Quote Originally Posted by PeeBee View Post
Ok thanks. I am setting mine up for remote area travel and want to know what range i have before I start heading off into the unknown, and then what fuel rate I am chewing thru it at. The Scintex gear is fairly dear, circa $1200 for dual flowmeters to measure supply and return, then the remote panel. Exactly what I want but doing the research to see if I can get a simple and accurate system for less $.
I usually allow around around 20lph for desert type trips with a lot of slow going, the Patrol has been a thirsty beast since I bought it new in January and she used a bit more than I expected in the slow stuff at around 21lph. I had 165 litres including two Jerrys when I left my last fuel stop, this should have been enough to do what I wanted and get me to Jigalong Community to refuel, which was on the route home. But after a couple of days of pushing through slow stuff, we re-evaluated and decided Parngurr would be a safer option, even though we had to head in the opposite direction to get there. It was around 100km less in distance to get to Parngurr for fuel, but we knew we would get there with spare fuel onboard. There was about 15 litres left in the tank when we got to Parngurr, so if we had gone to Jigalong it would have been nearly bone dry.

I am not sure I'd spend $1200 on fuel metering, just add in a substantial margin to your calcs for worst case scenario and you'll be ok. I'd throw the $1200 into a larger aux fuel tank if you don't already have one. I'll eventually add the larger LRA Aux tank, and maybe the replacement main tank for a total of 215 litres. I like to have fuel in reserve in case of detours, which can be common in the wet seasons.