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From: Toby on 14 Jul 2010 02:37 On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:35:23 +1000, D Walford wrote: > On 14/07/2010 9:42 AM, George W Frost wrote: >> "D Walford"<dwalford(a)internode.on.net> wrote in message >> news:4c3cf830$0$11122$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... >>> On 13/07/2010 11:40 PM, George W Frost wrote: >>>> <ian h(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >>>> news:un8o36li9063df1m7k18dk303svdbc5vso(a)4ax.com... >>>>> >>>>> My son has a VS Commodore with LPG fitted. >>>>> It started running sick, and backfiring. >>>>> It blew the top off the air box. >>>>> He has since replaced the plugs,after narrowing the >>>>> gap to around to around 1mm. >>>>> He will replace the leads tonight. >>>>> >>>>> The guy that fitted the LPG for him suggested the above fix. >>>>> >>>>> Anyone who has had similar problems with LPG, I would appreciate their >>>>> comments. >>>>> >>>>> Ian >>>> >>>> I had the same thing with an EF, replaced the leads, plugs and everything >>>> else and it still did it, >>>> I asked a gas installer and he said it was possible that the valve guides >>>> were worn and would need replacing, meaning a new head, so I traded it in >>>> on >>>> a BA V8 and not looked back >>>> >>>> >>> Son's EF had a similar problem, according to LPG installer the problem was >>> the coil pack, it was replaced the problem hasn't reoccurred. >>> >>> >>> Daryl >>> >> >> replacing the coil packs didn't work with mine >> besides, didn't they drop the coil pack idea with thte EL? >> >> > AFAIK they changed back to a distributor. > > > Daryl No worries - they went again with the stupid stuff again later. It's a Scam, of course - Fraud, and others, can buy the stuff for next to noting, and sell it for MASSIVE money to the,punters with cars having a few years on 'em. out of warranty, natch. I know of two blokes (both devout fans of Ford, too) so far that have ditched their later Falcoons precisely due to the cost of 'ignition; problems. -- Toby. Caveat Lector
From: D Walford on 14 Jul 2010 03:47 On 14/07/2010 4:37 PM, Toby wrote: > On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:35:23 +1000, D Walford wrote: > >> On 14/07/2010 9:42 AM, George W Frost wrote: >>> "D Walford"<dwalford(a)internode.on.net> wrote in message >>> news:4c3cf830$0$11122$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... >>>> On 13/07/2010 11:40 PM, George W Frost wrote: >>>>> <ian h(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >>>>> news:un8o36li9063df1m7k18dk303svdbc5vso(a)4ax.com... >>>>>> >>>>>> My son has a VS Commodore with LPG fitted. >>>>>> It started running sick, and backfiring. >>>>>> It blew the top off the air box. >>>>>> He has since replaced the plugs,after narrowing the >>>>>> gap to around to around 1mm. >>>>>> He will replace the leads tonight. >>>>>> >>>>>> The guy that fitted the LPG for him suggested the above fix. >>>>>> >>>>>> Anyone who has had similar problems with LPG, I would appreciate their >>>>>> comments. >>>>>> >>>>>> Ian >>>>> >>>>> I had the same thing with an EF, replaced the leads, plugs and everything >>>>> else and it still did it, >>>>> I asked a gas installer and he said it was possible that the valve guides >>>>> were worn and would need replacing, meaning a new head, so I traded it in >>>>> on >>>>> a BA V8 and not looked back >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Son's EF had a similar problem, according to LPG installer the problem was >>>> the coil pack, it was replaced the problem hasn't reoccurred. >>>> >>>> >>>> Daryl >>>> >>> >>> replacing the coil packs didn't work with mine >>> besides, didn't they drop the coil pack idea with thte EL? >>> >>> >> AFAIK they changed back to a distributor. >> >> >> Daryl > > No worries - they went again with the stupid stuff again later. > It's a Scam, of course - Fraud, and others, can buy the stuff for next to > noting, and sell it for MASSIVE money to the,punters with cars having a few > years on 'em. out of warranty, natch. > I know of two blokes (both devout fans of Ford, too) so far that have > ditched their later Falcoons precisely due to the cost of 'ignition; > problems. After market coil pack for the EF was less than $100.00, OE part lasted close enough to 400,000klms which is hardly an issue. Car only cost $800 and has done over 100,000klm since so value is very good. He has since bought an EL which owes him about $4000 which includes 12mths rego, new tyres, new exhaust, major service and LPG conversion. Daryl Daryl
