LPG Conversions

...LPG. What is LPG? LPG is short for Liquid Petroleum Gas, commonly known as Auto Gas, most petrol driven cars or vans (not diesels) can be converted to run on LPG which almost cuts your fuel costs in half. Currently, there are around 140.000 cars running around the UK able to run on LPG & 11 million worldwide. With around 1200 filling stations with LPG facilities in the UK you are never far away from being able to fill up. LPG is a by product ...
...it is very environmentally friendly. LPG vehicles emit less Co2 gases, little sulphur & no soot particles. In the UK we export about 45% of our LPG supply. When LPG is stored under pressure at certain temperatures it becomes a dense liquid allowing a large quantity to be stored in a small space. How does it work in a car? LPG cars run on both fuel & gas separately, in most cases the spare wheel is removed & a round tank that stores the gas about ...

ScottishWestie 19.09.2008 · Read full review
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I have fitted a Romano System N SGI system to my Omega 2.6 V6, it can off a previous car which had issues. I will cover day to day first. The car starts on petrol then switches to gas when ready, the switch also allows petrol usage as desired. The car is a tiny bit slower than on petrol and a bit thirstier (Propane has a lower energy density per litre than petrol), it is also a little quieter on gas. Day to day fuel costs are roughly half that ...
...cost. The car can be difficult to fire occasionally on petrol, this can be cut down by using injector cleaner and also switching to petrol for a second before turning the engine off. Petrol evaporates from around the injectors and can leave deposites blocking them. The car also takes 5 miles to fully adjust to a particular fuel, after running out of gas the car ran a lot better after 5 miles and after I refilled it ran better again after 5 miles, ...

MartinImber 18.08.2006 · Read full review
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...So if you convert to LPG your yearly running costs will be reduced considerably. I remember reading an article in one of the newspapers here that pointed out that it only takes the average motorist covering around 12,000 miles a year about nine months or so to recoup the initial cost of the conversion, and to start making big savings on their motoring costs from then in. ~ ~ The second major benefit is that LPG is a far cleaner fuel than petrol ...
...the car non stop on LPG then you run the very real risk of doing some serious damage to your engine. This is easily avoided by the very simple remedy of running your car for about ten miles a day or so on petrol. ~ ~ Running on LPG also adversely affects both your mpg and performance. You will get about 15% less miles per gallon on gas when compared to petrol, but this is more than compensated for by the lower cost of the fuel. As an example, ...

the_mad_cabbie 02.03.2001 (03.03.2001) · Read full review
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...which I had converted to LPG around two years ago. The coupe was not particularly thirsty petrol wise, however as I did around 20,000 miles a year I decided that converting to LPG would save me a considerable sum of money. The LPG tank is a 65 litre 'doughnut' shaped tank which fits snugly into the spare wheel housing underneath the boot carpet, and therefore does not take up any boot space. I don't carry a spare wheel anymore, instead I carry a ...
...I often get asked whether LPG improves my car's fuel economy. The answer is no. In fact, car's that have been converted to run on LPG actually have slightly worse fuel economy when compared to petrol. However, when you consider that LPG is roughly half the price of petrol, the savings more than make up. My coupe still has a petrol tank, making it duel fuel. In fact, it always starts up on petrol. To switch to gas, you ensure that the switch on the ...

Katenray 28.04.2002 · Read full review
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I have been running on LPG for a little over five years now, and covered a shade under 220,000 miles in two cars. The first car was a Honda Accord 2.2 Coupe that had 65,000 miles on the clock when I had it converted to gas. Used was a cheap and basic OMVL kit. This basically converted an injection engine, into a carburettor engine by inserting little more than an open pipe into the inlet manifold, allowing the engine to suck the gas into the cylinders ...
...with to compensate for the resulting drop in power. There was a cylinder in the boot behind the back seats which made the boot one foot shorter, but I still retained the full sized spare wheel. The engine was from the ultimately reliable Honda stable so; all the problems that I could/should of have had with such a cheap and quite frankly nasty conversion I didn't. I eventually sold the car still going strong with 245,000 miles on the clock and the ...

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My LPG conversion was installed a year ago I had being toying with the idea for a while. after hearing my partners uncle had it on a Lexus I took the plunge. 2 grand a small wheel like tank in tool slot at rear of vehicle and it was installed. The LPG can be switched between petrol and LPG and the fact you can have a tank of petrol and a tank of Gas gives your car a longer range. The LPG tank is full for £20 as oppose to £30 for half a tank of petrol ...
...If you get the LPG system installed correctly the car doesnt suffer much loss in power. I was made aware of rally cars with 200hp engines running on gas and I also drove a converted vauxhall calibre that really flew, overtaking was easy lets say. A person I met through ebay informed me of widespread use in Australia because of cost primarily . The fuel is getting more recognition and more popular here I would think because of cost. The other benefits ...

