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Has anyone converted their 960 to LPG? If so what fuel economy are you getting? I have just had mine done and am really impressed with it. The performance is excellent and the switch-over totally seamless. The last fill up though was only doing 17mpg on gas... and although that equates to near 34 i guess as its so much cheaper to use gas.... I was wondering how that matched up to other`s experience.
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Last Online: Jun 27th, 2011 00:56
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I don't know what you should expect from a 960 but lpg fuel consumption will be slightly greater than it was on petrol. This is because lpg has a lower calorific value than petrol. So if you were achieving around 20 mpg on petrol you would get 17 mpg with lpg. Also, I wouldn't take too much notice of the figures you get from a single fill up. In my experience the point at which the filling pump cuts out can be a bit variable, so sometimes you get far more fuel in your tank than at other times. This gives the impression that the fuel economy jumps around a bit, so better to average out a couple of fuel returns for a true value.
Having said all that, does sound a bit thirsty though. Have you been doing a lot of city driving? |
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Yes to be fair quite a bit has been city stuff but not exclusively. I literally only picked it up from the conversion last week and the guys that did it were saying something about sometimes there is a prob with them running too lean so I wonder if before the 1500 miles check up they run them a bit rich as a matter of course?
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Update..... last fill up averaged 21 mpg on LPG which is great news as given its now dropped in price to 51p/litre means its the equivalent of 40mpg!!
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Last Online: Jun 27th, 2011 00:56
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Yes, LPG prices, where I live, have been a bit slow to fall in line with petrol and diesel. Glad to say my local shell has now dropped it's price to 51.9p.
21 mpg sounds like a decent return. |
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Last Online: Oct 13th, 2012 18:51
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960 with singlepoint LPG (less efficient than newer, multipoint sytems) returns 19 mpg motorway running at steady 80 mph.
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Last Online: Nov 21st, 2011 15:58
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hi, i have just bought a 960, auto on gas, and getting around 260 miles on 60 ltrs, thats with the latest sequential injection system fitted this year, regards, pete
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Last Online: Apr 12th, 2020 22:41
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Mine does about 140 miles on 30/34 litres driven very hard. LPG has come down to 50p so I feel almost justifed in thrashing it.
I know this is silly but there doesn't seem to be that much variation in consumption when driven hard. |
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Our 745 2.3 gets 230 miles to 30 litres(ish) and makes no difference how well or bad you drive. And thats with an old single point LPG through a thing that most people have forgotten about (a carburettor albeit a Webber twin choke).
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Last Online: Apr 17th, 2010 18:58
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I usually get 240m to about £20 - singlepoint 240GLT Saloon, towing a small trailer maybe 20 miles per fill less. To punish myself, I often listen to a 1955 Chuck Berry CD. Then I can fill up with a clear concience.... especially if it's raining too.
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