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slopeysimon

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I am looking to purchase a 90 defender with the view of converting it to LPG, is there a engine swap that is feasable and can increase my fuel economy. The landy will be for day to day use not towing and very rare off road use. Any thoughts?
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if yu aint gonna tow or orf road - wotcha want a landy fur - get yoself a more reliable, betta fuel efficient vehicle.
 
slopeysimon said:
I am looking to purchase a 90 defender with the view of converting it to LPG, is there a engine swap that is feasable and can increase my fuel economy. The landy will be for day to day use not towing and very rare off road use. Any thoughts?
:confused:
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Hi Simon

Welcome to landyzone. What sort of age and price are you looking at? What do you intend to use the vehicle for? What sort of distances are you talking.

A V8 petrol defender with lpg (56p per litre 15mpg) will work out roughly around the same to run as a 200tdi, 300tdi or td5 denzel (£115 per litre 28-35mpg).

Your cheapest option is to buy a denzel and run it on 50% veg oil. (78p per litre) which will give you an average cost of 97p per litre for the 50/50 mix.

200 tdi and 300 tdi can run on veg oil fine. I don't know about the td5 though.
 
Ive a 2.5 N/A will this run ok on a 50/50 mix or do i have to change anything Thanks All :confused:
 
muply said:
Ive a 2.5 N/A will this run ok on a 50/50 mix or do i have to change anything Thanks All :confused:
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yep.



nope.


Just don't jump straight in at 50%. start of at around 10-25% and gradually increase the doseage.

I went from 25% to 33% to 50% with no probs.
 
av been mostly running at near 100% on Tesco SVO in a few 200s for many many miles now - just thin it with petrol when it's cold (or just use normal diesel)

plenty of people round here run the NA on high ratios without issue
 
Sean said:
av been mostly running at near 100% on Tesco SVO in a few 200s for many many miles now - just thin it with petrol when it's cold (or just use normal diesel)

plenty of people round here run the NA on high ratios without issue
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How much petrol do you put in to thin your vege oil? I have always been dubious about doing it.
 
I have read a little over tha last few days and it seems that the older the car the better it will run on VO so do I get a series III or a defender 90?
 
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