I fitted the 136 litre Long Range Automotive (LRA) replacement rear tank. I had one in my old 2009 Prado and when I picked up my new one (2013) I had the long range tank fitted by someone as it was rather hard work. If you like fiddling then go for it.
The rear tank is removed, brackets cut out, new bracket fitted and the tank replaced. The whole process took about 3 hours.
This gives me the 87 litres from the front tank and an additional 136 from the rear or a total of 223 litres.
I found the fuel gauge remains at full and does not move until you get about 150 litres of fuel remaining. Then the gauge reads as it did with the factory rear tank. That is when the gauge shows half a tank you have about 75 litres remaining. the fuel warning light comes on with about 10 litres remaining in the tank as it did prior to fitting.
The computer appears to think the tank is full until you get below 150 litres then it reads reasonably accurately. I found this rather interesting because the computer is way off when it comes to fuel economy.
Each time I restart the motor the 'oh what a feeling' computer updates the distance to empty. It was showing about 500kms to empty, I stopped for lunch and when we restarted it showed 750kms to empty. It appears to update the DTE each time you restart the motor.
Drove from Brisbane to Cairns (two drivers) without switching it off and the 'oh what a feeling' went to zero on the distance remaining but the tank was just under half full (on the gauge).
The angles are not changed so the new tank wont affect you exiting rough spots.
I will take some photo's and post these if anyone is interested.
Nifty
The rear tank is removed, brackets cut out, new bracket fitted and the tank replaced. The whole process took about 3 hours.
This gives me the 87 litres from the front tank and an additional 136 from the rear or a total of 223 litres.
I found the fuel gauge remains at full and does not move until you get about 150 litres of fuel remaining. Then the gauge reads as it did with the factory rear tank. That is when the gauge shows half a tank you have about 75 litres remaining. the fuel warning light comes on with about 10 litres remaining in the tank as it did prior to fitting.
The computer appears to think the tank is full until you get below 150 litres then it reads reasonably accurately. I found this rather interesting because the computer is way off when it comes to fuel economy.
Each time I restart the motor the 'oh what a feeling' computer updates the distance to empty. It was showing about 500kms to empty, I stopped for lunch and when we restarted it showed 750kms to empty. It appears to update the DTE each time you restart the motor.
Drove from Brisbane to Cairns (two drivers) without switching it off and the 'oh what a feeling' went to zero on the distance remaining but the tank was just under half full (on the gauge).
The angles are not changed so the new tank wont affect you exiting rough spots.
I will take some photo's and post these if anyone is interested.
Nifty
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