Transit van running on lpg

[P J F PLUMBING]

Any thoughts please

 

[rpm]

Remember its a petrol engine not a diesel so watch the mileage and some people charge an arm and leg to service lpg vehicles. Had a Granada running on both in the 80"s and couldn`t tell any difference when switched to gas performance wise.

 

[townfanjon]

To buy one already done, a good idea, to buy one to do , maybe not , depending on your mileage.
my pal has a range rover with the conversion done, he loves it

 

[Leo21]

Check it's installed by a certified installer. And check the certificate.

 

[Chalked]

Used to have one, got it new in 2003. Put 120,000 trouble free miles on it.
Great van but make sure your on LPG as much as possible, it's fooking expensive when switched to petrol.
not as much power when on LPG, or as much torque as a diesel. Also tanks are fitted wher the spare wheel normally is. The spare is fitted to the side, inside the van.
no congestion charge either.

 

[julesverne]

Had a vauxhall combo kept burning the valves had them renewed twice gave up third time it happened. And that was a factory conversion from vauxhall. Only
earned later. They were ****e unless low mileage mine had done about 140k.

 

[Chalked]

If it's got a door decal that looks a bit like a green leaf, it's factory fitted.they will do about 22/25 to the gallon. But as it's nearly half the price of petrol. That's equivalent of 44-50 mpg!

another downside is filling the tanks with LPG can be a bit slow.

 

[P J F PLUMBING]

I'm thinking about a new van looking at a 05 plate vito 110 45 k miles

 

[REDSAW]

about 76p a litre!!

nearly had one before the landy

 

[Leo21]

I'm thinking about a new van looking at a 05 plate vito 110 45 k miles

Thats french, it will break.

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

That french, it will break.

i can vouch for that

 

[rpm]

Used to have one, got it new in 2003. Put 120,000 trouble free miles on it.
Great van but make sure your on LPG as much as possible, it's fooking expensive when switched to petrol..

Think you have to use a tank of petrol to 3 or 4 tanks of gas can`t remember why or of it`s still relevent as this was 30 yrs back

 

[julesverne]

Vito's are mercs aren't they ?

 

[P J F PLUMBING]

Mercedes benz Vito was thinking of a transit not sure really had my vivaro for 3 years got some niggles just has a clutch and just passed 100 k

 

[newcastle phill]

Some older ones run geat on old chip fat

 

[Leo21]

Some older ones run geat on old chip fat

Thats news to me, didn't know that the older ones ran.

 

[julesverne]

You can convert some diesel engines prob older ones to run on veggie oil. But they do need a heater element installed to thin the oil. Or you can add a bit of turps to it that works aswell. Dont think newer engines would like it though

 

[P J F PLUMBING]

What you guys drive recommend

 

[Leo21]

What you guys drive recommend

Ive got a Toyota hiace, crude but dead reliable. The new Toyota is a peugout with Toyota badges on. If I was renewing, I'd have a vw or a merc or even a Hyundai I load with the five year warranty.

 

[markfxy]

used to run my expert on veggie oil when I worked next to sainsburys a lot easier nipping in there than finding a garage on the way home, read up on the web about it apparently if I did it on my 2.0 HDI engine it would splode into a million pieces it's still going strong now so it can't be that bad for your engine, fuel pump or whatever its supposed to bugger up

 

[newcastle phill]

Yeh its the older gen diesels you can do it with