startinghandle
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There used to be 2 places locally selling lpg but finished because of low sales and I know a mechanic that hates working on these vehicles so are they that bad
Anyone owned an LPG vehicle?
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Lincs Lass
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- Location
- north lincs
I haven't seen lpg at the pumps round here for years,
The village garage used to stock it but they went out of fuel sales 5 Yr back, only tesco and what was esso in town and they don't have it,
I think it's died a death
The village garage used to stock it but they went out of fuel sales 5 Yr back, only tesco and what was esso in town and they don't have it,
I think it's died a death
goldeneagle
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Had a Vauxhall Astra van which was factory fitted. Head was off twice as valves in a state. Prob spent as much repairing it as saved in the end.
ollandroverman
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- Location
- nr Kendal (The Lake District)
I run a v8 Landrover Defender on a sequential gas injection system, and it is fantastic. I've been happy enough to drive a loop of Europe with it..
In my opinion, success with lpg vehicles is all down to the quality of the conversation.
A good gas injection system is fantastic, the commonly seen, crappy vapour-draw-through system (which works more like a carburettor) is pretty poor by comparison.
In my opinion, success with lpg vehicles is all down to the quality of the conversation.
A good gas injection system is fantastic, the commonly seen, crappy vapour-draw-through system (which works more like a carburettor) is pretty poor by comparison.
We had 4 V8 discoveries running on gas over a 10 year period. The 1st one a 3.5 ran perfectly. But all the 3.9s were temperamental.
The 3.5 manual could do 14mpg on gas.
The 3.9 auto struggled to do more than 11mpg. Hook the stock box on and we were down to 6-7mpg.
We had 100 litre tanks in the boot so could do around 180-220 miles on a fill. Long journeys needed a F1 style fuel strategy to avoid running on petrol. The basic rule with them though was to never pass a gas pump.
In all the time we had them we never had one with more than a 1/2 tank of petrol in though.
They were fun at the time and cheap enough to buy and once converted as we swapped vehicles we had the conversion swapped over for minimal spend.
However in the end we decided diesel was easier so went back to them.
The 3.5 manual could do 14mpg on gas.
The 3.9 auto struggled to do more than 11mpg. Hook the stock box on and we were down to 6-7mpg.
We had 100 litre tanks in the boot so could do around 180-220 miles on a fill. Long journeys needed a F1 style fuel strategy to avoid running on petrol. The basic rule with them though was to never pass a gas pump.
In all the time we had them we never had one with more than a 1/2 tank of petrol in though.
They were fun at the time and cheap enough to buy and once converted as we swapped vehicles we had the conversion swapped over for minimal spend.
However in the end we decided diesel was easier so went back to them.
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- DD9.
Had 2 transits, 2 Toyota forklifts and old man is on his 2nd shogun sport with v6 petrol. They are what they are, a bit temperamental.
Transits were ok, 1st one went away with 120k, 2nd on 125k and working away, ex dhl London delivery van from when LEZ came in and they were exempt. Doesn’t do much these days but keeps going. Transits were both Ford factory fit lpg and very little trouble up to around the 100k mark.
The shoguns were retro fitted and a bit less reliable, but again have lasted ok.
The lpg runs hotter than on petrol, which the exhausts and cooling systems of the retro kit vehicles don’t like.
The old man got a bit obsessed with lpg and also had a Volvo and Saab fitted out, both were ok, but the 2 second hand Astra lpgs he got my sister were disasters.
As said already, depends on the quality of the installation, factory fitted transits were by far the most reliable, but if the lpg failed it became very expensive running on petrol.
Transits were ok, 1st one went away with 120k, 2nd on 125k and working away, ex dhl London delivery van from when LEZ came in and they were exempt. Doesn’t do much these days but keeps going. Transits were both Ford factory fit lpg and very little trouble up to around the 100k mark.
The shoguns were retro fitted and a bit less reliable, but again have lasted ok.
The lpg runs hotter than on petrol, which the exhausts and cooling systems of the retro kit vehicles don’t like.
The old man got a bit obsessed with lpg and also had a Volvo and Saab fitted out, both were ok, but the 2 second hand Astra lpgs he got my sister were disasters.
As said already, depends on the quality of the installation, factory fitted transits were by far the most reliable, but if the lpg failed it became very expensive running on petrol.
deleted user 837354
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I was under the impression LPG doesn't help with upper cylinder loveliness and creates hot spots as it burns a bit funny.
Best bit about it for me was it made V8 power affordable. Our first disco was a poverty spec one on steel wheels on a K plate. Thing is though it was not only faster than the 300tdi it was also quicker than a TD5 disco.
Boy did I have some fun back in the day on motorway hills thundering past the diesel discos at 90 plus mph??
I often got the “how the hell you passing me in that thing look”
Boy did I have some fun back in the day on motorway hills thundering past the diesel discos at 90 plus mph??
I often got the “how the hell you passing me in that thing look”
DeeGee
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- Location
- North East Wales
Good enough on a 3.9V8 Range Rover, roughly half the cost of petrol so about 25 or 30mpg.
Performance as good as on petrol but finding a garage that sells LPG can be a pain, especially when a fill up won’t do more than about 120 miles! You always need that small petrol tank to be full to the brim, or else going on any sort of journey further than the corner shop requires a refuelling strategy that would test to the absolute limits the very latest computer aided predictions of the race coordinators at Mercedes McLaren.
Far better with diesel that you can buy anywhere IMO, I would never now choose LPG over diesel.
Performance as good as on petrol but finding a garage that sells LPG can be a pain, especially when a fill up won’t do more than about 120 miles! You always need that small petrol tank to be full to the brim, or else going on any sort of journey further than the corner shop requires a refuelling strategy that would test to the absolute limits the very latest computer aided predictions of the race coordinators at Mercedes McLaren.
Far better with diesel that you can buy anywhere IMO, I would never now choose LPG over diesel.
Pheasant Surprise
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- Location
- Woodbridge, Suffolk
All cabs (falcodores) in Aussie have been running LPG since the seventies. Probably clocked up a trillion miles across the fleet.
- Location
- British Isles
the trick is to have your own gas tank in the yard
Pheasant Surprise
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- Location
- Woodbridge, Suffolk
....as in one you actually own, rather than rent from Calor or Flo or the other suspects.
wouldn’t you also need a liquid pump?
- Location
- British Isles
rent one but only for the gain dryer so they only charge you for 1 quarter and you can get pumps easly enough
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