Towing with AU1 with LPG fitted

Hi Graeme

We have the same problem with our falcon towing the van. On gas it "freezes the converter", doesn't happen all the time but fairly regular. We found towing under stress - up hills etc, change over to petrol. On the flats, change back to gas. We haven't been able to fix it.

Dede1

Hi Graeme and Dede,

I have gas on my cruiser and the converter has hot engine water going through it, It gets too hot to rest your arm on and pretty hot to touch, does yours.

This may be your problem. I am no expert, just a user of gas.

Cheers, Bruce.

Dedi and Bruce thank you for your reply, at the kidman camp at Bourke we saw a AU1 with gas and my wife asked them if they had trouble towing with gas, well the wife said they b...... well did. They have had the car from new and had gas fitted, they have towed a van since then and have allways had this problem, he has tryed everything he could but to no avail. My mechanic thinks it might be electricial but who knows!!!

I do not think it's the cold as I have towed boats 1 1/2 t and no worries, could it be wind resistance on the van??? or going up hills??? I allways change down a gear for hills so it doesn't matter on the flat or hills in 2,900 km it did it 4 times.

Thanks again Graeme

I have a L/cruiser on gas. Mt gas vaporiser is heated with hot water from the engine. If water gets a bit low the vaporiser will not heat up enough to vaporise the LPG. This can cause further problems if there is an airlock in the cooling system or if the vaporiser is high in the engine bay.

Hi Graeme. Had same problem with EL Ford. It was an easy fix. If your thermostat is a 2 stage one change it to a 1 stage one. I changed mine out the front of Ford dealer in NSW while towing. It did not ice up while not towing only towing and slowing down. Its because they put the hose on the wrong side of thermostat. Let me know how you overcome it . Regards Roco1

Hi Roco, thank you for that info, I'll talk to my mech tommorrow and go from there but I won't be towing till September so I'll have to wait till then to see if it works for me, thanks again