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hello there,i'm looking to buy my first t25,i'm after a high top and currently searching ebay and other sites without any luck,i would like a deisel but nearly all i have seen seem to be petrol how much would it cost to convert to petrol and are high tops more thirsty compared to pop tops,any advice more than welcome.many thanks.john-boy

john-boy wrote:hello there,i'm looking to buy my first t25,i'm after a high top and currently searching ebay and other sites without any luck,i would like a deisel but nearly all i have seen seem to be petrol how much would it cost to convert to petrol and are high tops more thirsty compared to pop tops,any advice more than welcome.many thanks.john-boy

Would be a lot easier and more economical to convert a petrol engine to run on LPG than stripping out a perfectly good engine to replace it with a rattly smelly old diesel.

if you buy a diesel its a lot more easier to get hold of a replacement engine.
and you have an easy choice to go petrol at a later date

this is because using the diesel stuff you can fit most 4 cylinder inline petrol engines , and then if you want you can also fit lpg!

not sure why more people dont go down this route!

remember these vans sholuld be driven at 60-65 mph for best results on the motorway.
a hightop will easily acheive this (excepy 1.6l engine pet oir diesel non turbo)

mpg is not a vast difference, i got mine to 27mpg fully loaded hightop , 4 people 1.9 petrol 4 speed 60mph max , although it did get up to 80mph at a push