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DougLD
14th July 2006, 04:36 PM
Hi All
Has anyone on this forum had a gas gas conversion on there TD5 and what are the benifits & drawbacks if any & approx cost.
Regards
Doug

one_iota
14th July 2006, 04:54 PM
Hi All
Has anyone on this forum had a gas gas conversion on there TD5 and what are the benifits & drawbacks if any & approx cost.
Regards
Doug

Some discussion on this forum courtesy of "search"

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/showthread.php't=23178&highlight=Gas+Injection

DougLD
14th July 2006, 08:12 PM
Hi All
Did the search and there is a lot of info there but no first hand use detail of someone that has done the conversion. I am looking for better fuel consumption and maybe some extra performance but that is not of great importance. The Rangie gives me that.
Regards
Doug

one_iota
14th July 2006, 09:22 PM
I can get 8.4 litres per 100 km on a trip from Sydney to Canberra in a Commodore but only 17 litres per 100 km driving from home to work.

The Tdi Discovery averages 10 l / 100 regardless of the trip


So if the answer is ...what is the question

Bush65
15th July 2006, 09:25 AM
Deleted.

Due to my confusing a post (in another forum) on not being able to use vegetable oil in a TD5 - nothing to do with lpg.

Sorry for any inconvenience/alarm.

George130
15th July 2006, 06:58 PM
Hi All
Did the search and there is a lot of info there but no first hand use detail of someone that has done the conversion. I am looking for better fuel consumption and maybe some extra performance but that is not of great importance. The Rangie gives me that.
Regards
Doug

Only reason I didn't get it set up was my lease and my pocket doesn't have the $3800 to install it.

DRanged
15th July 2006, 09:09 PM
For $4000 bucks it gives you 2-3lt per 100km better consumption and similar performance to a chipped engine. Basically if you do more than 20k km per year or a lot of towing it may be for you.????.Also the added bonus of 50 to 70 cents per lt for lpg.

George130
15th July 2006, 09:25 PM
The estimate for my chipped TD5 130 was 100,000km to break even.