Post 689357 by RollingThunder on 2014-02-14 08:45:56
I've been running the V70R on petrol since I picked it up as the first time I tried to refill on gas, the car was enveloped in a horrible hazy cloud! Yikes! So I assumed that the filler or filler pipe was leaking... well this morning I was filling up at a different station, my local Morrisons, and I glanced at the next pump over to me - an LPG pump with a different type filler nozzle (the twist and pull back lever type).
Me being me, I tried hooking up the gas nozzle - no cloud of gas, just a satisfying 'psst'. So I filled up the gas tank as well :funkybana £18 to fill the tank lol. I've zeroed the trip to see how far that'll get me, but to say I'm a happy bunny is a huge understatement - 24mpg on petrol isn't that much better than the 25mpg on diesel from my old Discovery - which I am selling because it was costing too much to run!
Off to see Simon next weekend to service the LPG system, then I can start enjoying the car instead of spending £100s a week on it!
Post 689358 by M-R-P on 2014-02-14 08:52:34
Cool :) let the savings begin!
Try not to thrash it on gas tho, it burns a lot hotter and you don't want to melt anything :yikes:
Post 689363 by Nealevo on 2014-02-14 09:23:34
Ive ran my 850R on gas for nearly 3 years and 20000+ miles, as long as you have it services annually then you shouldnt have any troubles. its nice kinowing that you atre doing the equivelient of 60mpg in a T5 on a run.
Join a group called countrywide farmers (free) and they sell gas at their filling stations for 52-54p a litre keeerrrrchhiiinnngggg
Post 689395 by partsforvolvos.com on 2014-02-14 11:30:54
am I correct in thinking that technically you get a worse mpg on gas than petrol , but you save as it is cheaper to buy ?
Post 689402 by RollingThunder on 2014-02-14 12:23:23
[QUOTE=M-R-P;689358]Cool :) let the savings begin!
Try not to thrash it on gas tho, it burns a lot hotter and you don't want to melt anything :yikes:[/QUOTE]
I thought that was the case too, but when I mentioned it on another forum (Landrover) I was shot down in flames, but I'm glad I'm not the only one believing it! I very rarely cane the car to be honest, just like the thought that if I wanted to (beat pretty much anything else on the road) I could :bud:
Post 689403 by RollingThunder on 2014-02-14 12:25:54
[QUOTE=M-R-P;689358]Cool :) let the savings begin!
Try not to thrash it on gas tho, it burns a lot hotter and you don't want to melt anything :yikes:[/QUOTE]
I thought that was the case too, but when I mentioned it on another forum (Landrover) I was shot down in flames, but I'm glad I'm not the only one believing it! I very rarely cane the car to be honest, just like the thought that if I wanted to (beat pretty much anything else on the road) I could :bud:
[QUOTE=partsforvolvos.com;689395]am I correct in thinking that technically you get a worse mpg on gas than petrol , but you save as it is cheaper to buy ?[/QUOTE]
I've heard you do get perhaps 10% less mpg than when running on petrol, but as its around 60% of the price of petrol, you save a lot overall. I'm expecting it to work out at around 45mpg petrol equivalent.
Nealevo - I just googled countrywide farmers (thanks) but they don't have any outlets oop North :) Shame that, but thanks for the tip all the same :)
Post 689407 by M-R-P on 2014-02-14 12:46:02
Landrover engines aren't really powerful enough to worry about hot-running so I imagine they're right in their own way.
I've seen melted plugs on T5 engines.
Post 689408 by RollingThunder on 2014-02-14 12:50:50
Ouch. I've just bought some Bosch platinum ones - they should be ok yes??? (getting a bit worried now!)
Post 689414 by V70 Graham on 2014-02-14 13:34:30
[QUOTE=Nealevo;689363]
Join a group called countrywide farmers.....[/QUOTE]
I would rather cut my 'man sausage' off
Post 689426 by partsforvolvos.com on 2014-02-14 16:04:03
[QUOTE=M-R-P;689407]Landrover engines aren't really powerful enough to worry about hot-running so I imagine they're right in their own way.
I've seen melted plugs on T5 engines.[/QUOTE]
don't be so sure, those rover v8 blocks are prone to overheating and cracking. we replaced a couple of engine when worked at landrover !
Post 689428 by M-R-P on 2014-02-14 16:13:07
[QUOTE=RollingThunder;689408]Ouch. I've just bought some Bosch platinum ones - they should be ok yes??? (getting a bit worried now!)[/QUOTE]
if it can melt the end off a spark plug...