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LPG anyone....?

PostPosted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 3:01 pm
by bearhands
As I continue my slow moving quest to replace my Fiat Doblo with the occasional sleeper on wheels which will be my Stepwagon whenever it appears, I have to consider the difference between 45mpg of diesel against 25ish of petrol. With that thought in mind, has anyone had their van converted to LPG? I know Bongos are converted regularly and just wondered if any Stepwagons had gone through the same process. No doubt the first question any converter will ask is 'how big is the spare wheel well'....

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 24, 2010 3:40 pm
by Scrap
Hi

My spare wheel is a space saving jobbie that hangs underneath in a cradle.

Brian

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 24, 2010 9:12 pm
by 123dean
hi yes my stepwagon is running lpg ,the tank is 71lts, fitted where the spare wheel used to be .i get about 100mls to ten pounds worth no loss of power :D

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 27, 2010 9:52 pm
by Vantastic
Hi 123Dean - Where did you get the LPG conversion done? And which manufacturer's kit is fitted? Can you let me know what the cost was too? My VW T25 (shhhh - don't tell anyone I have one :lol: ) also has an LPG conversion but our Stepwagon V-TEC engine still just runs on petrol. I have looked at http://www.professautogas.co.uk/contactus.html as their prices are good for conversion.

Cheers

Lewis

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 28, 2010 10:47 pm
by 123dean
hi the conversion is a tartarini,multi point injection the cost was £1100 it was converted in darlington by a firm called cascom i allso used to have a type 3 vw on gas 8-) if i could change anything on a honda stepwagon it would be to change it to a manual gear change. iv had mine over two years now.

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 3:32 pm
by Vantastic
Thanks for the information :D - is your engine the V-TEC one .. i.e. 2001 onwards fitted to RF3's or the older 2.0 Honda engine (RF1)?

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 1:10 pm
by 123dean
hi my stepwagon is a 1997 modle rf1. :mrgreen:

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PostPosted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 9:41 pm
by Vantastic
Just got my new Beemer converted to LPG ... used a company down in Wales (http://www.professautogas.co.uk/) - excellent service and the bloke in charge also told me that the Honda engines convert well. The cost of conversion is very good too - just £845 all in and done in a day!.

They use an AC STAG system from Poland (http://www.ac.com.pl/en/doc/296/our-history). It does seem a good manufacturer and has won awards as well. Apparently loads of people in Poland run LPG vehicles since the cost differential has been very attractive for years - and is here too! :D

Lewis

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 2:41 am
by anto1231
think we are gonna need lpg the way these fuel prices are going these stepwagons bad enough on fuel as it is :(

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 10:13 pm
by Vantastic
LPG is the way to go - I forgot to mention ( :lol: ) I have a VW T3 also running on LPG! :D