Archie
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A guy is coming to see the BMW today.
He's got a Clio 172 which has been fitted with LPG that he wants to swap.
I have no knowledge of LPG.
Whats the pro's & con's.
And if i dislike it whats involved in removal ?
I know the Clio is in need of the bottom gearbox mount & a speed sensor (Common faults)
Never been a Renault fan, but given that i dont my apprenticeship with Renault it'd be a great advantage to ownership of one.
I am aware they are fantastic handling & pretty quick.
Any other input?
Cheers
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oceansoul
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You can switch between LPG or petrol. If you dont like driving on LPG then just dont use it. I dont know whats involved in removing as i think they drill the inlet manifold to get the gas injectors in.
Plus LPG is cheaper 
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Corsa_Sport21
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Do they run big tanks etc??
How heavy are they??Cant see it doing to many favours to the handling if its a lot of extra weight.
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connollygt30
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Yeah it will have a rather large tank somewhere,in the boot probably
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Archie
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quote:
Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21
Do they run big tanks etc??
How heavy are they??Cant see it doing to many favours to the handling if its a lot of extra weight.
Thats what i was wondering, plus if someone rear ends me am i going to end with a bang 
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Corsa_Sport21
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TBH though,LPG converted or not,if the Clio is in decent condition,i would deffo swap it.
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Archie
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Yeah, thats why i'm asking about removal, because TBH for all the driving i do i dont really give a shit about petrol prices.
If i'm lucky i'll fling £20 in my car on a Friday night, see who's about town, have a play then when it comes to Monday again it sits all week, although this may change when i start working again. 
[Edited on 30-01-2011 by Archie]
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connollygt30
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What year is the clio?
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Archie
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51 Plate 
Phase 2.
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connollygt30
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Get it swapped
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Archie
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Need to wait til he comes up.
No keen on the LPG scenario, the rest appeals.
Hopefully it's had a timing belt change at somepoint cos there a cunt to do 
Boys a bit of a mutant as well so i'll be having a good look over it.
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connollygt30
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Teenage mutant?
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Cole
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LPG 72p per ltr the tank will probably be in the spare wheel well will weigh no more than the spare has a better Ron rating than petrol and will do just as many miles mmm get it swapped if I could afford LPG on the zafira I wouldn't think twice about it
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Brett
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LPG wouldn't bother me, would give it a try.
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Archie
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Cool cheers for the info folks, i'm sure he mentioned something about it may need an LPG injector as it misses ocassionaly didnt quite catch what he said.
Hence asking about removal CBF pissing about with something i know hehaw about.
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Bonney
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Think its remove the condensor, A new inlet manifold, removal of the tank and lines and on some cars they have a map on the ECU to help them run to ther optimum.
Could be done in a day if you know what you are looking for.
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Jambo
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Why woulkd you fit LPG to a Clio 172 
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AlexW
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People fit LPG to some random cars, Stupidly.
But now its got it, Keep it imo, Even if you don't use it.
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biswell
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they run a seprate ecu for the lpg so you would have to remove all the wiring for that , and i would get rid of it always get cars at work with burnt out vavles becasue of the gas
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connollygt30
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Did the deal go down?
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Archie
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Still waiting on them coming ....
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derick-sport
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my boss van is lpg goes like stink with the lpg turned on!
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connollygt30
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Pointless now its dark mate
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Wagsta
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whats performance like on lpg????? any different???
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harrisp
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A mate of mine runs a 300ish bhp R33 gtst on lpg, runs fine on it not as quick as on petrol.
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