Thread: 2005 Land Rover Discovery LPG Converted V8 Petrol Motor

Avoid. My guess is it would be dual fuel as the engine most likely starts on petrol and switches over to LPG once it has warmed up. In any event, the LPG tank would be coming out of date this year and would need to be re-certified for a roadworthy.

LPG is also becoming hard to source.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

LPG is also becoming hard to source.

We recently pulled all the LPG systems out of two of our work vans as it is such a pain to find these days.
It also reduced the weight of the vehicles considerably,as the LPG auto tanks are very heavy.

Getting the tank retested would be the least of your worries.We just drop it out ourselves,and take it to a guy who also does our refrigerant bottles.
They generally come out very easily,and reinstalling is just as easy,just need a trolly jack if it is under the rear,as ours were.

What brand gas system is in it?
Parts for some brands are difficult to source.
At a guess i would presume it is gas injected,depending on brand,if you get more than 250,000 Km out of the injectors you are doing well.
Most of ours started to play up at the 240 to 250,000Km mark,others went to 350,000 with no issues.
Ours were all Landi Renso,Toyota factory fitted.

Hello Scarry,

I crunched some numbers and it became clear that I was jumping the gun. I will cool my heels until I have my Defender 110 on the road to use as my own tow vehicle.

The cost of hiring both a heavy duty - 3.5 tonne car trailer and a vehicle to tow it with beyond the 300 free kilometres makes the whole scenario uneconomical for a $1500 - $2000 vehicle. Once I get my tow vehicle on the road the cost of just hiring the trailer makes things far more viable for lower value vehicles to be used in a project.

Kind regards
Lionel

Originally Posted by Lionelgee

Hello Scarry,

I crunched some numbers and it became clear that I was jumping the gun. I will cool my heels until I have my Defender 110 on the road to use as my own tow vehicle.

The cost of hiring both a heavy duty - 3.5 tonne car trailer and a vehicle to tow it with beyond the 300 free kilometres makes the whole scenario uneconomical for a $1500 - $2000 vehicle. Once I get my tow vehicle on the road the cost of just hiring the trailer makes things far more viable for lower value vehicles to be used in a project.

Kind regards
Lionel

my xmas run has a defined requirement for my car trailer to be on tow for 2x car moves and a general load move, IF I wind up coming your way happy to lay it on for a pick up for you.