My Mot tester is the opposite.
When I took it over I knew the front ballpoints would fail as the wheel rocks like nobody's business,........
Lo and behold it passed!
Rear dust shields rusty! Lol.
Gotta love it.
Originally I intended to restore my P38 and use it at weekends as a toy.
However, after driving it around the farm and generally having fun with it, I'm leaning towards doing it up and using it daily.
I used it when I bought it for a few months as a daily and loved it, however she was a tad faulty back then lol.
Am I crazy?
I guess making a P38 reliable is the hard bit lol
H
Yer.
What I get is terrible.
6-8mpg is what I think she averaged on LPG.
They're plastic bodied injectors
According to the invoice.
Lpg system is listed as "AC STAG PREMIUM"
The Reducer is OMVL
The installation in 2013 was £1879
In 2015 it had what seemed to be a £704 service.
Bit string imo!!
It has OMVL Dream injectors.
A 2007 made tank in the boot.
The lines are routed outside the NS chassis rail.
Wiring is iffy..
If I was to replace the system, what is the best one to go for?
No never slogged it upto redline.
What's a Thor supposed to get realistically.
I thought anything above 14mpg was a bonus.
I ran her out of pez once, spluttered into a station.
Brimmed the tank £134 IIRC.
And got 380mi from it.
£50 of Gas would get me 90-150 depending on the cars mood lol
It was cheaper for me to run it on petrol lol.
I'm thinking a complete system refresh a new BRC system perhaps.
I'm not entirely happy with the line routing and wiring TBF.
Wish I hadn't looked lol
Another odd thing is.
She's not registered on the LPG register.
Which is odd, as she's listed as Gas/Bio on the V5 and Gov site.
That is interesting.
Thanks both.
The LPG system just quit, no real reason so it's possible it is service related.
Rather odd.
I should note the injectors are in the upper part of the manifold, nowhere near the injectors.
And throttle response was pants above 4k on gas the engine struggled it felt like it had 1/2 the power, on Pez it pulled like a train.
Range as I said above was 150 which was a best for me.
90mi was the worst, lol.
The system if from 2013 so not that old.
I think she's had LPG since new.
Not entirely sure though.
Is it possible to find out when she was registered as a dual fuel?
Cheers
H
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Throttle response was carp MPG was pitiful. And tbh on petrol it was a different engine lol.
So the reputation holds true lol.
Ahh.
Right.
So they're carp?
It is an AC Stag system. Apparently. Lol
Hiya LPGC it was installed by a place called Profess Autogas, based in Hengoed (15 miles north of Cardiff).
The indicator just flashes on the dash.
I ran it to empty once and it never worked again!
I used to hear an audible click from the tank when it switched over, doesn't do that anymore. Lol.
It has £30 of Gas in it which is annoying lol
Thanks.
I think she needs a few new things!
When I drove her it was mainly M5 motorway work.
The LPG system has packed up now.
Needs some work.
Her MAF is in need of a replacement.
The PO said it backfired so bad it blew the intake trunk apart and took the centre out of the MAF lol
My P38 early on in its life had a single point LPG system fitted, according to one of the previous owners it used to backfire through the manifold and ruin the MAFS
I have an intake pipe that has been blown apart, which is odd.
My question is, can you make a Thor V8 run on a single point system?
It ran ok sometimes but not always. Allegedly.
She now has a multipoint system on her.
My other question is.
Is it right for an 84 litre tank to give only 150mi range?
Surely i should be able to get more?
Cheers gents.
High capacity Petrol V8's are the future lol
The "first one"?
So will they build a fair few and flick the switch? or will it be 1 every decade?! lol
My point about the "hybrid" is many people think the Petrol armageddon is close, but even EV's are still using this evil juice, makes ya think!!
And regarding the numbers, they seem to pull them 'oot of their arse!! lol
Hybrids are exempt from the Ban apparently!
So they're not looking at a Petrol Armageddon!
Odd i've also learnt that some EV's have a "petrol" range extender LOL
that is specific?
Why not knock down all the Big'uns and build a few hundred on the free land?!
Pie in the sky LOL
'Tis but a proposal!
Gotta quetion why they think Leccy is 100% clean when it obviously isn't!!