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5jms5

Member Since: 07 Dec 2011
Location: Deep South
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2007 Freelander 2 TD4 XS Manual Stornoway Grey

Size Of Tank

Hi Folks
I was running short of fuel trying to maximise my 5p off per litre at a well known horse traders! We got down to single figures and I needed to fill up. The tank took approx 70.21 litres.
Two questions. How big is tank. How close was I to running out of fuel the computer said 0 miles but is there a secret supply?

8th Mar 2013 4:57 pm

rchrdleigh

Member Since: 18 Aug 2007
Location: Somewhere in the East of England
Posts: 1601

2011 Freelander 2 TD4 XS Manual Baltic Blue

Official tank capacity is 68 litres. You can, as you discovered squeeze in a bit more by brimming the tank.

8th Mar 2013 6:33 pm

superspark

Member Since: 24 May 2009
Location: Devon
Posts: 877

2008 Freelander 2 TD4 SE Manual Izmir Blue

Dont brim the tank on a hot day unless your driving some distance right away. Fuel expands with heat and it will be all down the side of your car and money waisted.

8th Mar 2013 7:22 pm

Apache

Member Since: 03 Jul 2012
Location: Yorkshire
Posts: 126

2008 Freelander 2 TD4 S Manual Indus Silver

I've done over 20 miles in a FL2 with zero on the display. It's not the lack of fuel it is the enforced limp mode that gets irritating.

8th Mar 2013 7:23 pm

Pegleg

Member Since: 15 Apr 2010
Location: Deep in mid Wales
Posts: 3114

2008 Freelander 2 TD4 GS Manual Santorini Black

It's the limp mode that got you to the pumps Another member of the failed FL2 clutch/DMF club, twice.

8th Mar 2013 8:20 pm

Chris B

Member Since: 23 Jul 2008
Location: North Yorkshire
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Also worth remembering that fuel pumps are legally allowed to deliver more or (usually) less than shown on the meter Gone... 2013 XS TD4 Manual Firenze Red
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10th Mar 2013 9:37 am

Rob.

Member Since: 02 Aug 2012
Location: Warwickshire
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2012 Freelander 2 SD4 HSE Auto Sumatra Black

I was just about to post about this,

Ran the Freelander for 604 miles over the last tank, and then put £100 in which was 70.08ltrs.
But managed to get just over 39mpg

I really did brim it, as the fuel neck kept taking more and more as air bubble kept comming up.

Is there a breather system on the FL2 tank? or is it a closed system.

Just want to make sure I'm not losing any fuel...... Freelander 2 HSE Lux SD4 - Sumatra Black

11th Mar 2013 11:30 am

ad210358

Member Since: 12 Oct 2008
Location: Here and There
Posts: 7464

Rob. wrote:

I really did brim it, as the fuel neck kept taking more and more as air bubble kept comming up.

Is there a breather system on the FL2 tank? or is it a closed system.

Just want to make sure I'm not losing any fuel......

You have a saddle type tank, half one side of the propshaft and half the other, a small pump you may hear when turning on the ignition equalises the amount of fuel in each compartment, when filling up you have probably filled the offside (it will also run over to the nearside) and you are squeezing the last remaining air out of the near side compartment.

Don't think it is a vented system as I often hear a rush of air when I remove the filler cap.

11th Mar 2013 7:03 pm

Badger1970

Member Since: 21 Sep 2012
Location: Southam, Warwickshire
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2013 Freelander 2 SD4 HSE Lux Auto Baltic Blue

Deuteronomiser wrote:
Are SD4s really that much more efficient?

No, I wouldn't have thought so...however, I have just once managed to break the 600 miles to a tank, averaging between 40 and 42 mpg. The secret to that was mainly Motorway driving at a boring and tedious 65mph...I was determined to see if it could do it, and whilst I have never repeated it, I know it is capable at a push of reaching that number.

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11th Mar 2013 7:56 pm

harveyg77

Member Since: 25 May 2006
Location: Derby
Posts: 125

2012 Freelander 2 TD4 GS Manual Santorini Black

On long hourneys (cross country or motorway) we can get our Freelander2 GS (MY12 manual 150ps) to over 600mile range and the best I saw was about 45mpg. Around town and more local driving it can see 500 miles range. Or at the wifes hand about 350-400 miles range.

13th Mar 2013 9:21 pm

CanAm

Member Since: 20 Jan 2013
Location: FREESTATE
Posts: 46

2012 Freelander 2 SD4 S Auto Alaska White

Rob. wrote:
I really did brim it, as the fuel neck kept taking more and more as air bubble kept comming up.

Is there a breather system on the FL2 tank? or is it a closed system.

Just want to make sure I'm not losing any fuel......

If you fill it untill it overflows (See puddle next to inside of R/Rear wheel) it takes 72...

2012 SD4 S

14th Mar 2013 9:33 am

Past master

Member Since: 30 Jun 2010
Location: Isle of Ely
Posts: 2710

Deuteronomiser wrote:
Can you expand on that please Chris?

The amount of fuel delivered gradually rises with wear and tear.The pumps can legally be set to deliver slightly less than indicated at first, so that the average between settings is about right. I have read that supermarkets will have their pumps recalibrated as often as twice a day to take advantage of this. There is more information on the web, as I recall, if you search diligently.

14th Mar 2013 11:50 am

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