I have been massively quiet on this blog for ages now. News to report? Not much other than more fuel stations seem to be carrying the fuel and with Petrol now well over £1.30 a litre and I am onlu spending 69 - 74 p a litre I am very grateful I made the decision.
I have had my car lpg serviced and they found that one one of the injector hoses needed replacing and moving slightly as the plastic cover they put over the engine was pinching the hose a little it did not fracture it just was squeezing it slightly. Hence the occaisional misfire etc.
The car is running well and no real issues to report. Very pleased that I have spent lots less in the last 2-3 years since it was done.
Showing posts with label LPG CONVERSION. Show all posts
Showing posts with label LPG CONVERSION. Show all posts
Sunday, 17 July 2011
Saturday, 13 September 2008
LPG CAR - ONE MONTH IN.LETS DO SOME SUMS
Right then - basically been drivng a month now and all is well.
In the last month I have driven a good deal and spent £185 on fuel - the month before £277. If I can replicate that every month for a year I'll save £1110 a year. I'll pay for the conversion in a maximum of 18 months ! Good payback and better for my cash flow.
Basically my savings are are 33% from driving on petrol. I must admit I have been driving the car much harder and the milage will not be the same But the great news is I get 310 miles for £25 of LPG fuel and I can get places quicker. The month previous I had been driving very carefully and saving petrol as much as I could going at 3000 revs max and keeping the speed under 65 miles per hour. I suspect if I had been driving in the same manner the savings would have been higher. So the challenge now is to run for a month at a lower speed keeping revs down to 3000 and see if I can go further for less. But lets be honest am I going to do it? could I do it? What would the savings be? I suspect I could definately get to 40% savings month to month. But hey I'm happy and even happier that the guy round the corner is now selling LPG at 48 p per litre again! I put a tank of the morrisons stuff in and it seemed to run better more power / acceleration available. As with everything in life Its all about a trade off.
In the last month I have driven a good deal and spent £185 on fuel - the month before £277. If I can replicate that every month for a year I'll save £1110 a year. I'll pay for the conversion in a maximum of 18 months ! Good payback and better for my cash flow.
Basically my savings are are 33% from driving on petrol. I must admit I have been driving the car much harder and the milage will not be the same But the great news is I get 310 miles for £25 of LPG fuel and I can get places quicker. The month previous I had been driving very carefully and saving petrol as much as I could going at 3000 revs max and keeping the speed under 65 miles per hour. I suspect if I had been driving in the same manner the savings would have been higher. So the challenge now is to run for a month at a lower speed keeping revs down to 3000 and see if I can go further for less. But lets be honest am I going to do it? could I do it? What would the savings be? I suspect I could definately get to 40% savings month to month. But hey I'm happy and even happier that the guy round the corner is now selling LPG at 48 p per litre again! I put a tank of the morrisons stuff in and it seemed to run better more power / acceleration available. As with everything in life Its all about a trade off.
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