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...a converted (or already installed) LPG system vehicle, I had done a very thorough research on users for a decision if I should convert as well or not. In Turkiye (most of you call it Turkey) almost all the taxi cabs and most of the municipal busses are equipped with LPG. As you would see an Austin in the UK or Chevrolet Caprice or Checker Marathon (not anymore though) in NYC, taxi cabs here in Turkey are virtually all Tofas (Turkish made under Fiat ...
...are in trouble... 8- LPG is a fuel designed for constant flame-burn; not detonation. On the other hand gasoline would not ignite easily even if you throw a burning match into it. A car' s engine is designed for detonations of the fuel. So fundamentally, LPG is not for internal combustion engines. The LPG conversion concept is basically a cross-breed freak. (All this is told to me by a garage owner who actually converts vehicles to LPG) 9- As LPG ...

MuratM 14.04.2004 · Read full review
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...on the rear bumper about "2 wide.If anybody is interested in finding out about this scheme go to www.est-powershift.orguk.You can still have an older car converted but unfrtunately you do not qualify for a grant.Incidentally there are more LPG filling stations opening all the time.I have two in my town. ...

alottosay 28.02.2001 (12.12.2000) · Read full review
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...put up the tax on LPG - the fact it is classed as a green fuel might keep them from doing it. One thing - the person who fitted my system has been doing it for 15 years - he is Romanian - nd told me that everyone who buys a new car in his country gets it converted almost immediately 'the only reason it isnt so popular in the UK is because people are too rich' he told me. I spoke to him 6 weeks later as I was getting my 1000 mile check and he said ...
...with conversions and whilst there 2 people showed up in their cars to ask when they could be converted!! Tips:- 1. Get a recommendation 2. check where your nearest filling stations are (Most Morrisons stores have them) 3. Get converted 4. Feel smug when filling up at the petrol station ...

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I had my 1.6 Vauxhall converted 9,000 miles/6 months ago. It runs fine on the motorway but is not as responsive as petrol at lower speeds. LPG has 80% of the energy of petrol so you get less MPG. The most I have managed is 33 mpg - and that is driving 'economically'. It cost £900 to convert. Should take me about 20k miles to recoup the cost (taking into account lower mpg and the price difference), so about a years motoring. You will hear people who say the car runs the same on LPG as it does on petrol - the truth is it doesn't. The engine is designed to run on petrol not LPG and LPG doesn't have the same punch. Go 4 it. ...

clanless 11.11.2007
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...suggested I look into an LPG conversion,I read a few reviews as I was not sure how a second hand car with 50.000 miles on would react,Decided that the car was worth investing in the price of the conversion. My first dilema was what sort of tank to use,ie a doughnut tank in the spare wheel well or a free standing tank in the boot area,I wanted a fairly decent range on mileage so opted for a tank in the boot as the wheel well was to small to fit the ...
...stations asking for information on LPG & what you think of it,A lot of people have heard of it but are very sceptical about having there cars converted. I never found it an issue locating Petrol stations that sold LPG,but even if you were caught short you just filled the car up with a little petrol & carried on your way. The service intervals that were recomended to me were double the manufacturers service intervals & the vehicle never let me down ...

Rich1972 19.04.2005 · Read full review
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Well I took the decision to convert my 2 cars over to LPG when petrol hit £1.15! The savings were obvious and with a LPG distributor selling the stuff at 48p per litre I have been quids in since it was done. I have saved £95 a month in the first month and the car is running great on it. I liked it so much I wrote a blog about it to let people find out more. Its here http://www.lpgguru.co.uk/ If You find it helpful leave me a comment ! Good luck on your conversion Its been great for me and I am very happy. ...

davroshudson 04.10.2008
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...object by fitting an expensive LPG system when trying to save money? Well in short, probably no. Fuel Savings per year are around half with average fuel usage around £50 per week yearly savings average £1300, this combined with differences in conversion costs of around £400. But it's all well and good having an LPG conversion, but if you have to take several days of work with problems saving £400 begins to look a small price to pay. A good LPG convertor ...

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...you could, that had the lpg fitted with it, and make absolutely sure you get a gas certificate! My car was bought for 300 pounds, i was very lucky, the carina had very low miles, and was top of the range. On a 2.0 litre automatic, lpg would get me 220 miles, at a constant 60 miles an hour, on what cost 13 pounds to fill up (at 37.9p a litre). Thanks very much for reading this short review, i hope it's of some help to someone purchasing in the near ...

allanwales 05.02.2007 · Read full review
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CompareLPG.com is the ONLY impartial UK site that works with the governing body, UKLPG - try them for advice and quote comparisons... IT'S FREE! ...

CompareLPG.com 17.09.2008
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