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Hi,

This tank takes a very very long time to fill, I have tried all methods with the bowser, driving me nuts so finally went to manufacturers website and it appears to be caused by air lock from incorrect installation of the filler and breather. Other than that it’s an awesome tank.

How do fix this ? Can I bend the breather?

Is this a Professional needed job?

They show the correct way on their website see images below









These two pics are how mine is setup incorrectly




Front to back under tray

Hmm the dog leg in your filler tube is definitely your problem.
The reason it’s there is obviously to try and get around the tray beam.
As for repair it’s something you can do yourself if you have the right tools. Have a look at it. You may need to adjust how it’s bolted to chassis. To change the angle.
Then you may need to cut down the inlet and fast fill breather hoses to suit new location.
If your not comfortable doing this. Take it back to the installer and explain the situation.
99% of instructions are for a standard tub mounted install. When you have a tray sometimes you need some custom mods to make it work.
Hope this helps.


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Yer, Its a real pain as need to trickle the diesel in, takes forever to even half fill.

I am sort of hoping to work out if I can bend that breather tube and that’ll fix it. Or I can get a different elbow.

I am to faraway to deal with installer.

Not sure how to clear current airlock

Looking at the 2nd pic you’ll want to bend the pipe down that’s attached to the fixed bracket. Might need to shorten the rubber hose to but you’ll get a down slope there. Once it’s down the airlock will clear itself.
Out and about, I reckon you could get a straw (or toy inflator nozzle on your compressor) to where that breather opens into the filler pipe and blow back to the tank to clear. Until the tank fills and spills air into the breather tube again.


Cheers
Crit

Ta Crit.

Do you think that breather elbow will bend with pliers while in place or ?

I am thinking i am gonna have to remove the filler and breather, get the breather bent to correct angle and somehow get that elbow out of the filler.

Argh.

Hi
Why not fit a new flex tube higher up breather pipe. It would mean cutting the breather pipe above the bend down the bottom.

If it was mine I’d just have a go at bending in situ, get a hand or pry bar in there. But there is a risk of kinking the pipe which would probably mean a trip to the wreckers.


Cheers
Crit

Had this problem on mine and did as suggested in a previous post and cut the breather pipe to ensure a downward slope. At the same time changed the rigid filler pipes to flexible fuel hoses. 80000 k later still no problems.
Regards '
Neil

cmilton54, that sounds like a plan and hopefully easy.

Also like Neil mentioned I may be able to cut just before the elbow if the rubber air hose can reach it. That should straighten it out. Ill take another look when I get home.

That should save me trying to bend it.

All fixed? Post a pic of the finished product.


Cheers
Crit