SilliamWhale
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Does anyone still do it?
Also can you have your own tank fitted in the yard for vehicular use?
Also can you have your own tank fitted in the yard for vehicular use?
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I can answer the second question. In the 70s Calor ran a stubble burner promotion, and installed a machine with a front gas tank mounted onto one of the tractors. This was filled up from a bulk tank in the yard. I also noticed that the reps and tec guys would top up their cars and vans as nobody kept a check on the contents of the bulk tank.
Don't know anything about how legal it would be in 2022! Can you have "red" gas?
Talking to a chap who ran a car on lpg a few years ago and it seems there is some fuel duty on lpg.Does anyone still do it?
Also can you have your own tank fitted in the yard for vehicular use?
Surely engine wear would be down to number of miles/amount of fuel used rather than a number of yearsIt wearsengines out rapid , if only keeping 2-3 year ok but if long term its hard on engine for some reason .
I had a petrol V8 Discovery with gas conversion and it was the worst pile of sh!te i ever owned.I never knew if i would actually get to my destination while setting off,and it always stank of gas inside. If you didnt use it regularly the gas used to gradually evaporate as well. The head gasket went on it and was an expensive repair.The following year it was too expensive to get through its MOT,so sold it to the local undertakers son for scrap/parts for the catalytic converters.He used to race them on some circuit somewhere. The only thing that made me smile about it was when i got pulled in for a red diesel check at Carlisle mart one day.Does anyone still do it?
Also can you have your own tank fitted in the yard for vehicular use?
Yes, my avatar V8 land rover runs gas injection and it goes very well.
It's biggest problem is the lack of range due to a tiny tank, and a lack of garages selling LPG.
I will be driving it nearly two hours a day getting to current work site and back this week
you would have double the range of a non lpg vehicleI ran a Range Rover on gas for some years, valve wear was the least of the problems
biggest issue was range and if you were out anywhere often had to drive an extra 20 miles to find a gas station.
Was very tempted thought to fit an LGP tank but had just fixed the house up with wood burner and never got rounds too it. As other say the legality of it was dubious but there was no dye in there.
It wearsengines out rapid , if only keeping 2-3 year ok but if long term its hard on engine for some reason .
I ran a Range Rover on gas for some years, valve wear was the least of the problems
biggest issue was range and if you were out anywhere often had to drive an extra 20 miles to find a gas station.
Was very tempted thought to fit an LGP tank but had just fixed the house up with wood burner and never got rounds too it. As other say the legality of it was dubious but there was no dye in there.
yesYou surely had a petrol tank as well though?
Needs an oil injection sytem.It wearsengines out rapid , if only keeping 2-3 year ok but if long term its hard on engine for some reason .