Diesel gas

Stew,

Have not heard of these in smaller engines but some truck companies having been using gas in their engines for some time now. The gas does not get used on it's own as in petrol engined vehicles, rather it is seeded in with the diesel in small amounts to help burn the fuel more efficiently. It does seem to work in these large engines but I would like to see some miles done in testing before I hook my 4.2 cruiser up. Off to have a look at that web site.

Bootha.

Suggest you also contact LOVATO Autogas for more information

South Australia - Kingsley Songer (08) 8340 2366 lovato@senet.com.au
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Stew

I am not 100% sure on this so someone can correct me.

As far as I know there are two different diesel to "gas" conversions.

One is adding LPG to diesel, which apparently gives more power and better combustion.

The other, is running the diesel engine purely on natural gas not LPG. Most brisbane city council buses run their diesel engines on natural gas. Try giving them a call.

Cheers

R.

Again I am no expert on this but Sydney Buses have been running quite a number of buses in their fleet on natural gas for some time.

Also a mate of mine worked on an installation at the Appin Colliery where they installed about 100 "diesel" generators to power the mine and put a bit of power into the state grid. The engines ran, still run, on Methane from the mine. There is a similar but smaller installation at the Menai Tip in southern Sydney.

If you contact Energy Power Systems they may be able to help. Head Office is in Melbourne. That is where my mate is working these days. They may be able to help you too.

Duncs

Thanks for all the feedback guys. Still sounds like a good conversion in that you can still run the vehicle on diesel if the gas runs out when you are in remote areas. Not sure why more Gas conversion places are not doing it sounds like there is an opportunity for someone. Will look into Metropolitan Gas, thanks Cabbage.

Friend tried it on his light truck - about an 8 tonner.

System was to start on diesel, and there was always a small amount of diesel injected for ignition, meanwhile gas was injected inot the inlet port.

There was some fancy controls to ensure that extra gas was added as more power was needed, and that the engine idled on diesel.

After a year and a good 30,000k gave it up. Too many problems with the gas/diesel ratio being right. On a truck paying for it's living, it can't afford to be off the road to often getting things fixed.

Hey stew, Have just looked into it also sounds good but the initial price seems a bit steep($3300.00 for 80 series) would need to keep vehicle for a while to recoup costs.Gas tank is approx 20% the size of main and sub if fitted and the setup is computer controled.
cheers tony.