Auto-LPG Conversion Thread

[crazy_boy]

Budget mga low 40s. Dapat everyday yung gamit ng car. 15,000kms a year tapos 10km/L, in two years bawi na yan.

usually nasa 10k km per year lang kami. bihira more than cause office - bahay lang naman yun ng mga sisters ko. i have to think about it cause 5 years na yung vios. baka mabenta na before pa ma-ROI ng 3 years hehe

[vinj]

^Kung bihira gamitin, di ma-sulit pards. In my case, it's the car we use everyday and we installed it when the car was barely a year old. Umabot sa point din that i would even bring that car out of town instead of the family car because i was really saving on fuel expenses. Sarap mag pedal to the metal na hindi mo iniisip ang FC.

[ghosthunter]

^Kung bihira gamitin, di ma-sulit pards. In my case, it's the car we use everyday and we installed it when the car was barely a year old. Umabot sa point din that i would even bring that car out of town instead of the family car because i was really saving on fuel expenses. Sarap mag pedal to the metal na hindi mo iniisip ang FC.

IMHO, an Auto-LPG converted car is actually cheaper to use on out of town drives. You can fill up both LPG and gasoline tanks. Use LPG until empty and switch to gasoline. Double the driving range without refueling.

[vinj]

IMHO, an Auto-LPG converted car is actually cheaper to use on out of town drives. You can fill up both LPG and gasoline tanks. Use LPG until empty and switch to gasoline. Double the driving range without refueling.

Yup, a full Baguio trip would cost me around Php1,500 versus P2,500 to 3,000 on our other cars. I would tank up in Total Balintawak or Uni Oil along Minda Ave. then i would gas up again at Baguio (support na rin for the LPG station there to keep them going). So far i have not driven far enough to warrant a switch back to gas as even my Manila - San Narciso/San Felipe Zambales - Manila roundtrips before could be done on a tank of LPG (300kms vs my 500km tank range).

[sirkosero]

Vinj, how much is good kit nowadays? Im trying to compute if how long ang ROI if we install one sa vios namin. Around 30km per day ang takbo.

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45k ata kay xoom with valve saver for a 1.3 vios

[mark_t]

Definitely a bad idea.

Why would additional lubrication be bad idea?

[mark_t]

I thought that if an engine is built to run on unleaded fuel, valve recession on lpg should not be an issue. Why is it that xoom offers an additive that would prevent valve recession?

Is there really a risk of engine damage because of lpg (aside from those running too lean due to improper tuning)?

Unleaded fuel actually is a fuel that has very minimal lead. It just conforms to a certain market
standard to be called unleaded.

[ghosthunter]

Why would additional lubrication be bad idea?

Adding 2T motor oil to gasoline in an Auto-LPG converted car is a bad idea.

For one, the car will start to emit smoke from its tailpipe when running on gas. The 2T oil will just end up coating the cylinder walls with carbon soot because a 4 stroke engine is not designed for fuel+oil. Next, it will not lubricate the engine when it is using AUTO-LPG because the 2T oil is mixed with the gasoline.

[n5110]

Weekly may byahe ako sa Clark, normal route ko mag full tank sa Total balintawak, kaso madalas wala na hanggang sinabi na hinde na raw sila nagbebenta ng LPG ( tutuo ba?) sa Unioil naman nauubos din. nowadays sa Cleanfuel ako sa Congressional ave, so far laging meron at tumatanggap pa ng credit card. Malaki talaga ang savings sa LPG, bad trip lang talaga at hinde na ito bumababa tulad ng dati . 14 years old na ang kotse ko. planning to upgrade early next year with a 3-4 year old ride. Plano ko Altis na 2009-2010. Syempre convert pa rin sa LPG para continue ang savings

[sirkosero]

went to sm fairview last weekend when i noticed sarado na yung xoom na malapit sa sm fairview. i wonder what happened?