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Title: LPG guide
Post by: albitz on 19 May 2010, 06:30:23
Just been having a look in the guides section at the various threads composed by Lazydocker on the subject of DIY LPG. Looks like a hell of a lot of effort was put into compiling that lot.
Well done Paul (and others who helped) brilliant. :y :y
Title: Re: LPG guide
Post by: tunnie on 19 May 2010, 09:51:50
indeed guides are excellent  :y
Title: Re: LPG guide
Post by: PhilRich on 19 May 2010, 20:06:36
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indeed guides are excellent  :y



They are MUCH better than excellent! I should know, i'm following them to the letter!!!! ;) :y
Title: Re: LPG guide
Post by: albitz on 19 May 2010, 20:59:39
After having a gander through them I actually think I would like to have a go ar doing an install at some point. :y
Title: Re: LPG guide
Post by: johnnycboy on 19 May 2010, 21:30:45
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After having a gander through them I actually think I would like to have a go ar doing an install at some point. :y

you can have a go at my 3.2  :P
Title: Re: LPG guide
Post by: albitz on 19 May 2010, 23:37:14
Wouldnt do it on someone elses car John, would do it on something I had sat in the drive and probably take forever doing it, and if it was mine it wouldnt matter so much if I messed up. ;)
Title: Re: LPG guide
Post by: Lazydocker on 19 May 2010, 23:38:46
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After having a gander through them I actually think I would like to have a go ar doing an install at some point. :y

you can have a go at my 3.2  :P

That still on the cards then?

We'll have to have a chat... I'm more than happy to come down and help out :y
Title: Re: LPG guide
Post by: albitz on 19 May 2010, 23:41:22
I tried talking him into it on Monday. Very nice car, worth doing and keeping it imo. :y
Title: Re: LPG guide
Post by: Lazydocker on 19 May 2010, 23:45:03
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I tried talking him into it on Monday. Very nice car, worth doing and keeping it imo. :y

TBH it's partly my fault it's not already done.... Been playing with tank options and trying to decide.... Oh, and he's been hanging on for me to get an estate and do mine first ::) ::)
Title: Re: LPG guide
Post by: feeutfo on 20 May 2010, 10:19:53
should be able to sort donut tank spare wheel well guide in next couple of days, hopefully it'll be up to standard. :-/


although not sure there will be many takers, cylinder inmthe boot far more popular.
Title: Re: LPG guide
Post by: Jimbob on 20 May 2010, 10:50:31
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should be able to sort donut tank spare wheel well guide in next couple of days, hopefully it'll be up to standard. :-/


although not sure there will be many takers, cylinder inmthe boot far more popular.


that will be my option when I change my car  :y  range not important to me rarey do more that 200 in any day, and work next to an lpg station  :y
Title: Re: LPG guide
Post by: henryd on 20 May 2010, 10:53:57
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should be able to sort donut tank spare wheel well guide in next couple of days, hopefully it'll be up to standard. :-/


although not sure there will be many takers, cylinder inmthe boot far more popular.

that would be my choice on my estate,I want to keep the loadspace
Title: Re: LPG guide
Post by: johnnycboy on 20 May 2010, 11:19:06
I'm still weighing up whether I would use
the car enough to warrant fitting. :-/  LD I give you a call to arrange a conflab :y
Title: Re: LPG guide
Post by: johnnycboy on 20 May 2010, 11:20:38
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I tried talking him into it on Monday. Very nice car, worth doing and keeping it imo. :y

TBH it's partly my fault it's not already done.... Been playing with tank options and trying to decide.... Oh, and he's been hanging on for me to get an estate and do mine first ::) ::)

you know the answer then get a moving on ::)
Title: Re: LPG guide
Post by: Kevin Wood on 20 May 2010, 11:38:25
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that will be my option when I change my car  :y  range not important to me rarey do more that 200 in any day, and work next to an lpg station  :y

It's worth considering that filling with LPG is more of a faff than petrol. Often there are only 2 LPG pumps, co-located with petrol and diesel pumps, so you have to queue for them, wait for people to do their weekly shop in the attached M&S before shifting their cars >:(, etc. and then LPG pumps are out of service more often than petrol pumps, IME. Some also fill painfully slowly (10 minutes to fill an 80L tank! and some, with a 4 hole tank, are faster than filling with petrol :-/).

Just another thought for the melting pot. :y I thought 150-200 miles range would be fine for me, and very nearly went for such a tank, but in retrospect I'm glad I fitted an 80L tank now.

