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[Lazydocker]

I have LPG on my 3.2, 80 litre tank in the boot and still loads of boot space. I have absolutely no difference in power and can't even feel it change between petrol and LPG. I get just short of 370 miles on a full tank of gas that costs me £40(ish) i couldn't afford to run my omega if it didn't have LPG, but with it, is very cost affective, no congestion charge in London either.

One thing, i used gas from one garage and only got 250 on a full tank, BP always gives me max mileage, so shop around.

Is that an 80L tank (65 litres to fill) or 80 litres to a fill (100L total tank capacity)? Because 370 miles sounds too good to be true.

Kevin

Must be... It's more than I get from my 90L tank

[Ken T]

my toroidal tank which takes 43L to fill, is giving a consistant 200mile range, on mixed driving (town/motorway). OK, some petrol is being used as well, but not a lot. Its not set up as well as it could due to Bigas software limitations and the need for a dongle to access all functions.

I recon you could fit a bigger toroidal tank in the space, its all about what's on offer.

If you fit LPG, then get involved in an accident, remove it before they take the car away, it wouldn't take long to remove the expensive bits and just leave the pipe which you are supposed to renew anyway.

Ken

[cruisetopoland]

Just had a quote for a full kit fitted, very helpful and knowledgable chap said £950 inc vat, with 3 yr warranty and certificate for the insurers, choice of tanks in stock:

http://www.professautogas.co.uk/servicesandprices.html

He said to arrive 0800, ready 1900hrs can borrow a car free to explore the local area, once I have picked the tank and chosen the gauge and filler location.

I have had lots of offers of help to do this, but mindful of needing time/holiday to fit, getting a certificate (£100 from local installer to check/cert), the cost of parts and the faff getting everything.

After research, £950 seems to be the going fitted rate on a 4pot now-I was expecting £1500++

Any thoughts?  :-/

[Kevin Wood]

Any thoughts?  :-/

Sounds too good to be true to me. :-/

Is this a sequential injection system or a mixer?

A sequential system will be around £600 just for the kit. Doesn't leave a lot of margin for a decent install IMHO.

Kevin

[cruisetopoland]

Any thoughts?  :-/

Sounds too good to be true to me. :-/

Is this a sequential injection system or a mixer?

A sequential system will be around £600 just for the kit. Doesn't leave a lot of margin for a decent install IMHO.

Kevin

That is what I thought....site says sequential multipoint system 

[cruisetopoland]

I suppose £350 for a days work for 2 people isn't bad though, and they must get bulk discount on the kit  :-/

[Kevin Wood]

That is what I thought....site says sequential multipoint system 

Putting aside the cost, I would say doing it in one day is also optimistic. They are not leaving themselves any time to resolve any problems or to plan the install properly. Yes, you could probably slap an install into a car in a day and get it running with 2 or 3 blokes working on it but the end result would probably not be that pretty.

It's also difficult to see how you could get 2 or 3 man-days out of the margin they'll be making on the job, so they won't be highly trained specialists. :-/

Can you ask to see an example of his work? Speak to previous customers?

Kevin

[Kevin Wood]

I suppose £350 for a days work for 2 people isn't bad though, and they must get bulk discount on the kit  :-/

I suppose that's true if it's a garden shed outfit, but not once normal commercial overheads of running a workshop have been taken out of it. :-/

Kevin

[cruisetopoland]

I've had a good wander round the website, but I'm no LPG expert.

Does sound like a tempting option, though and they are not that far from me if there is a problem  :-/

Doing a net search points to this being the going rate as the range has been £950-1250 for a 4-pot.

[MickAP]

Just had a quote for a full kit fitted, very helpful and knowledgable chap said £950 inc vat, with 3 yr warranty and certificate for the insurers, choice of tanks in stock:

http://www.professautogas.co.uk/servicesandprices.html

He said to arrive 0800, ready 1900hrs can borrow a car free to explore the local area, once I have picked the tank and chosen the gauge and filler location.

I have had lots of offers of help to do this, but mindful of needing time/holiday to fit, getting a certificate (£100 from local installer to check/cert), the cost of parts and the faff getting everything.

After research, £950 seems to be the going fitted rate on a 4pot now-I was expecting £1500++

Any thoughts?  :-/

That looks interesting, and very affordable if it's as good as it seems.
Was thinking of departing with my 2.2 purely on fuel costs. Now I've seen this LPG site I'm having second thoughts. Have to work out if it going to be benificial to me to keep and convert

Mick

[Lazydocker]

I've responded by PM Geoff

I've had a poke around the site and the workmanship appears to be OK... Not up to the standard I'd give/expect but better than some I've seen

Good news is they use the Stag ECU, but looks like a cheaper vaporiser/injector combination, and probably all single hole tanks, although that's not an issue on a 4 pot.

[cruisetopoland]

I've responded by PM Geoff

I've had a poke around the site and the workmanship appears to be OK... Not up to the standard I'd give/expect but better than some I've seen

Good news is they use the Stag ECU, but looks like a cheaper vaporiser/injector combination, and probably all single hole tanks, although that's not an issue on a 4 pot.

Thanks for pm-makes sense 

Would really like a top job, but the sooner the better, the less time/hassle/issues for me the better, warranty sounds good and they give the certification that my insurance accepts with no premium increase 

Well, this is a turn around after my initial postings saying I thought the downsides outweighed the benefits.  This is why I like OOF-so much combined knowledge and help 

I think I'll do a bit of research and get it done if all ok 

[cruisetopoland]

Just had a quote for a full kit fitted, very helpful and knowledgable chap said £950 inc vat, with 3 yr warranty and certificate for the insurers, choice of tanks in stock:

http://www.professautogas.co.uk/servicesandprices.html

He said to arrive 0800, ready 1900hrs can borrow a car free to explore the local area, once I have picked the tank and chosen the gauge and filler location.

I have had lots of offers of help to do this, but mindful of needing time/holiday to fit, getting a certificate (£100 from local installer to check/cert), the cost of parts and the faff getting everything.

After research, £950 seems to be the going fitted rate on a 4pot now-I was expecting £1500++

Any thoughts?  :-/

That looks interesting, and very affordable if it's as good as it seems.
Was thinking of departing with my 2.2 purely on fuel costs. Now I've seen this LPG site I'm having second thoughts. Have to work out if it going to be benificial to me to keep and convert

Mick

I used the calculator on another fitting site to work out it will pay for itself in 9 months:

http://www.lpgconversionsltd.co.uk/calc.html

I will do more work on it and be in touch, Mick 

[webby23]

have you thought about gettng it professionally fitted in Lodz next time you are over there Geoff?

 

[PhilRich]

Just had a quote for a full kit fitted, very helpful and knowledgable chap said £950 inc vat, with 3 yr warranty and certificate for the insurers, choice of tanks in stock:

http://www.professautogas.co.uk/servicesandprices.html

He said to arrive 0800, ready 1900hrs can borrow a car free to explore the local area, once I have picked the tank and chosen the gauge and filler location.

I have had lots of offers of help to do this, but mindful of needing time/holiday to fit, getting a certificate (£100 from local installer to check/cert), the cost of parts and the faff getting everything.

After research, £950 seems to be the going fitted rate on a 4pot now-I was expecting £1500++

Any thoughts?  :-/

They appear to do a good job, BUT... they don't remove the inlet manifold to drill & tap the injectors!!!! :-?