Ken's LPG install

[Ken T]

Here are some photos of my installation. It took a while, plus some mods to keep the inspector happy but I think its worth it, esp with the forth coming petrol prices rises.

The 2nd hand kit as received :

Now where do all these wires go ?

I started with cleaning and fitting the manifold. Once its on I could continue to use the car as normal.

Ready to fit, Watch out for the live terminal on the back of the starter :

Sliding the manifold nuts into place :

Connecting the vapouriser to the solenoid/filter. I initially got it wrong, the incoming LPG feed should go to the filter first. Easier to do this plumbing out here than in the engine compartment :

And in situ :

Here are the tank vent pipes. The feed pipe position was good, but the filler pipe position could have been better. :

The Feed out is via the hole already there :

The filler pipe is in the corner, difficult cause it got in the way of the tank straps :

Pipe run :

The inspector said the distance was now 150mm from exhaust so I added a heatshield 





Beside suspension mtg, sleeved :

along the floor :

and into the engine bay via the front wing. I left a loop of pipe just in case ...... 

Then the filler pipework. I had to add a clip at the beginning and sleeve the pipe to filler later  :

My tank didn't come with straps, so I made them from 40mm/2mm galvanised steel :

All wiring tucked into trunking ( spare vent hose), nice and neat, keeps the inspector happy. The ECU is on the bulkhead behind the power steering reservoir :

A close up of the injector wiring. I had to extend the loom to site the pressure switch under the power steering reservoir where there is an unused stud.

And lastly the changeover switch :

It would have been nice to go out and ordered everything new, but some don't have lots of funds.

Cost of installation :
2nd hand equipment £140 this included a cylinder tank I didn't use.
Vertical toroid, NOS from Tinsley tech £100
Sheet metal for straps £20
programming cable £20
new filler £20
odds and sods £25
Inspection £84
so total about £409.

Current prices around here are 108.9 for petrol, and 49.9 for LPG 

Ken

[tunnie]

Excellent photos 

Come in handy for when i do my install  - What a shocking install by the previous owner! 

i see you had issues with the fuel lines and put a heat shield on? Think i will go for a standard tank, and take the feed out on the drivers side, avoiding the exhaust.

How did you fix that plate to the cam cover for the injectors? It looks screwed on?  :-/

[Ken T]

I screwed the injectors to a plate and then secured using the cam cover screws. They are long enough to accomodate an extra couple of mm for the plate thickness.

You may still have fun, remember the 2.2 has 2 back boxes, one each side. The heatshield is just a piece of aluminium between the pipe and exhaust. Its unlikely the pipe would have ever got to the 125deg C temp specified in COP, but it keeps the inspector happy and that's what we want 

Ken

[Ken T]

The injector plate is handy, cause the injector heat sensor wires are very thin and fragile, so I could physically mount the sensor cable onto the plate and so less force on the sensor wires.

ken 

[tunnie]

Cheers 

[Lazydocker]

Looks nice and neat Ken.... Well done

[cruisetopoland]

Extremely useful, Ken-thanks for your efforts 

[Ken T]

Thanks,

I learned a useful lesson, always keep the elastoplast handy !.

Ken

[PhilRich]

Smashing job Ken, very clear & concise writeup, it removes a lot of the trepidation I have about having a go myself, Thanks

[Stevie-blunder]

Cheap motoring has now started for you  Well done 

[feeutfo]

Well done Ken. :-)

[albitz]

Looks impressive Ken.

[cem_devecioglu]

Good job and also cost effective

[R.C. ™]

Well done mate .. very useful thanks

[pedroMV6]

Nice, neat work, Ken - well done fella!