X5 4.8 and LPG Conversion
Discussion
I'd like to get an X5 this year (i've had enough of a big potholes in the country roads where i live fecking up my car) and i've recently heard the 4.8 pull away at some light and i am now in love with it.
Main question is though, can you put an LPG tank on the X5 4.8 and would it still sound as good running on LPG. I'm thinking at 40odd pence a litre, this will be the only way that i wouldn't feel bad about filling up every week (at least i could still drink at the pub
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Also has anyone actully done the conversion or could recommend a company that does it well? I know it will cost a couple of grand, but surely it's worth it.
Main question is though, can you put an LPG tank on the X5 4.8 and would it still sound as good running on LPG. I'm thinking at 40odd pence a litre, this will be the only way that i wouldn't feel bad about filling up every week (at least i could still drink at the pub
) Also has anyone actully done the conversion or could recommend a company that does it well? I know it will cost a couple of grand, but surely it's worth it.
A friend of mine LPG'd his Range Rover. After a year or so he converted it back as it simply wasn't worth it. He found that, although LPG costs less, it burns quicker, thus negating most of the cost saving. He still hadn't covered the cost of the conversion after a year, and that was when it was subsidised, (it isn't anymore, or at least not to the same extent that it was)... So personally I wouldn't bother. Of course, I wait to be shot down in flames by someone who's made a big success of it!
MitchT what type of dring did your friend do?
I think that it looks ok, tucked out the way and with the easy going 50MPH driving that i do in the mornings and sum start start traffic in the afternoon, it should work out ok. I don't really want to be spending any more tha £50-60 a week on fuel.
I think that it looks ok, tucked out the way and with the easy going 50MPH driving that i do in the mornings and sum start start traffic in the afternoon, it should work out ok. I don't really want to be spending any more tha £50-60 a week on fuel.
MitchT said:
He found that, although LPG costs less, it burns quicker, thus negating most of the cost saving.
I assume he had a cheap single point conversion, probably badly installed. I get similar MPG on gas and petrol on my range rover. He's a fool to expect a return in a year unless he's doing very high mileage too.
V8s need specific systems, not just any old rubbish. Multipoint sequential is the ideal, and i'd not expect to see much change from £2500 for a good one.
_deano said:
i don't understand why he converted it back?
Surely this is an extra cost that wasn't needed.
LPG and unleaded can work side-by-side, correct?
Surely this is an extra cost that wasn't needed.
LPG and unleaded can work side-by-side, correct?
Yes, the systems are switchable so you can choose fuel and so that if you run out of LPG it automatically switches back to petrol. Bloke I know of converted his range rover (original range rover), MPG went from 18 to 17. He's been running it for years with no problems.
Figures seem to suggest a 10-20% drop in fuel ecconomy but LPG is 2.15 times cheaper than petrol so its a no brainer if you intend on keeping the car any length of time.
(as soon as I find a car I want to run for 3 years instead of my current average over the last year of 3 months, I'll be LPGing it!
) With regards to the conversion, best off finding somewhere with good feedback thats also local. If something were to go wrong, a company 200 miles away wouldnt be very handy for getting it fixed under warranty.
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