I have a 150 Diesel GXL, no engine mods, 18 months old, 28k on the odo.
I recently had a problem with the long range tanks and I would like to know if somebody understands what Toyota service were trying to tell me, so I have a better chance to understand if it might happen again.
A week ago, with 130km remaining range showing on the display, it just died.
Symptoms were no fuel being pumped when it was cranked, or after it had started.
We could prime the fuel system manually and sometimes start again, but it would run only for a few seconds.
This was a 500km tow from the nearest Toyota service centre, so I wasn't happy.
When I got it in for repair, they pulled the tank out and reported that a one-way valve between the tanks had come adrift.
I don't understand several aspects of this...
Does anyone have any understanding of how this works? or in my case, didn't work?
I recently had a problem with the long range tanks and I would like to know if somebody understands what Toyota service were trying to tell me, so I have a better chance to understand if it might happen again.
A week ago, with 130km remaining range showing on the display, it just died.
Symptoms were no fuel being pumped when it was cranked, or after it had started.
We could prime the fuel system manually and sometimes start again, but it would run only for a few seconds.
This was a 500km tow from the nearest Toyota service centre, so I wasn't happy.
When I got it in for repair, they pulled the tank out and reported that a one-way valve between the tanks had come adrift.
I don't understand several aspects of this...
- If the level sender and fuel pump are in the same chamber then why does it stop pumping fuel?
- If a one-way valve is missing, then what is to stop the fuel going where it is needed
- when initially sold to me, it was claimed the two tanks operated simply as a single large tank, with no need to switch over. So how would a one-way valve fit into this description?
Does anyone have any understanding of how this works? or in my case, didn't work?
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