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Cheers, that looks like an interesting idea. Although if you run it on 70% DERV and 30% LPG, and LPG is half the cost of DERV, then you're going to save around 15% on your fuel costs, not as much as 30% I would have thought...
Also you're going to have to fill up more or less as frequently, because if it's not one tank wants filling it'll be the other. I suppose it all comes down to the installation costs of the LPG conversion, and whether a grant is available from the government for it!
If you're getting "greatly increased power" from the DERV/LPG mix, will this have an adverse effect on engine longevity and reliability, a la nitrous oxide...?
Luckily Elsworth is only the other side of St Neots from where I am, all of 20 minutes away. I've printed their page out, I'm gonna drop in there soon and have a talk. I'll let you know DVD.
Cheers again,
DTD
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Thanks doctor, the place Dwight mentioned is a lot more handy for me, but I get all over the place so you never know!
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Dave, four things to consider.
Does your licensing authority permit LPG conversions? I read somewhere about a PH driver who converted, then found his car rejected at the LA test.
Your insurer will require the conversion to be done by a suitably authorised person. No more info on who is acceptable.
Can you afford to lose the luggage space?
How do converted diesels stand up to high mileage?
Take care.
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Yes, one of my colleagues has a petrol/LPG car plated for private hire here.
I don't suppose my insurance can go up much more, the greatest part of it is the public liability element. As long as it's installed by a manufacturer-accredited installer I guess it would be OK.
Luggage space, something of which there is plenty of in an Octavia estate... I have yet to fill it absolutely to the gunwales so that you couldn't squeeze another suitcase (or LPG tank) in.
The guy with the petrol/LPG car is up to 200,000m with no problems, X-reg Renault Laguna 1.6-16v estate. In fact the LPG burns so cleanly his engine oil stays golden for 5-6000m after each service, through lack of combustion soot.
As my 1.9 non-turbo diesel is in a very low state of tune, 68bhp and 98lb/ft, I wouldn't imagine it being too stressed, certainly not if a relatively high-tech 16v petrol engine can keep going.
Thanks Paul. BTW, we've just got two kittens, same problem as your kat.. Any easy solutions?
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Dave..........agreed, petrol/LPG well tested and proven but, as diesel/LPG is so new, I have to worry about sudden, enexpected problems with a different engine concept. It's incredible how LPG keeps the oil and exhaust so clean in a petrol engine, must preserve the motor.
Err.........it's my cataclysmic converter that's the problem, not 'ole furry four-legs, so can't help with the moggies, sorry.
Did you get my e-mail?
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Dave t-d, have you looked into the possibility of running your car on biodiesel? All VW group diesel cars, including Skodas, are warrantied for using 100% biodiesel and the price would be a little lower than derv (by a couple of pence per litre) now that the tax break has come in. No need to convert the engine at all. For a list of registered UK biodiesel producers, check out this site - www.biofuels.fsnet.co.uk/biobiz.htm
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Katz or kits Dave TD you will find "Catsan" retails at Sainsbury and other pet stores at 43.9p per litre (Blue 10litre bag sometimes also on offer at 38.9p) is the product to use .
Absolutely no good for Pauls problem.
Happy Motoring Phil I
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You're a great help, aren't you..........................??
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People have been adding LPG to diesels for a number of years now, especially in US tractor pull type events. The gas acts as a catalyst, helping the diesel to burn more effectively, thereby creating more power. The limit to the power is the exhaust gas temperature, which should be kept below 1200 degF, which is the melting point of pistons/rings. Ideally it should be kept to below 1000 degF. Unlike petrol engines, diesels can't be run too lean, so the more you can get in there, the better. If you increase the size of the intercooler, you can bring down the EGT, on a roughly 1 deg for 1 deg basis.
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