LPG conversion on a series III

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Hi I have a 2.25 petrol engine in my landy is it possible to convert it to run on LPG?
I use her every day and really don't want to sell her but the cost of running her is getting silly, is there any way of uping the fuel economy?
I have seen series landrovers advertised with a gas conversion but I really have no idea whats involved or even where to get it done.
Its almost a case of my wife or my landrover, its a hard decision. If only my landrover could cook!

Thanks James
 
My 109 2.25 Petrol was converted when I got it. Works fine and runs sweetly. 100 litre tank fills to about 80 litres max and I filled it up this morning at a grand cost of £35. :)
 
ye can put a steak pie in the foil tin thing on the manifold an tie it on wi' wire... lovely... an if ye fancy some posh nosh, ye can put salmon fillets in foil on too.....
 
yeah...you don't need no cook when you got your rover.

State side conversions kits are expensive (2500), so I would guess it will cost you twice as much for one there. Your best bet would probably be to find a junk LP rover with the same engine for cheap and swap the LPG system out, then scrap the rest of it.
 
The is a s111 swb on my local shoot that is LPG and seems to run fine. Only problems with it are that the tank takes up nearly half the tub (mounted against the rear bulkhead) and it smells a little funny but probably better than the usual whiff of petrol. Prehaps I could say it smells a little cheaper!
 
tinley tech are pretty good got my lpg conversion from them for £250 around a year ago installed it myself though which was quite easy.
 
You'll want single point LPG for your Landy. It may sound difficult but it's very easy to fit and install. It will make your Landy run hotter so can show up problems in what appeared to be a normal healthy engine but for a 2.25 even then I doubt you'd have problems. The Octane in LPG is on average around 108 (If I remember correctly) so you may need or want to alter your timing slightly and don't forget to decrease the sparkplug gap as the LPG is denser so it can have more trouble igniting it.
 
greenjeepster said:
State side conversions kits are expensive (2500), so I would guess it will cost you twice as much for one there.
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5 grand! Do me a lemon Merkin, conversions aren't that much. :eek:

Dunno how much mind, thought it was in the 1 to 1.5K mark tho'. Depends how much you lurve ya Landy I guess. With 16mpg out of mine I might consider it in the future. Yeah, I could buy another with it already fitted, but it wouldn't be my Landy.
 
One of the cheapest ways to get LPG is to buy an old scrapper with LPG on ebay. Take the LPG off for yourself. Sell parts off the car and you'll probably make a profit with free LPG.
 
dsj1979 said:
You'll want single point LPG for your Landy. It may sound difficult but it's very easy to fit and install. It will make your Landy run hotter so can show up problems in what appeared to be a normal healthy engine but for a 2.25 even then I doubt you'd have problems. The Octane in LPG is on average around 108 (If I remember correctly) so you may need or want to alter your timing slightly and don't forget to decrease the sparkplug gap as the LPG is denser so it can have more trouble igniting it.
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I'm changing the plugs on my LPG III for the first time, whats the best sparkplug gap? I didn't realise it was different for LPG.
 
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