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Wed 26 May 2004 20:21

V8 Discovery LPG conversion - Andrew Moorey (Tune-Up)

Called out to a K reg Disco suffering from lack of 'go' since being converted to LPG. Didnt take long to find out why, The conversion consisted of a collar fitted to the throttle intake of the plenum chamber through which the gas is fed. Problem is that the inside diameter of the collar is only around 20% of the original throttle plate area effectively strangling the poor thing. Checked over the rest of the installation and found the filler slung underneath the rear bumper and two tanks slung under the floor on each side effectively reducing the ground clearance by a good 6". (The tank on the left was actually rubbing against the suspension arms!) and the pipework from the filler fixed in the area of the fuel filter so as to effectively prevent the filter from being changed without removing the pipework. The wiring was ghastly with long unsupported runs. All this for £1300, customer off to trading standards! Anyone else had similar problems?
Andrew
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Sat 29 May 2004 08:45

V8 Discovery LPG conversion - DL

The 'restriction' you can see is the mixer. Common to all cheap mono-point LPG systems.

This type of conversion is/has given the LPG conversion trade a very bad name.
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