Be Smart, run on LPG

Liquefied petroleum gas (also called LPG) is a fuel in heating appliances and vehicles. For the offer to be any use to you, you need to own a car that is compatible with LPG. A good rule of thumb is that any engine that can run on unleaded petrol should be able to use LPG.

Of course, it’s not that simple. Some older cars can run on LPG quite happily, but some newer ones won’t tolerate the stuff. But it’s important to find out definitively, because using LPG in an engine that isn’t compatible with it is a sure way to end the engine’s life prematurely and expensively.

How efficient is it?

The internet is dotted with LPG running-cost calculators, but the information you’ll get out of them is only as good as the information you put in. You need to have an accurate idea of what sort of fuel consumption the car in question achieves on petrol, and an equally accurate idea of what it will achieve on LPG. It’s not good enough to presume that the car will achieve the same figures on LPG and petrol, because nearly every engine will use more LPG per 100 km than it will if it is running on petrol.

A good example of this variation is the current-model Ford Falcon, which is available with a conventional petrol system as well as an optional LPG-dedicated fuel system. A BF Falcon XT sedan with automatic transmission and a petrol engine is rated at 10.9 L/100 km, according to the Government.

The same vehicle fitted with Ford’s LPG fitted system will use 15.9 L/100 km for the same journey. It’s a mighty big difference, but in the Falcon’s case, LPG is still viable because Ford charges just $1400 for its LPG option.
Using an internet calculator and presuming that petrol costs $1.30 a litre and LPG 50 cents a litre, and that the car in question travels 20,000 kilometres a year, the Ford conversion would pay itself off within about 14 months!

So, to conclude, you’ll save a lot of money, your extra charge for adding LPG technology will melt itself in two years time, and you’ll care more about the Earth.

We found one video on youtube on how clean and profitable is to run on LPG….CNN story:

Ok, some sceptic could say that gas is highly combustible, so for all of you sceptic here is another video. Test between three cars, petrol powered, LPG powered and LPG powered with faulty instalation. Notice that petrol car explodes in three minutes, LPG “bursts in flame” in 12 minutes and infact only LPG powered car with faulty instalation( from the two on this test) explodes and that happens in 14 minutes.

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