Landcruiser

Just a little more info for you.

80 series auto 4.5 gas versus 80 series turbo 1HD FT

Country town running and holiday towing figures.

Petrol 80 on gas around town 4.5 kpl 16 cents per kilometre
towing 3.5 kpl. 22.7 '' '' ''


80 turbo diesel around town 8.6 kpl. 17.7 cents per kilometre
towing 5.5kpl. 27.8 '' '' ''

These figures speak for themselves don't they.

Fuel prices Kempsey / Port Macquarie area

Gas 75 cents per liter

Diesel $1.53 per litre.

Cheers, Bruce.

Hi bruce,
Yeah, gas is heaps cheaper At The Moment.
I read somewhere not long ago that in 2012-13 the fed government will be putting an excise tax on gas, so there won't be a huge advantage for those that are installing gas on their vehicles. those that have already fitted will still just be in front, but it will take a lot longer to recoup your costs.
I had thought of Gas injection for my old girl, then I have also heard about Unleaded petrol injection for diesel as well.
Maybe if I was doing more kilometer per year I would think about it a bit more.

Yes Jon, that is the only dark cloud on the horizon.

However gas is a cleaner fuel so there ought to be carbon credits for using it.
According to a mechanic I was talking to the other day, it is kinder to engines and certainly keeps the inside of the engines cleaner. Its just harder on exhaust valves unless you have had hardened valves fitted.

People bag LPG but there are tens of thousands of cabs out there proving them way wrong every day and every night.

I recently had my 1HD FT (gas over diesel) completely rebuilt and the inside was the cleanest I had seen in any motor. The lobes on the crank were as shiny as if it had just been manufactured.

The recent oil changes prior to rebuild were as clean as you would want in any engine and I thought about extending the changes to 10,000, it was that clean. The engine did not need rebuilding but I had decided to do it as I was chasing that rotten 1HD FT tick. Did not succeed in getting rid of it. Another long story.

Now 100 percent sure it is an injector. Previously spent $3500 getting pump and injectors done to get rid of it but to no avail. Peeved off is an understatement.

Cheers, Bruce.

Interestingly Rob my 80 had bad valve stem seals such that it blew a little smoke at start up.This is a common problem with 1FZ FE engines and I reasoned that if I left it alone the oil (carbon) leaking down the valve stem would only harden the valve and counteract the effect on the valves.

So I never had them repaired and I never had a problem with valve adjustment there after.

Mind you I had it for 2.5 years before I put it into a tree. Long, sad story.
Hurt all the more because I loved that machine.

Cheers, Bruce.

Hi Bruce
My valve stem seals are the same and i run flash lube .
I do all my own sevice work the valve clearance was spot on when the lpg was fitted at 140k and with in 60k they were on bottom tolerance.
the problem is the valves are all shim adjusted which is a real pain the ar's.
and time consuming job.

I think alot of people are unawere of the checking and adjustment or just don't care and drive them till somthing goes wrong,ie start to miss and run rough.As to pay a mechanic to ajust the valves just at a guess at least $600+

Rob