Thread: LPG being phased out by major servos.

Originally Posted by PAT303

My Tdi's LPG system needs the ignition one to open the tank solenoid,a tank that is certified when made and certified when installed,the gas then feeds through HP spiral wrapped hose to the engine bay,the hose is certified when made and certified when installed,it then goes through another solenoid that needs the ignition on to get to the converter,again all certified to a third solenoid that only feeds gas with the ignition on and boost over 2 psi,all this certified etc etc.Or you can go to your local Toybota dealer and buy a Playdo which has a plastic 90ltr petrol tank made from recycled 2ltr milk bottles protected by a plastic bumper made from more recycled 2 ltr milk bottles that split open every time they crash tested them,even front end crashes caused them to split , if you want to talk about safety. Pat

Some have around 160 or 180litres.

Not real safe,you would think.

I was just about to remove my LPG tanks for the following 3 reasons:

1) my LPG is not working and I don't want to spend anymore money on it.
2) having to plan fuel stops and carrying jerry cans just in case.
3) the price of petrol is now cheap and LPG is still about 70c per litre.

But, I filled up my wife's car with petrol yesterday and the price of petrol was $1.29 per litre! Thought it might have been just that servo but no, every one I passed yesterday was the same price.

So I guess I'll be fixing the LPG system or was yesterday's petrol prices just the high end of the petrol price cycle?

91 is still 92cents at Shell Kincumber , so I would expect Sydney to come back down to that level soon, but it is school holidays!LOL

Regards Philip A

Went past one of the 3 roadhouses in town today ULP 114cpl,LPG 107cpl,diesel 106cpl.
Andrew

I was driving around Melbourne on the weekend. ULP was almost 130cpl.
Locally, it skyrocketed to 108cpl. Up 4c.
Beaufort is still 100cpl.

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

I was driving around Melbourne on the weekend. ULP was almost 130cpl.
Locally, it skyrocketed to 108cpl. Up 4c.
Beaufort is still 100cpl.

Three weeks ago I was (unfortunately) in the world's most liveable city and a servo in Templestowe had LPG @ 69 cents/l. Other places were 59, it was school holidays.

Anywhere on the same Sunday on the southeast side of Geelong it was 49. I'm currently paying 47.9, stable for the last couple of weeks.

Paying 98 cpl for diesel for the tractor atm too.

DL

Originally Posted by 350RRC

Three weeks ago I was (unfortunately) in the world's most liveable city and a servo in Templestowe had LPG @ 69 cents/l. Other places were 59, it was school holidays.

Anywhere on the same Sunday on the southeast side of Geelong it was 49. I'm currently paying 47.9, stable for the last couple of weeks.

Paying 98 cpl for diesel for the tractor atm too.

DL

Templestowe. What did you expect?

I have run premium in the Disco since it was new. So for me the savings on LPG have always been there. In my area LPG is just over half the price of premium unleaded.

Cheers