Just offered a new job!

[bishbashbosh]

a last thought - how long and what would it cost to remove my LPG and put back to petrol?

just worrying about my LPG..

[the evil twin]

Dunno, but it isn't all that hard to do.
IIRC someone on the Firum is doing exactly that at the moment.

One advantage of going back is you already have a long range sub.
If it was me, I'd consider a long range main (147 litre or more) but if $ are an issue you can get a second hand factory main.

I had a duel fueler a while back, have only had Diesel power since because of range issues and poor availability of LPG off the bitumen over here.

[happygu]

I would leave the LPG connected if it were my truck. Still useful for a lot of the journey, and it will still save you money.

When I had an LPG powered Petrol, I just made sure that I used Petrol early on when I was on a trip where I couldnt get LPG easily, as you can always find Petrol somewhere.

I sold my Petrol/LPG Patrol and bought a Diesel after my first big trip up that way,and find it much better for long distance touring, and have had diesel ever since. The LPG got me all the way from Melbourne to Broome, Darwin and back though....

I only ever had two issues up in the NT with LPG.....one was where I couldn't fill my gas tank , as it was under the truck and the radiant heat from the bitumen, outside air temp and hard running caused the tank to have more pressure on the inside of the tank when it was empty than the incoming fill pressure from the main service station tank......the solution was to run a hose or sprinkler underneath to cool it down, and then it would fill.

The other issue came from always running on LPG up there, and the float jiggled out of place due to a worn shaft, and the truck started running on Petrol and LPG together, and ended up filling the crankcase with Petrol .... big problem in the middle of the Tanami, but a freak one at that.

Having said all that, I would leave it as is ad see how you go with it ..... you can always decide to change to Petrol only or buy a Diesel later on, if you dont like it that much.

Mic

[the evil twin]

snip... I would leave the LPG connected if it were my truck. Still useful for a lot of the journey, and it will still save you money.

True enough albeit the savings are minimal to none in the Centre.
Heading North on the Stuart it gets worse, Darwin ULP is only 10 to 15 CPL dearer than LPG so ULP is actually cheaper to run.
From Port Augusta south LPG starts to get cost effective.
I haven't been thru Broken Hill for a while now so not sure about prices there.
Yulara is just plain scary no matter what fuel you use

If you leave the LPG in, get the vehicle running smick.
If you take it out use the oportunity to increase tankage.

Go with whatever you are comfy with and certainly won't hurt to wait as Mick suggests... as long as it is in good tune.

[threedogs]

would think GAS prices in the centre and along the Stuart HWY would be $1.00 plus
You would get nothing for your gas system, but your motor will love running on petrol again.
yell out if you want to strip it out.


@ Billy FYI its 42 C in the Alice today, but its a very dry heat, IMO lol
easy to pick the weather too.

They call it Toyota Territory so watch out lol

[bishbashbosh]

been speaking with the ole man - he is going to cover me for an 80lt sub tank upgrade!

that means i got 130lt petrol including two jerry cans and the lpg 90lt tank - should be plenty hey?

or do i keep the 32lt sub and add the 162lt petrol tank, removing the LPG system?

i don't have a lot of time as I'm leaving on the 12th feb.. I've never been one to plan things!!!

**Just waiting on a call back from statewide 4x4 in keilor for a time to fit a 80t sub-tank

[the evil twin]

I'm confused... most LPG conversions remove the factory main and sub (if necessary) and replace the main with LPG Tank and the Sub with 80 litre long range sub (if necessary) so you get 80 Petrol and 90 LPG useable altho there are bigger LPG tanks around as well.

What size is your existing tankage?
If you currently only have 32 litres of Petrol that is not enough IMHO.

I would def be tempted to leave the existing sub and put the money for the 80 litre upgrade towards a long range main instead.

[bishbashbosh]

@TET

Yup I only have a 90lt LPG and 32lt Petrol - Its how I purchased it..

I'll have a chat with them about the price difference between the 80lt sub tank and 148lt main tank but i am thinking it will be out of my price range and i need to get a service done on the truck also.

[threedogs]

I paid $700 for a 75ltr Brown Davis Aux fitted,
as didnt think the 35ltr tank was worth repairing.
My range is about 1100 Ks dependind on heaps of things

[happygu]

@TET

Yup I only have a 90lt LPG and 32lt Petrol - Its how I purchased it..

I'll have a chat with them about the price difference between the 80lt sub tank and 148lt main tank but i am thinking it will be out of my price range and i need to get a service done on the truck also.

Price is about the same for both tanks ..... Try LRA (Long Range Automotive ) in the back of Lilydale, as this is what they do - make tanks

http://www.longrangeautomotive.com.a...category_id=14

Mic