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[VXL V6]

Just wondered, has anyone LPG'd a 2.6?

I was wondering what the running costs would be for manual and auto variants. 

[Entwood]

I would expect them to be very similar to the 3.2 TBH .. the petrol costs are not that disimilar.

I can give info on 3.2 auto costs on LPG if you want them .

[feeutfo]

About the same I would have thought. So may as well go for a 3.2.

Kit cost cirtainly is the same.

[TheBoy]

MArks DTM reckoned he used to get high 30s MPG from his 2.5 manual on petrol, but he had a good commute for MPG. 2.6 would be slightly less, as the DBW V6s are nowhere near as economical.

Lose 10-20% in MPG for LPG...

The general concensus is you save about a third on fuel costs.

For town driving, the manual should help dramatically over autos.

[VXL V6]

MArks DTM reckoned he used to get high 30s MPG from his 2.5 manual on petrol, but he had a good commute for MPG. 2.6 would be slightly less, as the DBW V6s are nowhere near as economical.

Lose 10-20% in MPG for LPG...

The general concensus is you save about a third on fuel costs.

For town driving, the manual should help dramatically over autos.

This is what i'm thinking, my daily commute to the office is 30 Miles each way, Mainly motorway and I work an early shift so miss most of the traffic, however when I go on site visits (which can be anywhere in the country) there's a mixture of driving environments which hit an auto heavily.

If I was to forget repairing the DTi and instead buy a 2.6 (got to be an Elite, I can't get comfortable in CD/CDX seats!) and LPG it, would I then be looking at equivilent cost per mile to the DTi? The DTi averaged at 40MPG with my usual driving style.

[TheBoy]

I've previously posted my costs (probably about time I posted a new one) for both my 3.0 auto and 3.2 auto, so should be easy to work it out on pence per mile.

But sadly, no figures for a 2.6 manual

[Entwood]

Over 49536 miles (yes I'm a sad git and have kept a record) and just under 5 years, the average saving per mile is running at 10.29 p/mile (estimated cost on petrol 27.03 p/mile actual cost on LPG 16.74 p/mile) a saving of 38.06%

Now, if we take petrol at 132.9 /litre that is 599.28 a gallon, at 16.74 p/mile that means against petrol I get the equivalent of 36.54 mpg compared to diesel at 142.9 /litre it is the equivalent of 38.75 mpg.

In those figures are a large number of miles towing a 1600kg caravan.... without that high use part I would expect the figures to be even better, but I can only quote what I have achieved.

HTH 

[TheBoy]

Pikey boy, how come I can't get that sort of PPM from my 3.2, and I don't tow a kebab establishment 

[Entwood]

Pikey boy, how come I can't get that sort of PPM from my 3.2, and I don't tow a kebab establishment 

For the same reason you only get 4000 miles from a set of tyres  

The pedal under the right foot is linear not binary ...

[feeutfo]

Entwood still has his 64bit ecu, as opposed to a 1bit switch.

I tried it today actually. Very civilised.

[VXL V6]

Cheers Mr E.

Looks to me (with some basic maths in my head!) that an LPG'd 2.6 with a manual box would be a very close match to the DTi in overal fuel cost.

[TheBoy]

Entwood still has his 64bit ecu, as opposed to a 1bit switch.

I tried it today actually. Very civilised.

Some of the most complexes pieces of technology work with binary

[Entwood]

Cheers Mr E.

Looks to me (with some basic maths in my head!) that an LPG'd 2.6 with a manual box would be a very close match to the DTi in overal fuel cost.

I'll hazard a guess that it would be better .. as the LPG figures would be even better on a manual .. if I can get the equivalent of 38 mpg in an auto with a load of towing   45 mpg in a manual solo should be easily doable.

[TheBoy]

Pikey boy, how come I can't get that sort of PPM from my 3.2, and I don't tow a kebab establishment 

For the same reason you only get 4000 miles from a set of tyres  

The pedal under the right foot is linear not binary ...

I'll have you know that I got 11k out of the last set of Sport Maxx TTs on the rear, and about 22k off the fronts (though admittedly after 22k they looked like they belonged on Noddy's Clown Car)

[TheBoy]

Obviously you lose a fair chunk of boot, which may or may not be a problem.

Additionally, is there a cheap LPG station near you - Entwood uses Countrywide, which doesn't make it as far as you I believe...  ...but may be close enough depending where you work.