From: Adrian on
"GT" <a(a)b.c> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

>>> After converting an unleaded petrol car to LPG, can it still run on
>>> petrol or is it LPG only? I was thinking about it, but lack of LPG
>>> stations is a concern, so petrol as a backup is peace of mind.

>> Not only is it possible to run on both fuels, it is actually advisable
>> to run the odd few gallons of petrol through it - something about it
>> being kind to the valves I recollect.

> So there is a switch of some sort - is this automatic or manual?

Yep, switch. Leave it to LPG, and it'll sort out the warm-up
automagically.
From: Elder on
In article <8c02svFik0U1(a)mid.individual.net>, petemac9294(a)tiscali.co.uk
says...
> If you use an approved gas converter who can issue the appropriate
> certificate (which you will need for your insurance) you won't have a
> problem.
>

Certificate isn't always required for insurance, and is no guarantee
that the chimp can actually be bothered to do it right once certified,
just means he is a member of a trade organisation.

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From: OG on

"GT" <a(a)b.c> wrote in message
news:4c5ad399$0$13485$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com...
> After converting an unleaded petrol car to LPG, can it still run on petrol
> or is it LPG only? I was thinking about it, but lack of LPG stations is a
> concern, so petrol as a backup is peace of mind.

Here's a car that runs on methane generated at a sewage treatment plant.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-10881080

I'd love to know if the methane fuel is held in the number two fuel tank.

Idiot reporting though; failing to see the difference between energy and
power (yet again).
"Engineers from Wessex Water estimate the waste from 70 homes would generate
enough gas to run the car for 10,000 miles (16,100km)"


From: Partac on

"Elder" <carl.robson(a)bouncing-czechs.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.26c4f9a64d7f78e8989704(a)news.individual.net...
> In article <8c02svFik0U1(a)mid.individual.net>, petemac9294(a)tiscali.co.uk
> says...
>> If you use an approved gas converter who can issue the appropriate
>> certificate (which you will need for your insurance) you won't have a
>> problem.
>>
>
> Certificate isn't always required for insurance,

If you declare that the vehicle has been modified, the insurance company
needs to know what the modification consists of. A major modification of
this sort would normally require a (costly) qualified engineers report. A
valid installers certificate removes this need.

and is no guarantee
> that the chimp can actually be bothered to do it right once certified,
> just means he is a member of a trade organisation.
>
As with any other certificate (eg Corgi or Gas Safe for example). If the
fitter decides to work out of accord with the prescribed safety standards,
then obviously this would be true.


From: Steve Firth on
GT <a(a)b.c> wrote:

> So there is a switch of some sort

Yes.

> - is this automatic

Yes.

> or manual?

Yes.