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I have been told by a friend today that he was turned away and was not permitted to load onto the Euro tunnel because his car is fitted with LPG!!!!!

Has anyone else expirenced this?

Haven't had experience personally, but I know it is in the exclusions for Eurotunnel. We got converted knowing we'd always have to use the ferries.

Matt

Mash wrote:Haven't had experience personally, but I know it is in the exclusions for Eurotunnel. We got converted knowing we'd always have to use the ferries.

Matt

It doesnt bother me, I prefer ferries anyway (only sleep ill get on the way lol) I just thought it was abit iffy info

I'm afraid that's right Nij.

No lpg'd vehicles allowed through the tunnel.

Not sure yet what the rules are for having about 100 litres of waste veg oil in the back but I intend to find out next summer.

If you try to book with Eurostar as soon as you enter your reg details it comes up as registered Dual Fuel and you're booted out. It was far more convenient for them to blame the chunnel fire on lpg and ban it than to correctly blame the lorry with it's brakes on fire and effectively close their business.

Ferry's are cheap and relaxing

Ian

Haven't figured out the difference between a small LPG tank to run the vehicle on or two LPG tanks in the locker to run the cooker and fridge. As far as I can tell, the latter is OK as long as it's switched off!

I thought the same Carolyn when I looked into it. They see leisure gas as safe because it can be switched off. Which presumably means they think lpg can't, when obviously it can.

Bizzarre.

Ian. Was lpg allowed before the fire then?

Ian Hulley wrote:Ferry's are cheap and relaxing

Ian

I didnt think there was much price difference tbh, but yeah more time to relax and out of the vehicle

72BUG wrote:Ian. Was lpg allowed before the fire then?

I believe so. The Swiss tunnels did the same after the Mont Blanc fire ... they can't ban lorries because they are their core business so they blamed the minority customers they can exist without.

Ian

Ian Hulley wrote:

72BUG wrote:Ian. Was lpg allowed before the fire then?

I believe so. The Swiss tunnels did the same after the Mont Blanc fire ... they can't ban lorries because they are their core business so they blamed the minority customers they can exist without.

Ian

Sounds about right.

Morning,

It depends on what the LPG tank is fueling.

I have been in the tunnel loads of time with my westy and the under floor LPG tank - they make you switch it off and thats all.

But if the tank is providing fuel to the engine then you are not allowed. Simple.

jc_geddes wrote:Morning,

It depends on what the LPG tank is fueling.

I have been in the tunnel loads of time with my westy and the under floor LPG tank - they make you switch it off and thats all.

But if the tank is providing fuel to the engine then you are not allowed. Simple.

Excuse my ignorance, but cant you turn all LPG systems off on a car/van? Mine I can run on either petrol or LPG

Yes Nij, however the Eurotunnel bosses needed a scapegoat, the fire was nothing to do with lpg, there is no difference between a switched off lpg system on a camper and a westy underfloor tank when switched off. Caravans are still allowed through with their gas cylinders which don't have the vent system a proper LPG tank has. They targetted the smallest minority customer they could find and banned them, banning lorries (the real cause) or caravans would have bankrupted them.

Ian

We went through last year with two gas bottles and all they did is put a sticker on the boading tag saying lpg and waved us through no problem. ..At the time I had an open bucket of petrol whilst smoking twenty cigs, they said that was fine

Mark

Its about right TBH.

Am I right in thinking the tunnel is the cheapest way to get across to the continent if you book well in advanced?