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mike whiskey
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Hi All,
Posting the below to AFL because the LPG group appears to have died!
No activitiy at all in the last few days.
mike whiskey wrote:
> I have recently returned to the fold of Gas converted Rangerovers, but
> this time with an auto box.
>
> I have a problem in that when cutting across from petrol to gas after
> first start, I get a backfire.
>
> I think this is because of how the changeover works.
>
> On my manual car, the change over was when the revs dropped when
> changing up from 1st to 2nd, or 2nd to third, depending on how hard I
> was driving.
>
> Of course, on a manual this occurs on a trailing throttle.
>
> The new car does the same thing, but the auto box can make the revs
> drop even on a wider throttle setting, causing the car to run lean, and
> thus to backfire.
>
> The solution for now is to remember to blip the throttle before setting
> off, so I start rolling on Gas, but can the change over characteristics
> (Tartarini Controller) be changed in some way to prevent the
> embarasssing backfire when i forget?
>
> TIA
>
> MW
Posting the below to AFL because the LPG group appears to have died!
No activitiy at all in the last few days.
mike whiskey wrote:
> I have recently returned to the fold of Gas converted Rangerovers, but
> this time with an auto box.
>
> I have a problem in that when cutting across from petrol to gas after
> first start, I get a backfire.
>
> I think this is because of how the changeover works.
>
> On my manual car, the change over was when the revs dropped when
> changing up from 1st to 2nd, or 2nd to third, depending on how hard I
> was driving.
>
> Of course, on a manual this occurs on a trailing throttle.
>
> The new car does the same thing, but the auto box can make the revs
> drop even on a wider throttle setting, causing the car to run lean, and
> thus to backfire.
>
> The solution for now is to remember to blip the throttle before setting
> off, so I start rolling on Gas, but can the change over characteristics
> (Tartarini Controller) be changed in some way to prevent the
> embarasssing backfire when i forget?
>
> TIA
>
> MW
