan:
OK, am going to swap the fuel tank on the diesel rangie.  Is there any advice before i start.  Try to remember i know nothing apart from how to undo things.  Any advice would be nice and wether i need to bleed the fuel system afterwards as well.

Cheers

Dan

Range Rover Blues:
Drain it. it's heavy.  Soak the nuts in WD40 for about a year.

IIRC you should be able to lift the tak down and then disconnect stuff, but it may get hung up as it comes down.

You will have to bleed the air system I think.

Rangie3.0LtrDan:
OK, which one is the air system? and the nuts are cool, had them off with ease yesterday so think gtomo2 did the year long wd40 bit! lol

drmike:
Does the tank have the sender unit and the fuel lines in the side of the tank. In which case you'll either need to disconnect all the gubbins or lower thge tank and try and take the gubbins out. The sender stuff is held in place using a dumb ass washer arrangement that's hard to describe. But look for some sticky up bits at right angles to the side of the tank where the sender wiring is.

Then you have to tap the sticky up bits to release that hard to describe washer as it has a series of ramp bits that force the seal against the tank.

Of dear this isn't going well at all.

It's damn fiddly either way and the tank is horribly heavy even empty. Don't forget that there's a return pipe up the front somewhere and that the tank will get hung up and then it will fall on top of you suddenly and you will most certainly get soaked in fuel!

Don't suppose you need a new tank complete with btand new sender unit? I have one in the garage that I can't bring myself to takem to the tip.

Mike

Rangie3.0LtrDan:
I have a spare tank already lol but i just wanted some idea of what i was going to be getting wrong, its an empty replacement tank so shouldnt be too hard to fit, not going to fuel it until its fitted either!

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