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jonnier

New Member

• Oct 20, 2013

• #1

Right, I have finally managed to get a Disco V8 at a price I wanted to pay, with nearly a years MOT(no advisories) and 6 months tax.

Won't be seeing it for a week or so as I'm away in Spain, but I do know that the LPG system doesn't switch over, so it is currently working on petrol only. What sort of things would stop it switching over, just to give me a head start.

Thanks,


Jon

 

listerdiesel

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• Oct 20, 2013

• #2

Which V8, which year of car, which injection system, or LPG?

Peter

 

discool

Well-Known Member

• Oct 20, 2013

• #3

Nothing wrong with just petrol, it's been around for a long time.

 

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jonnier

New Member

• Oct 20, 2013

• #4

Peter, don't know anything other than it's a 1995 3.9 and just wondered if there were any generic things on lpg systems that would so it switching over.

And yep petrol is great, that's why I don't have diesel motorbikes :-D but I would like to save a bit of money by having the lpg working

 

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griffman

Active Member

• Oct 21, 2013

• #5

That depends - if it costs you a grand to get the LPG working(quite easily done if it a multipoint and the ECU is knackered) you would have to do a lot of miles to get that money back

If, like a lot of people you use your landie as a third car for taking stuff to and fro, getting kids to school in the snow etc, then it it probably won't be worth the aggro

 

listerdiesel

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• Oct 21, 2013

• #6

Have you found the switch-over panel with the tank gauge LED's ?

It won't do anything if switched to petrol, you have to tell it to go to LPG. It's normally a small rocker switch with four green LED's and one red one.

Peter

 

ronsealdeath

Sagging Member

• Oct 21, 2013

• #7

jonnier said:

Right, I have finally managed to get a Disco V8 at a price I wanted to pay, with nearly a years MOT(no advisories) and 6 months tax.

Won't be seeing it for a week or so as I'm away in Spain, but I do know that the LPG system doesn't switch over, so it is currently working on petrol only. What sort of things would stop it switching over, just to give me a head start.

Thanks,


Jon

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Well done on your purchase. However, what about rust? Did you view before purchase? If not, forget the LPG for a minute! There is sure to be some rust on a Disco of that age. Probably loads. MOT is no guarantee of that.

My old Disco didn't have rust in the usual places, that had all fallen out and onto the road years before. So it just had huge holes everywhere

 

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rodneydavies

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• Oct 22, 2013

• #8

i would start with the easy stuff does it have LPG fuel ? then go throu system checking each part of system