Gas power ?

[mostavern]

Does anyone out there tow using gas and is there any difference to using petrol/diesel ?, only asking as my towcar is due to be changed soom and was considering a 4x4 that has a gas conversion on it any replys will be grateful

thanks people

 

[lefrog]

Hi marky p

we have a Vauxhall Omegav 2.5 with gas conversion, most of the time towing is great , just a bit under powered in hilly conditions, we average about 200miles from a 50 litre tank.

think having car coverted is the best thing we ever did.

tom

 

[mike_374313686]

hello

we ran a 3.2v6 frontera which had a 75 litre tank [60 litres usable ] under the back, it would do about 210 miles when towing 240 when not, no real difference in performaance between petrol or gas but you have to plan your route for refilling and when travelling abroad you need an adaptor for refilling, have a look on the lpg web site it got loads of info , you can get a road map book telling you where all the garages are in the uk which sell lpg

hope this helps mike

 

[mostavern]

cheers thanks for your help....

 

[DavidW1]

I had a Shogun with LPG about four years ago and would agree with the previous comments, it towed as competantly with LPG as petrol - watch out for where the gas tank goes though.

The Shogun had an underslung LPG tank but this meant sacrificing fuel capacity, with only space left for a 25 litre petrol tank. This effectively ruled out using the vehicle in Spain where LPG is available only in large cities and cut the range drastically when the LPG had run out.

If you need space inside the vehicle then twin torpedo underslung or doughnut tanks which fit in the spare wheel well are probably the only options on most 4x4's.

Range Rovers and Jeeps fitted with the latter type of tank are very popular and of course let's not forget the main reasons for conversion - fuel costs are 40% less and you will be driving a "green machine". Some conversions, dependant on vehicle age and type of conversion, are even congestion charge exempt.

One further not much trumpeted advantage of an LPG car, particularly with a a doughnut tank is the combined range of the vehicle - my LPG Vectra estate (you can tell I'm a fan can't you) ccould do 750 miles with both tanks full and thats quite useful if you are touring.

 

[mike_374313686]

the frontera we had was the 'b' model [ post 1998 ] 5 door station wagon, on these vauxhall had moved the petrol tank under the passenger so you keep the original 70 ltr tank and have the room under the back for the 75 ltr gas tank so keep your boot, one thing i was told about the smaller after market petrol tank you can fit they have not been approved for use so you can have insurance problems if anything happens, this i was told by a couple of lpga approved installers so its worth checking up on

mike