Thread: Counterfeit LPG car in a second hand, cost involved ?

Carlos, I reckon the LPG compliance issue arose when the vehicle was purchased by the previous owner, and he didn't check it. It escaped my notice, too.

The vehicle was passed to the previous owner as the "wife's car". The original seller made no mention of the status of repairs to the vehicle prior to its sale, either. PO only found out about it by accident - no pun intended. So I'd reckon that the shonky stuff occurred prior to 'original dealer to previous owner' purchase.

I'm glad it returned reasonable economy, but I'm sure a dyno run will allow a better state of tune for better economy.

As all have advised, all will be well.

Cheers

Pete

Hi Pete !

Nice to hear from you. I'm very busy at the office (you know, these people with funny hats) but once I have a minute I'll go to the LPG workshop to ask.

In the evenings I'm cleaning the dog's smell and today I plan to clean the oil sump and filter housing in order to find & fix the oil leak.

My girlfriend wants to go to Melbourne in a road trip... we'll go to make you a visit with the rangie, for sure.

cheers,

Carlos

Pete,

I do not want to make an off-topic of that because this is the LPG forum, but I don't share your faith in the seller's honesty: today, I noticed that the cable that goes to the brake fluid reservoir wasn't fully plugged in. I plugged in, and I got the "BRAKE" warning in the dash. Obviously, he knew that the sensor was faulty and decided that it was easier to hide the problem rather than recognize (or fix) it.

Therefore, the LPG thing requires a good inspection... who knows what surprises might be hidden there... I bet you that that guy installed this LPG system while he owned the car. Just a theory.

I agree with the tuning of the LPG system, it seems to have no feedback from the engine, so I assume that it should be manually tuned to compensate for the ageing of the different elements involved. I'm a complete LPiGnorant....

If you need a converter/mixer combination, I have a pair of those devices here at home and they are not required here. The converter has vac operated lean-off mechanism on it. Happy to send them up to you to help you stay on the correct (left)side of the road!

Check out the IMPCO site if you want some info, but BeeUtey IS the man!

Pete

Hi Pete,

Thank you for the offer. My boss is sending me to Germany for a couple of weeks, so I will not register (or try to register) the car until I came back.

I also noticed that the ABS light (or its relay) has been disconnected to hide an error condition. It seems that I'm going to have plenty of fun with this car !

Thank you again for your offer regarding the LPG bits

cheers,

Carlos