Diesel lpg
Hi all
justpicked up my Navara after a week getting lpg put on , so far as what i can say it has more power with just normal running , havnt done any towing with it yet. this method runs diesel and lpg mix and burns more fuel which means less emissions, the conversion added an extra 16 hp to the 3ltr turbo diesel .this method is suposed to give heaps more power for towing .After getting a few quotes ranging from $4k to $4800 we went to a guy that was reccomended to us thats in armadale and got the job done for $3800 and they did everything including taking the car over the pits for inspection
anyone else had this done?
will find out about towing on monday when i take the the boat for a service
grtting the tub ready for exxy 4 weeks away (too bloody long
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HuggyB
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I would do my work ute
But companies dont get the government grants to do the conversion, and given I turn over utes every 2 - 3 years (~100,000km), I'll never get the payback on the $3k - $4k outlay for the system. It would take over 250,000km which will never happen.
You think the Governement would encourage companies with incentives to swap their car fleets to gas, but that aint the case.
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Brooka
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My Brother had his Hilux
My Brother had his Hilux converted last year i know its got more power and better fuel economy. Not to sure on the towing side of things though
Rick
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Trucks
We have just done the same to one of our Mack Tridents.
This is a 470hp motor that now pulls harder than the Superliner we have that is a 525hp
Has made a huge difference in pulling power, burning around 5 litres of LPG per 100k's. Certainly burning much cleaner too.
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till
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I hear its great on the
I hear its great on the turbo diesels, forget it on non-turbos though. Can be a bit hard to pick up lpg out of the metro though!
Blake.T.
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whats the government rebate
whats the government rebate on them???
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andyrew
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rebate
$3000 i think blake should still be the same as a normal petrol conversion rebate... correct me if im wrong russ..
andrew
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Blake.T.
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yeah thanks man, thought
yeah thanks man, thought so
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Ozzy
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Had my F250
I converted my F250 7.3 to diesel gas back in 2005 when Lovato Diesel Gas were just establishing their poduct (they were the main players back then).
It definatley gave the truck more towing power but at the end of the day the dollar you saved on diesel wan't worth the Huge outlay the companies are charging for the conversion
Faulkner Family
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Ozzy
Yeah there is no rebate for companys at the momment and a straight diesel for what i have heard it is not worth the money but ours it a 3ltr turbo diesel and works well JMO and it will only cost us $800 after our $3000.00 rebate so well worth it . We were looking at getting a new car but now with the extra boot gas has given us we do not need to .
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Faulkner Family
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actually towed the boat
actually towed the boat today and man what a difference
no effort at all to get up to speed , and the take off was easy as , barely knew the boat was there
RUSS & SANDY
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Brutas
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fuel range
how many Ks out of the tanks are you getting
Faulkner Family
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dont know yet , only got the
dont know yet , only got the 4x4 back on saturday
not realy too concerned on the milage just the extra power for towing the boat which is in excess of 2tonne . will find out in 3 1/2 weeks when we head off to exxy loaded up with probably near 3 tonne like last year
RUSS & SANDY
"A family that fishes together stays together"
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together