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[Kevin Wood]

Trouble is.... I don't think that's viable in the eyes of COP due to ground clearance... On top of that it would have to be twin tiny tanks to fit the gap and probably no bigger in reality than a full torroidal in the wheel well!!

Hmm. :-/ I must admit I've wondered about doing similar things. Ground clearance may be an issue, as said. I guess with the petrol tank being 75 litres volume it would yield space for a 60 litre LPG doughnut tank or thereabouts. No better than a spare wheel tank.

However, IIRC, the estate petrol tank is a pretty irregular shape that fits around the spare wheel well, so, unlike the saloon one, its' removal  might not yield useable space.

The other option would be to remove the spare wheel well completely and weld in a flat panel, then remove the petrol tank and make what you can of the remaining space - or replace the wheel well with a much larger "sump" into which you could fit a larger LPG tank thus avoiding issues of ground clearance and exhaust proximity.

I would also want to be 100% sure that LPG is the fuel of choice in the long term and unlikely to be milked by the government before doing anything this permanent to a good car.

Kevin

[Lazydocker]

IIRC ground clearance isn't so strict in the COP as long as adequate protection is provided :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/

Anywhoooo.... Sorry for the wandering thread!! Stick the largest full-torroidal in the wheel well and suffer the shorter range... It's not the end of the world, just a little annoying!!! My Rangie only did about 130 miles between fill ups when I first got it and I coped ok

[Jimbob]

I am thinking about the same, with a wheel well tank, i know the range isnt great, but should still be a good saving, just have to fill up more often.

[tunnie]

it all depends on your millage, 150 mile range for me would be ok, as that would last me almost a week.

But if you do a lot of motorway miles, and would be filling up daily, the larger tanks is the way to go.

[Jimbob]

What capacity has Taxi driver got?

Thats a spare wheel, but with 2 inch boot raised iirc?

[Snips]

i have the spare wheel tank which holds 41L of LPG. my floor is raised by about an inch...not a great loss of boot space! i get about 200 miles out of a tank. ide rather fill up once or twice on a long journey rather then pay 120p for unleaded