Monday, Jan 09, 2006 at 07:21
Hi Ken,
You won't need "as large a gas tank as possible".
You will need a gas tank that holds enough LPG that is equal to 30% the amount of diesel you vehicle carries.
The conversion does not make your diesel engine run solely on gas, it mixes about 30% gas with the diesel so the diesel will burn cleaner, cooler and more efficiently. It does this because the LPG is more volatile. I think most diesels have a burn rate of somewhere in the range of 70 - 80% of fuel in the combustion chamber, hence the black smoke (unburnt fuel) coming out of the exhaust. The diesel/gas conversion claims to increase the burn rate to 95 - 97%.
If your vehicle does happen to run out of gas, it will just continue to run on diesel as normal but with less power/economy again.
The whole thing makes sense to me and I am seriously considering converting my 80 series 1hz with aftermarket turbo. I have had many petrol/LPG vehicles and I love the way the engine oil stays clean between
services. They claim that after the first couple of
services that the diesels will do the same. That has to extend engine life no matter how you look at it.
Good luck with finding someone though who has already had the conversion.
I have so far only been able to find a conversion centre in
Sydney and one in South Australia. Do you know if there are any others? Which one did you get the better price from?
As I am in central Queensland I would prefer to have someone a bit closer for warranty issues.
Cheers,
Brett
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