Sub-Tank Capacity

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Alex Roux wrote:
Michael wrote:Ek hoop julle het nou klaar ge brag oor julle 40L subtenks???
Is jy nou 100% seker jou tenk is kleiner?
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Ek sal lat Tinus kom draai met sy Patrol dan kan ek sommer kyk of daar n verskil in groodte is
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Marino4x4 wrote:Hi Michael

Dalk kan jy n tenk by David in Warmbad kry wat 40l is. Dit behoort te pas. Gelukkig is dit n Diesel en kry dalk nog meer op jou 32l as ons met 40l petrol. :lol:
Marino, ag ek trek sommer julle been, ek dink nie dit is die moeite werd om n groter tenk in te sit nie omdat ek soveel ander goed het wat ek eerder wil doen.
Ek kan darem 800km - 850Km kry met my twee tenks :biggrin:
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Michael wrote:
Marino4x4 wrote:Hi Michael

Dalk kan jy n tenk by David in Warmbad kry wat 40l is. Dit behoort te pas. Gelukkig is dit n Diesel en kry dalk nog meer op jou 32l as ons met 40l petrol. :lol:
Marino, ag ek trek sommer julle been, ek dink nie dit is die moeite werd om n groter tenk in te sit nie omdat ek soveel ander goed het wat ek eerder wil doen.
Ek kan darem 800km - 850Km kry met my twee tenks :biggrin:
Jip, dis nogsteeds verder as wat ek met my groter sub-tenk kan ry! :mrgreen:
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Tinus lotz wrote:Dude alles lyk groter as jy spiere het......petrol spiere...lol :confused:
So bek kort jam... :rolling: :rolling: :rolling:
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iandvl wrote:
Tinus lotz wrote:Dude alles lyk groter as jy spiere het......petrol spiere...lol :confused:
So bek kort jam... :rolling: :rolling: :rolling:
Petrol spiere.....diesel power...... oops... delete delete delete......hahaha
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So I drove the main tank realy empty this week, the needle below the the E mark. I was on the south coast and any one familiar with the road between Shelly Beach and Margate will know it's up down up down. I wanted to fill up in Margate but as we passed Uvongo Spar the revs started hungting up and down and the car died, I was able to coast it into the Engen garage and man never think your power steering isn't working that machine is a beast worse than a fully laden ox wagon to steer.

End of the day filled it to the brim 90 liter in main tank and 37 liter on the sub.
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Teen 6km/l kan ek 1050km's op my tanks kry, as ek mooi ry bietjie meer.
95l + 80l subtank...
Het die naweek uitgevind dat die sub tank die voorste tank is, eerste keer dat ek nie altwee tanks ter selfde tyd vol maak nie.
Een of ander rede het ek altyd gedink die hoof tank sit voor, maar nou dat ek daaroor dink maak dit meer sin...
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Michael mine took 31 liters
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The one on iNyathi does not take more than 28 to the brim .. at 7 km/litre that 7 litre short of 35 litre means 49 kilometerezzz :rolleyes:
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Anybody got the size of their sub tanks? (not capacity) ie length, width, hight?

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