LPG Cheep Motoring.

Being the kind of person that likes to have power on tap, I try and go for the most powerful car in the range.

The volvo T5, Scorpio 24V, etc..

Needles to say power requires fule...

And the 24V uses this in abundance.

Hence I am looking at LPG conversions, modern systems use closed loop multipoint injection and work very well. A modes drop in MPG is usualy expected but with fule being half the price I would be looking at an effective 40MPG urban as a cost comparison.... COOL!

It would take me about 2 years to break even, but one would be more inclined to use the car knowing the costs were lower and every mile is a mile twords saving money.

Expected conversion cost is likly to be £1200.

I just need to get the car running corectly on petrol before even thinking seriously about letting the garage mess with it.

This is my local supplier.

http://www.autogascumbria.co.uk/

OBD-2

I have been playing with OBD2 ( on board Diagnostics 2 ) which is a standard that has been adopted by the majority of motor manafactureres for diagnosing faults in automotive engine/abs and asociated management systems.

I Purchased a lead and software from http://www.obd-2.com/ ( I got the three way lead )

First code read showed 4 DTC ( diagnostic Trouble codes ) which I cleared without paying much attention to them.

Next day I read the codes again and found the code for Bank1 Lambda 2 had a heater problem... Well I have yet to investigate this, or pull any further codes.. But at the very least I have saved £25-£50 already!!

COOL!!

Update as of today. 27/9/6

Ok so I am actualy giving updates!!!

Smoky 4x4: This has now gone to Nathan from the FSOC, he was going to just buy the old engine from the 2.0i Ghia but struggled to get up due to weather.. And that prompeted his short quest for running gear to convert his car to 4x4.... Hence 2 weeks later he cam up and drove her away to meet her maker.... Various parts will be returning to help finish the Sapphire project.

Volvo: Over £1100 worht of parts have now gone which is great. Maximum return would now be in he region of £2400 which would be wonderful but every penny is gr8 at the moment. Final stripping takes place this weekend with a view to the scrap man taking away the shell on monday....

Scorpio: Comming up to one month of ownership and I am fairly happy with the car, 1500K under the belt. One major annoyance is that it has a very poor idle. I have done a couple of things to sort this ( cleaned MAF, ISCV ) but it's still poor. Diagnostic codes don't show much so a bit more investigation will be needed.

Scorchhhpiooooooooo

I have done it,

Gone and bought the car I should have done when i bought the Volvo...

Ok, the volvo is in bits and selling nicely... Projections are in the region of £1500-£1700 return. Which is a Bangernomical loss of about £300 so not too bad.

Anyway, I started tentativly looking for a Scorpio 24V estate.

Imediatly I found an R-Reg one 40 miles away in auto trader, 1 owner, 90k, GR8!!!

SOLD :(

So onto ebay.. Nowt.

So I was already to save up for a few months to get a Good 24V l8 model.

Then it croppe dup on ebay. 1995 24V estate, and it was within walking distance ( literally!.. )

All the toys... More details to come!