Kevin
Title: Re: LPG guide
Post by: Jimbob on 20 May 2010, 11:51:01
I NEED a boot, so not an option, its wheel well or not at all.

nice to get the filling timings though  :y  dont know much about it all yet.  could be anytime off, when the right car appears at the right price.
Title: Re: LPG guide
Post by: Kevin Wood on 20 May 2010, 11:59:57
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I NEED a boot, so not an option, its wheel well or not at all.

nice to get the filling timings though  :y  dont know much about it all yet.  could be anytime off, when the right car appears at the right price.

I will get the stopwatch out the next few fill-ups. Might surprise myself.

Kevin
Title: Re: LPG guide
Post by: tunnie on 20 May 2010, 16:30:10
LPG is a pain when the pumps don't work, as i usually top up most days at Asda cause its cheap. But if your running low and your favourite watering hole is broken, your in trouble.

Which is one of the reasons i will go diesel on my next car  :'(
Title: Re: LPG guide
Post by: TheBoy on 20 May 2010, 18:29:34
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that will be my option when I change my car  :y  range not important to me rarey do more that 200 in any day, and work next to an lpg station  :y

It's worth considering that filling with LPG is more of a faff than petrol. Often there are only 2 LPG pumps, co-located with petrol and diesel pumps, so you have to queue for them, wait for people to do their weekly shop in the attached M&S before shifting their cars >:(, etc. and then LPG pumps are out of service more often than petrol pumps, IME. Some also fill painfully slowly (10 minutes to fill an 80L tank! and some, with a 4 hole tank, are faster than filling with petrol :-/).

Just another thought for the melting pot. :y I thought 150-200 miles range would be fine for me, and very nearly went for such a tank, but in retrospect I'm glad I fitted an 80L tank now.

Kevin
Heed Kevin Wood's advice - I so nearly went for small, spare wheel tank, but went for 80l cylinder in the end.  Now I wish I had fitted a larger tank :o
Title: Re: LPG guide
Post by: TheBoy on 20 May 2010, 18:32:05
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LPG is a pain when the pumps don't work, as i usually top up most days at Asda cause its cheap. But if your running low and your favourite watering hole is broken, your in trouble.

Which is one of the reasons i will go diesel on my next car  :'(
I never struggle to find LPG stations (though did fail miserably in Bicester the other day!), its just some are more expensive than others.  No different to petrol stations - the one at work is 115.9p, one in Brackley is 123.9p - but if I'm out, I will fill here....
Title: Re: LPG guide
Post by: tunnie on 20 May 2010, 19:26:33
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LPG is a pain when the pumps don't work, as i usually top up most days at Asda cause its cheap. But if your running low and your favourite watering hole is broken, your in trouble.

Which is one of the reasons i will go diesel on my next car  :'(
I never struggle to find LPG stations (though did fail miserably in Bicester the other day!), its just some are more expensive than others.  No different to petrol stations - the one at work is 115.9p, one in Brackley is 123.9p - but if I'm out, I will fill here....

Never found the Shell in Bicester which is listed as LPG  :-/
Title: Re: LPG guide
Post by: TheBoy on 20 May 2010, 21:16:02
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LPG is a pain when the pumps don't work, as i usually top up most days at Asda cause its cheap. But if your running low and your favourite watering hole is broken, your in trouble.

Which is one of the reasons i will go diesel on my next car  :'(
I never struggle to find LPG stations (though did fail miserably in Bicester the other day!), its just some are more expensive than others.  No different to petrol stations - the one at work is 115.9p, one in Brackley is 123.9p - but if I'm out, I will fill here....

Never found the Shell in Bicester which is listed as LPG  :-/
Thats because its now a BP ;)
Title: Re: LPG guide
Post by: tunnie on 20 May 2010, 21:30:39
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LPG is a pain when the pumps don't work, as i usually top up most days at Asda cause its cheap. But if your running low and your favourite watering hole is broken, your in trouble.

Which is one of the reasons i will go diesel on my next car  :'(
I never struggle to find LPG stations (though did fail miserably in Bicester the other day!), its just some are more expensive than others.  No different to petrol stations - the one at work is 115.9p, one in Brackley is 123.9p - but if I'm out, I will fill here....

Never found the Shell in Bicester which is listed as LPG  :-/
Thats because its now a BP ;)

That explains it  ;D