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Originally Posted by isettaman
Hi All
I'm considering getting my 1996 850 converted to run on LPG.
Has anyone had it done?
Any pitfalls?
Are the current valve seats hard enough to resist consequential wear?
All contributions welcome.
Dave
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Pros,
At about 1500 quid fitted you will save 40% on fuel and recover the install costs in about 30,000 miles.
Cons,
You will need to drive 30k plus just to break even.
You will loose boot space or underfloor space or your spare wheel.
It adds additional complexity to the vehicle.
EML problems and general LPG problems will likely occur (EML light on is now an MOT fail).
You will not get much of anything back on the install.
If your doing 30,000 miles plus a year I would consider it (I wouldn’t have it), but at 10k a year for example it’s going to take 3 years plus to save the money and probably significantly longer.
On the upside your oil will stay clean but you may well burn valves and damage the valve seats.
I would not bother.