LPG advise - who uses it ? whats it run like ?

Post by **AngeloEvs** » 03 May 2008, 18:49

1.9DG, Hi-top, 24 mpg on lpg, 27mpg on petrol on A-roads, steady 56-60mph, runs sweet on both. I'm satisfied but appreciate that lpg is not for everyone which is probably good news for those who use it.

Post by **ricicles** » 04 May 2008, 18:54

Ran LPG for 2 years, 20-thousand plus miles, no issues, engine ran more quietly and smoothly than it did on petrol (or seemed to!). Only stopped running because of change of engine and carburettors. Waiting for new vapouriser to get connected back up. Can't wait! (If you have any worries about top-end wear and tear try www.flashlube-europe.com ).

Post by **andysimpson** » 04 May 2008, 19:46

I agree they are generally smoother on LPG and are reliable as long as it does not backfire. To me the major downside is lack of power, every vehicle i have driven on LPG seem to struggle on hils, even vehicles with proper petrol engines and not waterleakers.

Finding LPG stations is also an issue unless you have a really big tank.

Post by **kevtherev** » 04 May 2008, 21:15

andysimpson wrote:
Finding LPG stations is also an issue unless you have a really big tank.

oh no it isn't..

Post by **Ian Hulley** » 04 May 2008, 21:33

Our's still has a p****l tank .... cos I'm running on it at the moment

Ian.

Post by **andysimpson** » 04 May 2008, 22:44

kevtherev wrote:
andysimpson wrote:
Finding LPG stations is also an issue unless you have a really big tank.

oh no it isn't..

How many LPG stations? How many diesel stations?

Forgot the bit about taking all day to fill tank.

Post by **lloyd** » 05 May 2008, 06:34

kevtherev wrote:
andysimpson wrote:
Finding LPG stations is also an issue unless you have a really big tank.

oh no it isn't..

Here in our neck of the woods it's not easy to find gas. I have to make a special trip of 27 miles to get gas. Council has gas, but sells it for 4-6p more so is cheaper to drive then pay their inflated price. When in France last fall we had to use a couple tanks of petrol finding gas.

andysimpson wrote:
Forgot the bit about taking all day to fill tank.

Too true mate. Last 1/5 of tank takes forever.. and we have 80ltr tank (holds 62-69ltr depending). But for less then half the price I can deal with it. And I don't have to deal with the diesel stink either.

Post by **Mocki** » 05 May 2008, 07:31

yawn......

yes, it takes about twice as long to fill, yes, not every filling station sells it...... but its more than twice as cheap, its green, and no matter how many times you read these threads, those that cant have it will cry......

Post by **T'Onion** » 05 May 2008, 08:39

When in France last fall we had to use a couple tanks of petrol finding gas.

bad planning , we did 3.5k in France last year , all but 20 of that was on GPL , and the 20 on petrol was cos i badly planned the fill up

, get tomtom with lpg and gpl pois and plan you fill ups

as for taking longer to fill , yes it does ,but that does get you more time to gloat and laugh at people paying 120 p/l for diesel

Post by **andysimpson** » 05 May 2008, 08:46

Mocki wrote:yawn......

yes, it takes about twice as long to fill, yes, not every filling station sells it...... but its more than twice as cheap, its green, and no matter how many times you read these threads, those that cant have it will cry......

I had it on both of my vans but channged to proper engines with power. Twice as long to fill, are you having a laugh.

Post by **T'Onion** » 05 May 2008, 08:53

hehehe here we go again .. blessed are the diesel drivers

if i wanted to get there faster i'd go in the car

or on the back wheel of my bike

Post by **andysimpson** » 05 May 2008, 09:27

T'Onion wrote:hehehe here we go again .. blessed are the diesel drivers if i wanted to get there faster i'd go in the car or on the back wheel of my bike

My car has a boxer engine so its slow.

Post by **lloyd** » 05 May 2008, 10:26

T'Onion wrote:for taking longer to fill , yes it does ,but that does get you more time to gloat and laugh at people paying 120 p/l for diesel

Too true!

As for bad planning, it was first Sunday... stations open for CC use, but no attendant and GPL not on without attendant. Second time was finding 2 GPL stations; one with no GPL and other had broken pump. We traveled for 3 weeks and probably used less then a tank of petrol in all. Had a great time.

We now have a Mio gps, and plan to put poi for gas, aires, etc on it for next trip. Problem is it uses a different system then Tomtom. Would like to hack it and put tomtom on it sometime.

Post by **Mocki** » 05 May 2008, 13:09

lloyd wrote:
T'Onion wrote:for taking longer to fill , yes it does ,but that does get you more time to gloat and laugh at people paying 120 p/l for diesel
Too true!

As for bad planning, it was first Sunday... stations open for CC use, but no attendant and GPL not on without attendant. Second time was finding 2 GPL stations; one with no GPL and other had broken pump. We traveled for 3 weeks and probably used less then a tank of petrol in all. Had a great time.

We now have a Mio gps, and plan to put poi for gas, aires, etc on it for next trip. Problem is it uses a different system then Tomtom. Would like to hack it and put tomtom on it sometime.

we can tomtom it at the bashtie llyod, thats easy.......

as for having a laugh, Andy, only at your entusiasm for agricultural engines in the alt fuel forum..... if its installed properly, it wont take long than twice as long to fill the same litres, some as just as fast if they use the bigger fill pipes........

just because you had bad experiences, dont mean we all do........

Post by **lloyd** » 05 May 2008, 13:58

Mocki wrote: we can tomtom it at the bashtie llyod, thats easy.......

as for having a laugh, Andy, only at your entusiasm for agricultural engines in the alt fuel forum..... if its installed properly, it wont take long than twice as long to fill the same litres, some as just as fast if they use the bigger fill pipes........

just because you had bad experiences, dont mean we all do........

That would be great Steve!
Ours fills quite fast until the last 10ltrs, then it gets slower and sslooweer and sssloooweeer.