i'm looking into adding a 55 gallon in bed tank, i have the tank pretty much picked out now i need to find a decent filter setup for this tank to find out what this whole setup is gonna cost me?? i want to run all my fuel through this tank and "pre filter" it before it goes into the trucks tank. i still plan to use my primrose additive in the aux tank. so does anybody now of any "affordable" filter setups, obviously space wont be a problem or having to match any special threads as i can plumb from my tank into any size thats needed and make a nice bracket to mount it all in the bed neatly beside the tank. also looking for a decent 12V pump to transfer from tank to tank.


thanks!

after finding fuel in South Carolina selling for $.39 a gallon cheaper than it is being sold at my local stattion, I am more determined than ever to add a similiar fuel tank to my truck ... right now I am looking at Transfer Flow's 98 gallon tank along with their pump, electronic monitoring system and recommended fuel filter ... might pay you to check with them to see if some of their products could be adapted for your use

Jim

i here ya on price, thats my main reason for doing this, 50 miles from my house fuel is .30 cents cheaper...... the only reason i'm not going 90+ gallon is it will not sit below my tonneua cover.... seems that 55 is the biggest i can find that will stay below the rail and cover with the cap vents and still be a decent price. i would suggest you look at northerntool.com there prices are 1/3 -1/2 of transfer flows tank prices.

gsxr,

Are you already running a secondary filter system. If not, what I would suggest is running the Racor R60S setup sold by Greg at Lubespecialist.com (supporting vendor here) and filtering the fuel as it goes from either tank towards the factory filter set up. I have a RDS Aluminum tank (maker of the Northern Tool tanks-- rdsaluminum.com) with a 6 way switching valve which works perfect every time. I don't have pictures, but if you do a search for Idle_Chatter, a member here, he has pictures on his website of the install.

WOW, thats almost as much as the tank!! nice kit and all, but i'm looking for something less expensive. i was hoping to find an inexpensive filter head with simple in and out and just run a quality filter on it???

WOW, thats almost as much as the tank!! nice kit and all, but i'm looking for something less expensive. i was hoping to find an inexpensive filter head with simple in and out and just run a quality filter on it??? Frank Blum posted a thread about using a Cat filter head and Cat filter. I used a WIX filter head that is basically a perma-cool filter head. Some racor fittings, a Baldwin BF7633 filter and some rubber hose and you should be go to go for about $85.

Jim

I have 50 gal tank in bed,$$$ Transfer flow $$$. System works great, also put 2mc. filter on line down to oem tank. I believe it is a racor set-up, don't know for sure as I had tank installed to get warrenty. Sorry but it's to cold for an old man to crawl under truck this time of year. I do remember it was good price. Now haul 76 gals and can go a heck of a long way between fillups.

I re-read the question and see what you are attempting to accomplish and I don't have a problem with that, and I see that you want to pre-filter the fuel as it goes from one tank to the next, but when the fuel is returned to the main tank (and our fuel get recycled quite a bit), would it not be better to have the secondary filter after the fuel comes out of the primary tank to help with any water or "growth" concerns on it's way back. Maybe someone can else can chime in on that question.

I agree with Spiritmod1. :) Personally, it makes more sense to filter 100% of the fuel on the way to the engine (fresh fuel & re-cycled fuel from the return lines). I prefer the Nicktane kit, mainly because of the large filter size and easily accessable for replacing the filter by the rear wheel. another thing, I understand you don't plan to use the OEM filler(probably because of the large hi-flo pump nozzle size) but maybe, just maybe somewhere down the line you have to fill-up using the OEM filler for whatever reason--now you've put unfiltered fuel into the mix and you've defeated your original intention. Add a lift pump and you really got a sweet system.
My 2 cents

i follow you guys on wanting the recycled gas to go through the "aftermarket" filter, and agree its a better way to do it, however i hadn't really planned on tapping into any of the factory fuel system lines except for posisbly the filler neck for transfering fuel for possible warranty implication reasons down the road with GM on the fuel system??? plus honestly i havnt had any fuel issues yet running primrose, and can only assume that this second filter even if only passed through once can only help my fuel quality?

i follow you guys on wanting the recycled gas to go through the "aftermarket" filter, and agree its a better way to do it, however i hadn't really planned on tapping into any of the factory fuel system lines except for posisbly the filler neck for transfering fuel for possible warranty implication reasons down the road with GM on the fuel system??? plus honestly i havnt had any fuel issues yet running primrose, and can only assume that this second filter even if only passed through once can only help my fuel quality?

have you given any thought to having some of your truck's heated/unburned fuel returned to your new tank as well as to the OEM tank? ... living in NY it would seem to be a good idea to do so

Jim

On my Transfer Flow system I added a filter before the transfer pump to hopefully increase the life of the pump and also prefilter the fuel to the main tank. It seems to work well so far.

I have a 42 gal tank. I did not want to break into the fuel line. I got a pump from Car-Quest that pumps into the fuel tank fill hose. The only filter is the oem. Last winter I was crossing Raton, NM Pass in below zero weather, the aux tank gelled. By Albuequerque it was warm enough.

i'm not really worried about fuel gelling, the truck sits outside, all the time and gets proper fuel additive and has not had any problems so far at all in two winters with many nights at -15f or more and has never gelled. again i agree its a better setup but i'm trying to stay low cost, and not cause any potential fuel warranty issues by cutting lines. once warranty is up i would probly tap it all in line and get teh dual filtration and heater cpability!