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Hiya my commer friends, sometimes my brain comes up with the craziest ideas. I have read about gaslo systems (gas bottles that refill at the petrol station) I have also read about converting a petrol engine to run on LPG. Is it just me but isnt there a shortcut there ? surely if a gaslo system was installed then the gas storage could be used to run a commer engine on ???

Please someone tell me I'm right ? please
 
You need a liquid take off to run an engine on LPG, if the Gaslo system has this then it may be worth a look - but I suspect a normal LPG fill would be cheaper (but I haven't checked)

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hiya panky
well you fill both systems at the petrol station, according to my research so far the engine utilises a condensor to convert teh gas to a liquid. Just intrigues me as im a gas engineer. will keep you all updated on the project.
 
On a standard lpg conversion the gas is stored under pressure to keep it as a liquid
this is then transferred to the evaporator in the engine bay to be converted in to a gas which is then fed into the engine.
the evaporator is plumbed in to the cooling system and uses the hot water to raise the lpg temp to a gas.This is why when converted cars tend to start up on petrol from cold then switch to gas.
The modern systems tap in to the ecu via the obd port and copy the injector trim and if set up right you can barely notice or tell.
Got a bigas kit to go on me camper.

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Your problems goin to be that a cooker/fridge wants lpg gas and the engine wants lpg to convert into a gas. the engine needs the volume to be converted on demand the cooker just wants in to boil the kettle and performance/response aint to much of an issue.....


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Hi sweedspeed

are you on some of the lpg conversion forums as well that ive been trawling this eve. Perhaps you can reccomend a conversion type for my standard 1725 engine with weber carb. Also I should be able to use the gas supply for my cooker and fridge then ?
 
the lpg is a liquid and it travels as a liquid its only when it is released (in the case of a cooker) where it boils as it exists the injector of the cooker or gas appliance. so long as its via a pressure regulator then its sorted ?
 
Normal LPG cylinders, used for camping etc, supply the fuel from the gas space not the liquid. To run your stove from an LPG system designed to supply liquid gas to the engine you would need a gas take off from the tank through a regulator. I don't know if conventional tanks have this.

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Also, any lpg you use for propelling the vehicle, has to have road duty paid on it [:(!]

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How many miles a year are you planning on doing in your Commer? I would question the economics of a conversion if you're not using it daily.
You could just a get a petrol cooker?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Coleman-Unleaded-Double-Burner-Stove/dp/B000QUIKX8/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1351708586&sr=8-2-fkmr0
 
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This is whats inside an automotive lpg tank note next to the float is the pick up tube which, as Panky quite rightly points out, picks up the liquid to feed to the evaporator in the engine bay. A standard lpg tank relies on the atmospheric heat to evaporate the liquid.

Good point by Mr M too !!

Short of tapping off at the top of the tank (probably a bad idea) or fitting a T-piece in the feed line after the evaporator (possible) you might have to put up with two bottles/tanks !?
Tinley are who I use for my gas kits and parts by the way.
As for which kit for the commer you would be best with the single point system very basic but workable.
hth Mark


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