If it’s not a silly question, why are you putting in an additional diesel tank?
Underslung LPG tanks
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I can run the heater off red diesel at 78p/litre rather than regular diesel at £1.27/litre
Fair do’s but bearing in mind that a 2kw Webasto on full chat burns 0.24l/hr and that’s only on full, is it worth the hassle? I’m currently in the alps where it’s chucking down with snow & around -10C & The Webasto has gone into “tickover”. We worked out that the heater will burn around 12litres over 7 days camping in these conditions. That’s an hour in the morning & around 6 hours in the evening.
With a D2 running for 4 or 5 hours on a litre of diesel it will take awhile for you to recoup the cost of fitting a separate tank which, with one of the benefits of a diesel heater being not having to worry about an alternate fuel source, is it worth doing??
Self built aluminium tank, no problem, I could always put a changeover in to run off the main tank if I needed to but an 8 litre tank will do for what I have planned.
Salty, could you take a few pictures of your secret door setup for me please, from as many angles as you think I'd need to replicate it on another van.
Do you have to open the tailgate to open the secret door? Does it look like they have just cut the original cover or is there a bespoke inner piece? It looks like the hinge mounts are stuck on with PU adhesive, am I right? I'll PM you an email address.
Do you have to open the tailgate to open the secret door? Does it look like they have just cut the original cover or is there a bespoke inner piece? It looks like the hinge mounts are stuck on with PU adhesive, am I right? I'll PM you an email address.
Ahh! Therein lies the rub. Yes you have to lift the tailgate to get to the secret hatch. Unfortunately I’ve got a stuck / faulty tailgate & can’t get it open(see my separate thread on the subject
) when I get back to Blighty & get the door tailgate open I’ll take as many photos as you like. Until then.........
OK, thanks, hope you get sorted.
All LPG installs on any vehicle come with solenoid controlled valves on tanks, and regulators, why would you need another one in the system ?
They don’t. I bought my underslung lpg kit from Autogas (fitting kit for T6) and it doesn’t include a solenoid. I added this myself
Are you sure about that ???
mount the wheel on the rear door?
Hello @Fish!
I was about to book to have the LPG tanks fitted and they are telling me I cannot have it fitting if lowered less than 40mm.. I am running B14's.. Yours looks lower than 40mm.
Thanks
Dave
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Don’t worry, that is just what they say on the phone. Both @Fish and myself are running B14’s with underslung tanks by Propex. They said the exact same thing to me when I phoned them up. When I took it down to them they had a quick look then got on with it.
I have never once clipped the tank, probably because i’d hit the spare wheel first.
As you will see from this shot, the tank does not sit below the spare wheel.
And in this one, how it is actually tucked in front of the spare.
Interesting as mine and @DaveyB has lowered vans.
This photo will help your case, as its their lift ramp and off their website.