From: Toby on 14 Jul 2010 06:53 On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:47:39 +1000, D Walford wrote: > On 14/07/2010 4:37 PM, Toby wrote: >> On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:35:23 +1000, D Walford wrote: >> >>> On 14/07/2010 9:42 AM, George W Frost wrote: >>>> "D Walford"<dwalford(a)internode.on.net> wrote in message >>>> news:4c3cf830$0$11122$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... >>>>> On 13/07/2010 11:40 PM, George W Frost wrote: >>>>>> <ian h(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >>>>>> news:un8o36li9063df1m7k18dk303svdbc5vso(a)4ax.com... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> My son has a VS Commodore with LPG fitted. >>>>>>> It started running sick, and backfiring. >>>>>>> It blew the top off the air box. >>>>>>> He has since replaced the plugs,after narrowing the >>>>>>> gap to around to around 1mm. >>>>>>> He will replace the leads tonight. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The guy that fitted the LPG for him suggested the above fix. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Anyone who has had similar problems with LPG, I would appreciate their >>>>>>> comments. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Ian >>>>>> >>>>>> I had the same thing with an EF, replaced the leads, plugs and everything >>>>>> else and it still did it, >>>>>> I asked a gas installer and he said it was possible that the valve guides >>>>>> were worn and would need replacing, meaning a new head, so I traded it in >>>>>> on >>>>>> a BA V8 and not looked back >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> Son's EF had a similar problem, according to LPG installer the problem was >>>>> the coil pack, it was replaced the problem hasn't reoccurred. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Daryl >>>>> >>>> >>>> replacing the coil packs didn't work with mine >>>> besides, didn't they drop the coil pack idea with thte EL? >>>> >>>> >>> AFAIK they changed back to a distributor. >>> >>> >>> Daryl >> >> No worries - they went again with the stupid stuff again later. >> It's a Scam, of course - Fraud, and others, can buy the stuff for next to >> noting, and sell it for MASSIVE money to the,punters with cars having a few >> years on 'em. out of warranty, natch. >> I know of two blokes (both devout fans of Ford, too) so far that have >> ditched their later Falcoons precisely due to the cost of 'ignition; >> problems. > > After market coil pack for the EF was less than $100.00, OE part lasted > close enough to 400,000klms which is hardly an issue. > Car only cost $800 and has done over 100,000klm since so value is very good. > He has since bought an EL which owes him about $4000 which includes > 12mths rego, new tyres, new exhaust, major service and LPG conversion. > > > Daryl > > Daryl I'm on about the more recent caper.. -- Toby. Caveat Lector
From: HiramHackenbacker on 16 Jul 2010 03:19
ian h(a)hotmail.com wrote: > > > My son has a VS Commodore with LPG fitted. > It started running sick, and backfiring. > It blew the top off the air box. > He has since replaced the plugs,after narrowing the > gap to around to around 1mm. > He will replace the leads tonight. > > The guy that fitted the LPG for him suggested the above fix. > > Anyone who has had similar problems with LPG, I would appreciate their > comments. > Does this happen when the LPG tank is nearly empty? Mine blew up air filters only when the tank was less than 1/4 full. Now I don't let it run down, and no more trips to the wreckers. It limits the range, but better than sucking dirty air into the engine. -- Posted at www.usenet.com.au |