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[serek]

as above, wonder if someone here running twin tank set up?
not sure how many miles you do on you tank but mine go empty very quick, there lots space in boot so planning to fit other tanks
question is what I need to get them working together ?
thanks

[05omegav6]

Three shut off valves, one for each tank and one for the line, both tanks feed to a tee, with valve attached, then existing single pipe to the front. Either separate filler for each tank, or a common supply, again teed, depending on where you're existing/new tanks are in relation to each other

[biggriffin]

Google 'twin lpg tanks' land rovers, and range rovers use them a lot.

[tunnie]

What tank do you have now? I have 90L (74L fill), gets me around ~400 miles

[Kevin Wood]

We have dual tanks on the winches at the gliding club. 2 standard 100L GZWM 4 hole tanks stacked one above the other. The liquid outlets are simply T'ed together and the solenoid valves wired in parallel. This works as long as the liquid outlet valve incorporates a one-way valve (I believe the GZWM 4 hole ones do). Otherwise, a one-way valve in each tank line stops the lower tank overfilling from the top tank.

In use, the upper tank empties first, then the lower tank.

No reason why the tanks need to be stacked, they can be at the same level, in which case they'll just empty together.

Fillers are separate on these tanks, simply because the valves are mounted straight to the tank, but, again, you can simply Tee the filler lines together as each tank has a non-return valve and a float valve limiting the fill level.

Each tank will fill until it hits the 80% level, and when the last tank is full, the pump will cut off as normal.

[serek]

What tank do you have now? I have 90L (74L fill), gets me around ~400 miles

have 80L tank, not sure how much gas will take,
on last tank I did just over 200 miles and use 60L of gas

maybe on long run and keep car at 80mph will do more but I take car to europe and there you can go faster and dont like stop every 200 miles to fill up 

[serek]

What tank do you have now? I have 90L (74L fill), gets me around ~400 miles

have 80L tank, not sure how much gas will take,
on last tank I did just over 200 miles and use 60L of gas

maybe on long run and keep car at 80mph will do more but I take car to europe and there you can go faster and dont like stop every 200 miles to fill up 

EDIT: car is 3.0 auto

[tunnie]

What tank do you have now? I have 90L (74L fill), gets me around ~400 miles

have 80L tank, not sure how much gas will take,
on last tank I did just over 200 miles and use 60L of gas

maybe on long run and keep car at 80mph will do more but I take car to europe and there you can go faster and dont like stop every 200 miles to fill up 

Neither would I 

You can get 100L tanks that just about fit in the boot of an Omega Saloon 

[Kevin Wood]

An 80L tank should take 64L of LPG allowing for the 80% fill level. I have this size in my 3.2 and it'll do about 260-270 miles of commuting and 300 or more on a long motorway run.

[Sir Tigger KC]

I have an 80 litre tank and generally fill up at about the 300 mile mark, but once got 360 on a careful motorway run. 

[SIR Philbutt]

Last year through France i was getting 230/240 out of 42/44 ltr fill up's which is about 25/26 mpg.
Which is what i would expect with 3 peeps, fully loaded and not hanging about.

240 miles avg 70 MPH is over 3hrs driving well enough for any one stint IMO