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Tanks too damn small!


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Jan 5, 2012
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Vehicle Year
1988
Transmission
Manual
I have a 1988 bronco ll and the thing is a pain, I constantly need to refill it with gas. I believe it has a ten gallon tank. I also dont see any postings about this, but does anybody have any ideas on putting a bigger gas tank in it, like sizes and if anybody has don a conversion like this before.
 
Are you going by the gas gauge? What kind of mileage are you getting?

All bronco IIs were equipped with a 23 gallon tank at the factory. You should be able to go at least 350 miles to a tank and be spending close to $80 to fill it up.

If you genuinely have a 10 gallon tank somebody other than Ford put it there.
 
Yea, the tank is bigger than the midship tank in an ext cab ranger...
 
Yea, the tank is bigger than the midship tank in an ext cab ranger...

Shit dude, the B2 tanks can almost hold the total capacity of a dual tank Ranger.
 
my vote is for a messed up fuel gauge, if the OP has never run it dry...
 
my vote is for a messed up fuel gauge, if the OP has never run it dry...

Same here. When I bought my B2 I filled it up after a few days of light driving and the gauge was getting low. I only had about 150 miles on the tank but I had no idea what kind of mileage it was getting or if the gauge was working properly.

It took 12 gallons and I knew I had a bad sending unit.
 
I stand and watch my Jeeper friends stop and get fuel on long rides.There asking aren't you getting gas?What for we haven't gone anywhere yet.There right around 15 gallons.
 
my dodge ram has the same size tank. it's an 98. I have always loved the gas milage and tank capacity of the Bll.
 
I bought mine with the guage inop., the previous owner said he filled it at 200 miles. I started looking at # of gallons at 200 and realized I had barely used half a tank. Now I go 350 and start looking for gas, and still only put 18 gallons in it.
 
My '86 (stock, 2.9 liter EFI, 5-speed 4X4, 235,000 miles) never fails to get more than 21 mpg on the road, sometimes as much as 26 on a single tank. But my fuel gauge hasn't operated properly in years... it drops to 'E' after less than a hundred miles. I keep up with the mileage to know when to fill up. I'd suggest checking the gas mileage to see what it's really doing.
 
oh thanks guys for the info, sorry i dident get back sooner but i`m a new user and i really cant figure this forum out. but i got a hold of it and figured it out. Im gona drive around with a filled 5 gal. gas tank and drive it until it runs out to find out if the gauge is reading right.
 
oh thanks guys for the info, sorry i dident get back sooner but i`m a new user and i really cant figure this forum out. but i got a hold of it and figured it out. Im gona drive around with a filled 5 gal. gas tank and drive it until it runs out to find out if the gauge is reading right.

You can alway get a bigger tank if you wanted too. Just saying ;)

http://broncograveyard.com/bronco/i-90250-bronco-ii-extra-capacity-fuel-tank.html

Thats a 33gallon tank. Stock is only 23 gallons. :icon_cheers:
 
ya my b2 goes 250 miles to a tank but it aint no 15 gallons lol shes dang near empty. its all original but for 235's tires. shes is geared alittle to high for them
 
I bought mine with the guage inop., the previous owner said he filled it at 200 miles. I started looking at # of gallons at 200 and realized I had barely used half a tank. Now I go 350 and start looking for gas, and still only put 18 gallons in it.

That's exactly what mine does too.
 
fwiw, over the last 61 liters (16.11 us liquid gallons) i have gotten 342km (212miles) which works out to a little over 13mpg...
 

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