any one had hard time getting lpg in the explorer ?

[simon_rs]

hi had it snice all bad snow had real trouble getting lpg in my car

takes ages its so slow i mean 1/2 hour to put £20 worth in

i know few other mates with gas one said his is fine other got a astra on lpg and he cant ether remeber last year my range rover was fine

gone to both in area to get lpg one better than other but still not great

im in north east near middlebrough and its been around -6 at pionts here

 

[2000StreetRod]

lpg fuel pressure & cold

I'm wondering if the cold weather reduces the lpg fuel pressure and results in a lean engine condition.

 

[simon_rs]

mine runs fine on it once i got it from pump to my car thats only prob i warm it up full before i flick it on to gas though in this weather

 

[gwar]

It could be the pressure that the pumps are dispensing at. They are usually calibrated for volume at 17c though ask most attendants when the pumps were last calibrated and what they are corrected to, they will just look at you blankly. I was filling up down here, from empty, for a couple of weeks for just over £10 due to an error in calibration.

 

[wetdog]

It could be the pressure that the pumps are dispensing at. They are usually calibrated for volume at 17c though ask most attendants when the pumps were last calibrated and what they are corrected to, they will just look at you blankly. I was filling up down here, from empty, for a couple of weeks for just over £10 due to an error in calibration.

happy days

maybe the slow filling is due to the inlet valve being partially frozen?

i filled up, lpg, the other day in -11 with no problems at all.

mick.

 

[jcasey007]

check to make sure the isolation valve on the tank is fully open

 

[simon_rs]

maybe a daft Q but where is it and how do i check it i asked in garage and they said loads people had probs

 

[wetdog]

maybe a daft Q but where is it and how do i check it i asked in garage and they said loads people had probs

then the problem is probably with the garage and not your truck.

have you tried elsewhere?

mick.

 

[jcasey007]

depending on the type and make of the tank but usually it is a knurled nut next to the inlet pipe on the tank fittings.

I had an 'LPG specialist' do a service a while back, driving it away it ran bl@@dy awfull I found that they had not opened the isolation valve to the electro-valve that they had to shut to do the service!

 

[simon_rs]

yeah i tryed both places in area 1 better than the other but never is great both said same thing had loads probs it is very cold up here at the moment

and my mate having a vauxhall fitted by fuel astra and has the same prob makes me think its not my car but i will check as its doing my head in