Thread: LPG being phased out by major servos.

Mine is a high compression 4.6. I haven't tried it on low octane. I always ran the 4.0 on high octane - it was high compression. High octane isnt as crazy as it sounds as it gives more kilometers from the same amount but also its great for keeping the fuel system in good nick. I had my injectors inspected recently - at 300k the guy reckoned no cleaning required on the pattern...they were the cleanest he had seen. Asked me if i had always run premium...yep. premium was also recommended by LR for the D2. For good reason because even though it runs
knock sensors i reckon at times i could detect pinging in the 4.0 when i ran a tank of normal i lead here and there (provably 3 times in 14 years)

I also think that overall these engines benefit from the cleaner fuel that comes with 98 RON blend.

Cheers

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

It's 50cents a litre even in Ballarat. 69cent/L is crazyness when ULP is around $1.00 a litre.

Originally Posted by DoubleChevron

It's 50cents a litre even in Ballarat. 69cent/L is crazyness when ULP is around $1.00 a litre.

Haven't seen LPG for less than 64.9c/l around here for the last couple of years.

As has been said many times,in QLd,fuel prices seem to be much higher than they should be

Originally Posted by DoubleChevron

It's 50cents a litre even in Ballarat. 69cent/L is crazyness when ULP is around $1.00 a litre.

I thought the same thing at the time, but hey............. it was in Templestowe as Mick Marsh noted.

Paid 47.9 In Drysdale yesterday.

Can confirm that the dual pipelines from Longford to Melb are actually currently being replaced with new. (from doing an unrelated fish job a couple of weeks ago around Traralgon)

See an earlier post about this.

One of these pipes carries oil, the other is signposted LPG (in all its variants).

cheers, DL

LPG seems to be much dearer north of the Victorian border. I took my Dedicated gas RTV ute down to Melbourne last October and was pleasantly surprised to see gas at the ~49c mark. it was 56c in Albury and 75c in Holbrook. Yass and Canberra seem to have been around the 62-66c mark for the last 12 months or so.

Regards,
Tote

Originally Posted by 350RRC

I thought the same thing at the time, but hey............. it was in Templestowe as Mick Marsh noted.

Paid 47.9 In Drysdale yesterday.

Can confirm that the dual pipelines from Longford to Melb are actually currently being replaced with new. (from doing an unrelated fish job a couple of weeks ago around Traralgon)

See an earlier post about this.

One of these pipes carries oil, the other is signposted LPG (in all its variants).

cheers, DL

That sounds positive. I will put my system back on i think.

Cheers

not that it is a problem up here---
but the small heater line (to the converter)that worked before I left, failed to heat in Vic. car suddenly no work on Gateway Bridge!! Was instructed to loop a full heater size line across the engine to the converter and put T's into both heater hoses.
this worked fine, but at a possible leak cost of two cut hoses and 6 extra joiners.
If I was doing it again I'd cut once and run ALL the heater water through the converter.

My mind still cant work out how the loop water moves at all or joins into the heater water??

For LPG to sell against petrol it should be half the price of petrol.
It is a fact it must be that way or its not viable.
In so areas this is not so and some one is getting too greedy.
As for safety I personally will take LPG over petrol any day.
Playing with forklifts or the last 30 years has shown me many things.
Forklifts are suppose to have the LPG system inspected every 10 years...........alot of the time it doesn't happen and a LPG system will go for 30 years with out inspection and if a safety device stops the machine from working, will often be by passed or go missing by non qualified people.
The boss will change the beemer every 4 years and refuses to spend anything on the forklift until it stops and therefore the factory stops and then gets the cheapest repair possible.
I hope you are getting my drift.
Gas bottles on forklifts are removable sitting on the counterweight on a bracket which relys on the driver to clip it in correctly while smoking his cig..
These bottles are often out of date ( especially if they are owned by the customer)