Smaller boot = Long range fuel tank?

Post Mon Oct 24, 2005 2:05 pm

The boot on my new e30 is smaller than my old. Both are 4 door saloon (one an early model the new a late) there seams to be something behined the rear seats, about 10 cm wide, the seat back covering all looks different and comes right up to the wheel arches.

Whats going on? Its a south african model so i'm thinking it may be a long range fuel tank?

Will take the cover off and have a look at some point. and maybe take some photos...

What do you think it is?

Special area to store drugs/guns?

Post Mon Oct 24, 2005 2:09 pm

haven`t heard of that before, can you put some photos up?

Post Mon Oct 24, 2005 2:09 pm

Here you go

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do ... g=16&fg=05

Post Mon Oct 24, 2005 2:28 pm

kam-325i wrote:Here you go

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do ... g=16&fg=05

Dissapointing. - The guns/drugs compartment was a much more exiting idea.
There was a thread on another site a while back, where someone in the US found that the left hand half of the fuel tank had been blanked off in the middle, and there was an access panel into it behind the vertical piece of carpet in front of the rear seat.

Post Mon Oct 24, 2005 2:29 pm

That looks about right cause i'm sure i saw to filler pipes when i was changing the wheels.

hmm interesting, if a bit useless in this country, especially taking up boot space.

Might be usefull with a m30 though!

Will take pics

Post Mon Oct 24, 2005 2:33 pm

Dissapointing. - The guns/drugs compartment was a much more exiting idea

It is true! But it still might be!

That m3 in the states with the small fuel tank was what i was thinking about when i wrote about guns/drugs and it being south african as well..........................

Post Mon Oct 24, 2005 4:51 pm

Does your fuel guage have a large white area near the full mark? And when filling your tank, do you ever have a problem filling it completley?

Euro E30 M3's have these long range tanks too, and they are a pain, BMW also realised this after fitting them, with owners complaining they could never fill they're tank, they're answer iirc was to leave the tank drop as much as possible before re-filling....this doesn't always work though!

My tank is a pain to fill!!

Post Mon Oct 24, 2005 5:20 pm

Simon wrote:My tank is a pain to fill!!

So's mine. Pain in the Wallet!

Post Mon Oct 24, 2005 7:49 pm

And when filling your tank, do you ever have a problem filling it completley?

I have yet to fill it as it came with 3/4 of a tank! (nearly as much as i paid for the whole car....) not looking forward to it now

Are they literally two tanks? and is it possible to take one part out, or are they all inter connected?

Can see a white bit on the guage, is it solid bit of white rather than a broken line (which i do have)? Its all in litres/km anyway....

Post Mon Oct 24, 2005 8:05 pm

i actually bought a long range tank.Only the tank no pipes etc,i am unsure if i can fit it to mine though as its a 1990 car and on the etk it only lists the long r tank up to 1987.
What do you recon ? Pain in the arse,dont fit it ? Or
Any advice on fitting it and if it will go in my car.

cheers
andy

Post Mon Oct 24, 2005 8:23 pm

Gwynleym10 wrote:
And when filling your tank, do you ever have a problem filling it completley?
I have yet to fill it as it came with 3/4 of a tank! (nearly as much as i paid for the whole car....) not looking forward to it now

Are they literally two tanks? and is it possible to take one part out, or are they all inter connected?

Can see a white bit on the guage, is it solid bit of white rather than a broken line (which i do have)? Its all in litres/km anyway....

Yeah that's it, the solid white bar, the marker before the bar is your 'usual' fuel tank, you'll find that most of the time, when the fuel pump clicks and stops pumping, the guage will only be at the beginning of the solid white marker, to fill the long range tank, on my car, I have to slowly fill it, being careful that the fuel doesn't spill back out.

Post Mon Oct 24, 2005 8:25 pm

buster wrote:i actually bought a long range tank.Only the tank no pipes etc,i am unsure if i can fit it to mine though as its a 1990 car and on the etk it only lists the long r tank up to 1987.
What do you recon ? Pain in the arse,dont fit it ? Or
Any advice on fitting it and if it will go in my car.

cheers
andy

Andy, I see no reason why you can't fit the long range tank in your car, for the extra fuel it holds though is it worth it? I don't think we really need it in this country.

Post Mon Oct 24, 2005 9:19 pm

Yea i think the boot space would be more usefull! Think its 77 litres or something. Would only need to fill it every month and a half with the mileage i do!

Post Tue Oct 25, 2005 6:19 pm

hmm,maybe your right.I will hold off with it for now.I was just thinking when the car is on the road,a nice big fuel tank to feed the s50 would be good to go touring,germany etc.