Thread: 77c/l up to 94c/l in one hit

Generally diesels are dearer and certainly in Toyota etc. come to think of it i test drove td5's that might have been the same price as the v8 - both new but there was no way the oil burner was getting my purchase dollars and I have never regretted that. The d3 petrol v6 was much cheaper than the tdv6.

Fact is there will always be call for petrol vehicles and LPG to suit.

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In smaller vehicles the gap between petrol and diesel purchase price is typically large - so much so that the RACQ says you will never make up the difference.

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Originally Posted by ozscott

In smaller vehicles the gap between petrol and diesel purchase price is typically large - so much so that the RACQ says you will never make up the difference.

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Pretty much the same as LC200.

In the current range of LR's,RR,RRS,D4,the petrols are WAY more expensive than the diesels.

The other thing that could save you a few $ is you may be able to extend drainage intervals for engine oil using LPG.
You would need to have the oil tested once,say at 10k,then if OK, again at 15K.
Then if you use the same oil and driving is similar,you shouldn't need any more tests.
Just a thought as the engine oil from a vehicle operating on LPG seems to stay clean.

Thanks mate. Yes you can extend with LPG . Don't get me wrong I like diesels as from the 2.7 v6. I just don't agree with the other poster that LPG petrol motors are a blip. There are way too many sources of LPG and vehicles to run it.

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Originally Posted by ozscott

Thanks mate. Yes you can extend with LPG . Don't get me wrong I like diesels as from the 2.7 v6. I just don't agree with the other poster that LPG petrol motors are a blip. There are way too many sources of LPG and vehicles to run it.

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Hope it is not a blip,i have a fleet of vans that run on it.....
We should have done the oil tests,but have just never got around to it.

Originally Posted by scarry

Pretty much the same as LC200.

In the current range of LR's,RR,RRS,D4,the petrols are WAY more expensive than the diesels.

The other thing that could save you a few $ is you may be able to extend drainage intervals for engine oil using LPG.
You would need to have the oil tested once,say at 10k,then if OK, again at 15K.
Then if you use the same oil and driving is similar,you shouldn't need any more tests.
Just a thought as the engine oil from a vehicle operating on LPG seems to stay clean.

I'd hope you can go past 15,000km. My 85 Isuzu diesel was 16,000km between oil and filter changes. Most euro vehicles (petrol and diesel) are knocking on 30,000km factory oil changes.
It's only a few japanese companies still stuck on 70's oil change intervals.

The ugly stepchild V6 disco wasn't sold in NZ or a lot of other countries, but was far cheaper because everything useful was missing (like air suspension). If you really want an exploder V6, then buy an exploder.

We can certainly agree on that mate...the v6 coiler isn't much better than an exploder.

There is a bi difference though in LPG diesel in terms of oil changes. LPG by its nature does not lead yo build up of particulate materials etc to contaminate oil and diesel does. There is no way known that I would allow 20k oil changes (much less 30k changes!!) on a diesel I owned whether it had a particulate filter or not. It is just a cynical exercise by manufacturers to sell product and get commercial advantage.

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Originally Posted by ozscott

We can certainly agree on that mate...the v6 coiler isn't much better than an exploder.

There is a bi difference though in LPG diesel in terms of oil changes. LPG by its nature does not lead yo build up of particulate materials etc to contaminate oil and diesel does. There is no way known that I would allow 20k oil changes (much less 30k changes!!) on a diesel I owned whether it had a particulate filter or not. It is just a cynical exercise by manufacturers to sell product and get commercial advantage.

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My Isuzu diesel is a truck engine and fitted with a factory bypass filter. Back in 1985 they were recommending 16,000km between oil changes in normal service and at that the engines would do ~500,000km between overhauls. This is while pushing trucks weighing around 8t gross.

If this was good 28 years ago, then what is stopping us from doing better now?
My other tdi cars are 20,000 and 15,000km oil change intervals. Engine wear is not a known problem on either of those engines. The first is known for eating injection pumps.

I've seen plenty of oil in LPG forklifts, I know how clean it looks. It'd be interesting to get it sampled and see how fast the compounds you can't easily see are building up.