We drove a distance of 281 km (176 miles) on the motorway with a speed between 100 and 130 km/h (63 miles per hour and 81 miles per hour and had some trafic jam) and used 12.31 litres of diesel and 9.48 litres of LPG.(56.5% diesel and 43,5% LPG).
The result was a total fuel consumption of 1:12.9 km/l (36.3 mpg).
This 30% drop in fuel consumption and the lower cost of LPG makes the cost of motoring drop by approx. 46%.
The LPG tank we installed in the spare wheel arch is 75 litres. Therefore the car is now able to drive 2283 km (1427 miles ) between tank stops.
Errr, just filled up again at the same garage and same pump having done 147 miles. It took 26 litres which I calculate to be........ 24mpg
Thought it would be better than that, does it make any difference how carefully you drive it?
Never seen a forklift? We have toyotas where I worked that are diesel/LPG. Have to run them on LPG when they are inside the buildings.Diesel/LPG? didnt know you could do that, and according to that article, you cant here
There are millions of diesel trucks round the world using LPG as an additive to improve performance and emissions. It just gets slightly more difficult on smaller engines.Never seen a forklift? We have toyotas where I worked that are diesel/LPG. Have to run them on LPG when they are inside the buildings.
Guess I should not have been putting diesel in that other tank all this time Actually, they have to be set for one or the other, They don't have a switch to flip back and forth. The service man has to come out and switch it.There are millions of diesel trucks round the world using LPG as an additive to improve performance and emissions. It just gets slightly more difficult on smaller engines.
I didn't think you could switch from diesel to LPG. I always understood that the LPG is supplemental up to 35%.
I was talking to the bloke who services my disco today and he reckons a K&N filter, a tweak on the pump and EGR removal (cat already out) will work wonders and give me up to 36mpg. Does he speak with forked tongue?
Think I posted here before that I could get 30mpg out of the old 300tdi. The TD5 is another matter. 25mpg seems to be about the norm and it has been as low as 20mpg on a long high speed (80ish) motorway run.