The most I have ever got into the tank is 24 litres which takes me about 230 miles with petrol as my reserve tank. I do find myself filling up whenever i can though to keep it full as down here lpg stations are few and far between.I try to coincide fill ups with a shopping trip.I have put a number of lpg stations as favourites on my sat navNice work! What speed does she cruise at to achieve those figures? One would assume around 60-65mph given the slight loss of power on LPG, which would translate to an equivalent of roughly 50mpg on petrol?
What does a full tank of LPG give you in range? I recall a previous thread of yours where you noted quite impressive range but that was on the very first full tank of gas you'd put in it.
Any ideas why it was a non-runner; was the reason related to the conversion?i found a 1.4 petrol A2 thats been converted to lpg on facebook a few weeks ago. its at totnes south devon £550
its a non runner, got a darn great tank in the rear.
Seems to be electric its still on face book,Any ideas why it was a non-runner; was the reason related to the conversion?
I just can't imagine that you'd ever get that figure when running on LPG? I first converted a car to LPG in the 70's and I've been converting cars ever since. I run a factory Bi-fuel Dacia Sandero. It's state of the art and has a small, 3-cylinder engine. Typical mpg is 37 mpg. There is a 20% loss in mpg compared with petrol when running any car on LPG. That's always the case. My other vehicle is a Mercedes SLK which I personally converted to LPG. I recently achieved 228 miles on 40 litres of LPG. Not bad for a 2.3 litre engine that developes quite a lot of power .....the little A2 gem converted to lpg averaged 43.8mpg
Ok some back of envelope calculations- 2.3 litre merc 228 miles using 40 litres = 17.39 litres of fuel per 1 litre engine size. An A2 =1.39 litres engine size therefore 1.39 * 17.39 = 24.17 litre of fuel pro rata. 228 miles / 24.17 = 9.43 miles per litre of fuel= 42.87 mpg which is in the same ball park .So not much different. I guess extra body weight and gearing cancel each other out roughly speaking.I just can't imagine that you'd ever get that figure when running on LPG? I first converted a car to LPG in the 70's and I've been converting cars ever since. I run a factory Bi-fuel Dacia Sandero. It's state of the art and has a small, 3-cylinder engine. Typical mpg is 37 mpg. There is a 20% loss in mpg compared with petrol when running any car on LPG. That's always the case. My other vehicle is a Mercedes SLK which I personally converted to LPG. I recently achieved 228 miles on 40 litres of LPG. Not bad for a 2.3 litre engine that developes quite a lot of power .....
I have a diesel Audi A2 which is in remarkable condition and is fully spec'd and wanting for nothing. I've thought to fit a petrol engine/gearbox so that I can convert it to run on LPG. The petrol engine version does have a much superior gearbox change-action. Another way would be to go electric. The minimum LPG tank size that I'd fit would be 50 litres. I agree with what you've said regarding there being fewer and fewer filling points for LPG. Fortunately, the Morrisons group of Supermarkets do seem to always have that fuel on sale.
David
Simple logic here .... if your A2 is doing 43.8 mpg on LPG, then that would mean that taking into account the (unavoidable) 20% loss on that fuel, it should be doing 55 mpg on petrol? I wonder if the petrol A2 can do that sort of mpg? My 6-speed diesel A2 and with steady driving typically returned that figure. Just what is the normal mpg to be expected from a petrol A2? Regarding what you've said about the Dacia Sandero .... It's the only factory converted car that's available in the UK. That means that it's totally professional and tuned for that very car ..... and it shows. Excellent performance and smooth running. Quick to change over to LPG. I've only put 20 litres of petrol into the tank since I've owned it. I've been offered over £1000 more than I paid for it, new! No, I haven't got shares in Dacia and I'm not on commission! It's just a current and modern car. There is only one slightly negative area with it, and that's a feeling that the sound-deadening could be better.I would say that it seems a bit "tinny". Well, it was only £12,000 .... half the cost of the equivalent Ford, Vauxhall, Peugeot.
David