Any idea what this thing in my boot is??

Afternoon all,

I have just purchased my first Range Rover, a P38 DT, and there is an orange plastic can/tank in the boot with a couple of pipes leading down into the car somewhere. Frankly I have no idea what it is, maybe some kind of breather?

If anyone has any insights I would be very appreciative! Hopefully the picture I have tried to attach works!

Thanks!

Definitely non-standard. You'll have to track the pipes.

Run!! It's a bomb!!!

Intriguing, let us know what you find.

Yeah it is clearly a non-standard installation but sadly I bought it at auction so cannot contact the previous owner to ask him/her.

you'll probably find the fuel tank is leaking on the car. so this has been rigged up to sell it at auction. to me it looks to have a feed and return pipe so its either there to replace the tank or to run alternative fuel.

IanR said:

Afternoon all,

I have just purchased my first Range Rover, a P38 DT, and there is an orange plastic can/tank in the boot with a couple of pipes leading down into the car somewhere. Frankly I have no idea what it is, maybe some kind of breather?

If anyone has any insights I would be very appreciative! Hopefully the picture I have tried to attach works!

Thanks!

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its possible some one has done a twin tank convertion that could be your deisel storage tank meaning the main tank is used for veg. so it starts on deisel then when its warm switches over to the veg then for the lazt couple of miles gets switched back to deisel. makes it very cheap if not almost free to run.

follow those pipes n see where they go

Bet its full of red diesel those pipes will be going to your full pump?

Thanks for the swift replies. I have been filling up into the standard tank and it does not seem to be losing fuel, in fact it has been surprisingly un-greedy (is that a word?). I have not opened the can to have a look/smell in fear of causing problems to the car which has ran very well so far

IanR said:

Thanks for the swift replies. I have been filling up into the standard tank and it does not seem to be losing fuel, in fact it has been surprisingly un-greedy (is that a word?). I have not opened the can to have a look/smell in fear of causing problems to the car which has ran very well so far

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You need to have a look inside I'm pretty sure I'm right its a simple and populate mod also check to see if you have a switch on the dash to flick it from main tank to that one

open it and smell, also if it had veg in the tank recently i'd expect a bit of a chip shop smell still

also if you open your bonnet, those pipes should be as close as they can to the pump, so look for any new fuel rubber.. or take a pic and post on here

Probably unrelated, but does anyone know what this button is for? It doesn't seem to have any function that I can pinpoint

It sets the bomb off.

IanR said:

Probably unrelated, but does anyone know what this button is for? It doesn't seem to have any function that I can pinpoint

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Again non-standard but with it's proximity to the light switch I'd be looking for the signs of extra driving lights having been removed before sale. Or has a previous owner added front fogs but by-passed the BECM?

It doesn't have any front fog lights fitted but as you say they could have been removed; who knows but it seem the previous owners (or one of them) like to modify as the audio has been re-wired in the past which allowed me to fit an aftermarket stereo without having to make the changes myself.

I am working at the moment so will update you guys when I've looked inside the tank in the boot

you never know it could be the solenoid valve switch for the veg tank

Is there a name on the tank in the boot?

Grrrrrr said:

Is there a name on the tank in the boot?

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well its definatly not Harman-kardon

having a search for the tank, they show up in loads of veggie twin tanks

http://www.veggiepower.co.uk/kits

trax said:

having a search for the tank, they show up in loads of veggie twin tanks

http://www.veggiepower.co.uk/kits

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Bit of a result if it is a proper job with upgraded fuel pump and injectors.