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    LPG gremlins...

    Looks like my disco has acquired a new electrical fault.

    I won't be able to look at it til morning but hoped I might be able to get a few ideas where to look before I start.

    Symptoms:

    Ran to work on LPG.
    would not restart on gas when I finished work, started on petrol, would not switch to gas on highway.

    Tank IS full :P

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    If it is a new tank the filter may be blocked..

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    New tank of fuel, but the system was installed a year and a half ago.

    LPG runs filters?

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    filter in the solenoid on the tank?

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    that could be it.

    The filler is in the TOP of the bumper. When I bought the car it had no cap and the check valve in the filler leaks (probably dust) so it bleeds everything between the filler and the tank.

    If the previous owner ran it like this for a while the tank might be full of guff

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    Quote Originally Posted by procrastination inc View Post
    that could be it.

    The filler is in the TOP of the bumper. When I bought the car it had no cap and the check valve in the filler leaks (probably dust) so it bleeds everything between the filler and the tank.

    If the previous owner ran it like this for a while the tank might be full of guff
    There should be a 1 way valve in the tank so it shouldnt rely on the filler line holding pressure. The are mesh filters in the lockoffs so if the tank has internal rust it could block the inlet.
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    This happened on my Ser3.
    Turned out to be faulty wiring on the LPG cut-off switch.(the one that senses the engine is running via ignition pulse)
    The led on the switch wasnt lighting to show the switch was open.
    Goodluck
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    Quote Originally Posted by LandyAndy View Post
    This happened on my Ser3.
    Turned out to be faulty wiring on the LPG cut-off switch.(the one that senses the engine is running via ignition pulse)
    The led on the switch wasnt lighting to show the switch was open.
    Goodluck
    Andrew
    see if the LED lights when you crank the engine..

    Filter should be on the soleniod on the vapouriser

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    Turned out to be faulty wiring on the LPG cut-off switch.(the one that senses the engine is running via ignition pulse).


    Mine has a little box under the dash near the fuses that I think is meant to start on petrol and switch to gas over Idle speed. All the little lights switch as expected.

    I'll pull my meter out and start hunting in the morning.

    need to drive to Melbourne tomorrow, not doing that on a 30lt petrol tank...

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    Check your water? convertor freezing??

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