ANYONE ELSE GOT AN LPG TRANSIT??

[Screaminkiwi]

JUST INTERESTED TO KNOW IF ANY OF YOU HAVE A 2.0 PETROL VAN WITH FACTORY FITTED LPG SYSTEM?? £25 OF GAS GETS ME UP TO 300 MILES...WHEN I CAN GET THE GAS IN THAT IS !! SOOO TEMPERAMENTAL, AND I KNOW FORD HAD TO RECALL A LOAD OF THEM FOR THIS REASON, BUT I,D BE INTERESTED TO HEAR FROM OTHER LPG PEEPS.CHEERS

[davidat19]

Yup, I got one! Mines a 99 lwb 190 so I get 16ish to the gallon and about 180 miles on a tank.
Only times i had trouble filling, its been down to the pump. Do you have the autogas map?

[duncr]

16 mpg on gas?? what the hell do you get on petrol??

[davidat19]

about the same- but never if i have the choice!

[Screaminkiwi]

I,ve just bought a CD rom which i need to download onto my TOM TOM, but the only other map ive got is the shell one which is a bit limited.Funny you should say that about the pump, i had it filled at an LPG specialist in yorkshire. The pump must have been the most powerful one there was, and ever since then havent had a problem filling ! Maybe it blew out something that was blocking the system?...But yep..I got gas..and proud of it !! Looking at printing an " I,ve got gas" sticker for the back..maybe use Bart simpson with his pants down ! Which map do you mean?

[davidat19]

Sorry, didn't see your repost.
Go to autogas.com, map is £6 and you gert the fticker! No bart Simpson tho!
It lists EVERY filling and Fixing station in the country.

[Screaminkiwi]

Thanks david, i,ll have one of those !!

[thought]

how do lpg vans deal with hills when fully laden?

We often have to do some very long steep hills, and with a fully laden vehicle so just wondering if it will cope or not?

[davidat19]

LPG or petrol is the same pretty well, if anything lpg is better.
Irun my 190 on it, and laden (or a little bit over) some lomg banks slow me down....at least with the twin cam you can drop two gears and wind it up! A diesel will catch up on the hills. but at 40p a litre I can live with that!
Plus I just had an exhaust fitted without a cat, and passed the mot.

[thought]

LPG or petrol is the same pretty well, if anything lpg is better.
Irun my 190 on it, and laden (or a little bit over) some lomg banks slow me down....at least with the twin cam you can drop two gears and wind it up! A diesel will catch up on the hills. but at 40p a litre I can live with that!
Plus I just had an exhaust fitted without a cat, and passed the mot.

So in comparrison to a diesel on the hills?

The van really chugs up some;)

Just trying to work out if its a viable option for the next van, we will need to change vans next year... The millage is a bit high now on this, especially with our load;)

[davidat19]

They now fit (or did- I have no idea if it's still available) a 2.3 motor...should resolve the problem. Bear in mine that mine is a '99 190 with a car deck and I often carry fairly substantial motors.
The truck wieghs 2060kg empty.

[madmax]

Hi all, you guys seem to have no problem with lpg on the 2.0 litre efi petrol powered Mk 5's over there, i want to go over to lpg but here in OZ only 2 companys will supply kits for them but will not give a warranty due to severe back firing issues.. acn anyone advive if computer needs to be changed or what?

[davidat19]

Mine only ever back fired once, but that was on petrol as it started from cold.