RDS Fuel tank/toolbox

[porthole]

Or, the simplest and cheapest way, don't max out the tank and then not go on a trip for several weeks

 

[Bones]

Or, the simplest and cheapest way, don't max out the tank and then not go on a trip for several weeks

Ha that will work too.

 

[wehavefun]

If you use rubber hose on your vent just let it curl around 3 times in a 4" coil and ziptie it towards the top of your box you won't have any spill from vent.

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[porthole]

Three 4" circles of 3/8" line doesn't hold anywhere near the amount of that small bottle I have, and I have filled that bottle at least once already. And doing so might just cause a venting issue, similar to the venting of the fresh water tanks when the vent line has a low point loop.

I'm using gravity feed, so it wouldn't take much to stop the flow.

 

[wehavefun]

My last truck I ran over 60,000 miles with no issues with the RDS 60 gallon combo gravity fed and my new truck has the 45 gallon, only traveled 2500 miles so far but it seems to work for me just fine.

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[RandyDeb]

Mine was working until I put about 16" vent hose on. I also installed two j clamps that run up to the top of the toolbox. I just rapped the hose around and stuck it back into one of the clamps. I think I pinched the vent line because its not feeding. I pulled the line out tonight so see what happens.

 

[cookie]

M I think I pinched the vent line because its not feeding.

No air in, no fuel out.
When I first installed my tank I had a problem with venting. I now have about 6 inches of hose on the vent with the hoses natural curve up.
No problems running that way in the last 6 years.

Peace
Dave

 

[RandyDeb]

After pulling the line out and making sure it was open it's still not feeding. But, I was at about 1/4 on the internal tank so now I'm thinking that I needed to fill the tank to get it to pull full again.

 

[cookie]

Did you remove the vent line? It won't hurt to not have a line on that vent barb.

Peace
Dave

 

[RandyDeb]

Dave

No I left it on. I was talking with my nephew last night. He suggested putting a fuel filter on the vent hose. He has done that on a tank he uses in a farm truck, said it works fine. It's a small clear plastic fuel filter that will only let fuel or air go oneway. Has anyone tried that?

 

[cookie]

I tried that years ago and had a problem with it. Well I think I did. It seems that I got fuel up into that filter and it prevented the venting process. Once I took it off everything worked fine.
Right now all I have is about a 6" piece of fuel line attached to the vent.

Peace
Dave

 

[jnbhobe]

I have a plastic filter like that on mine and it works good

 

[porthole]

Dave

No I left it on. I was talking with my nephew last night. He suggested putting a fuel filter on the vent hose. He has done that on a tank he uses in a farm truck, said it works fine. It's a small clear plastic fuel filter that will only let fuel or air go oneway. Has anyone tried that?

I tried that years ago and had a problem with it. Well I think I did. It seems that I got fuel up into that filter and it prevented the venting process. Once I took it off everything worked fine.
Right now all I have is about a 6" piece of fuel line attached to the vent.

Peace
Dave

Same experience as Dave's

 

[Wmnmy]

I have the 45 gallon RDS Gravity fed auxiliary fuel tank and I open the valve before I leave with a full tank and my gage show full until the RDS empty then my gage start going going down when the oem tank starts emptying.. Love it no problems in 30'000 miles ..

 

[RandyDeb]

Any idea where to get a clear 1 way fuel filter? Napa didn't have anything, nor did Fleet Farm.

 

[porthole]

Any idea where to get a clear 1 way fuel filter? Napa didn't have anything, nor did Fleet Farm.

1 way? Never heard of one. If you are putting a filter on the vent line it has to flow both ways.

The filter I had used for awhile was just the cheap, inline plastic filter, something like this.

https://www.amazon.com/Universal-Fi...1495976448&sr=8-6&keywords=inline+fuel+filter

 

[JWalker]

Tractor Supply has them in their Lawn and garden section. With the spark plugs, fuel line, etc.

 

[RandyDeb]

TSC! Good idea. I wouldn't think a fuel filter with a check valve would be that hard to track down. Maybe I need to be looking for just a check valve. Forget about a fuel filter.

 

[porthole]

TSC! Good idea. I wouldn't think a fuel filter with a check valve would be that hard to track down. Maybe I need to be looking for just a check valve. Forget about a fuel filter.

What exactly are you trying to accomplish?

The reason some of the people I know even bothered to add the fuel filter to the vent line was to keep debris and insects out of it.
I removed mine after I filled the filter the second time, figuring a wet filter slowed the venting down even more.

Did you add a 1/4 turn ball valve to the tank outlet, so you can shut off the tank?

 

[travelin2]

I have nothing on the end of my vent hose. It is mounted under the bed lip and the open end points downward so as not to inadvertently collect any wash or rain water


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