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21st October 2016, 17:05 | #1 |
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LPG question
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I have seen a ZTT for sale already fitted with a gas conversion. Now I'm used to seeing large engined cars fitted with gas but this is just an 1800. Can the K series handle the conversion ok? Its got fairly high mileage so I,m presuming its worked ok so far. Of course, it doesnt have to be run on gas but it would be very cheap on fuel |
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Thank you. I will go and view the car tomorrow
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21st October 2016, 19:02 | #4 |
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Make of lpg
Find out make of LPG. Make sure it works. They all start on petrol but should switch to LPG when coolant warmed up.
Any ignition problems etc tend to show up early on LPG and it does consume spark plugs if not changed at every service. Other than that a no brainer! 47p a litre at asda! |
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My 1.8T ztt has been converted since March.... car runs well.... get 3 full 50 litre tanks of lpg for the same price of one tank of petrol.... cheapest I pay is 45p a litre
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My 2.5 KV6 was about 59k when I bought it. Pretty quick I converted it myself to lpg. Its now done over 220k. I do about 20k p.a., get the same mpg on either fuel. The plugs were changed to iridium about 3 years ago, and I haven't touched them since!
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Having run many LPG cars over the last 14 years I think the things to look into are a) do you have a good LPG installer nearby who can service and repair the LPG system. Be especially careful to check the make of the LPG kit installed as LPG people only tend to deal with a few specific makes. Second thing is to make sure that the LPG system works perfectly. I'm been stung a couple of times buying cars with LPG systems that ran poorly on gas but 'only needed a servce' only to find more significant issues that cost a lot to repair. In fact an Alfa I bought never did run right despite numerous attempts to sort it and I ended up cutting my losses after just 3 months. It should change to gas and run without being noticeable at all, in fact the only way you should be able to tell is by looking at the indicator light!
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The previous 214 had 250000 miles and had been converted at 15000 miles, and my second 214 had 396000 miles when I retired it from service, so cumulatively the cars had covered 605000 miles on LPG So I would say the four cylinder K series is well suited to being run on LPG wouldn't you? Oh, and I did the same conversion on my wife's Freelander which started on the button after a five year slumber Brian |
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If anything - based upon my experience with a 3.5 V8 and a 3.9 V8 - when running on LPG the engine should be smoother and more even running. So if it runs rough on LPG then something is amiss |
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