I am considering to fit my car with LPG gas fuel tank. But I am wondering if it is possible to retain the original petrol fuel tank with the new LPG gas fuel tank fit in? The reason I would like to keep the stock petrol tank is becoz I am not sure if the price for gas will be skyrocket in near future due to demand and the petrol cost rising will be slowed down as opposed to gas.
2006-08-21 23:58:03 · 10 answers · asked by Cloudy 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Why not just remove the old tank and store till needed?
2006-08-22 00:10:59 · answer #1 · answered by phoneypersona 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LPG is consists of primarily a mixture of propane and butane. Petrol/Gasoline has Benzene. It requires less volume of benzene (1.2%vol) to burn compared to propane (1.7%vol) OR butane (1.3%vol, 1.6% if you are in the US). Even much less than a mix of propane and butane. To store LPG it needs to be cooled down and compressed to maintain it as a liquid. However, there is a fine balance in having a heavy LPG cylinder in your trunk as the weight would factor into fuel consumption. A good consideration would be the usage of stee-carbon fibre cylinders. But it is expensive.
Most hybrid petrol-lpg engine conversion units uses both fuel at different operating cycle of the engine. E.g. stop and go traffice would rely on petrol and coasting would use LPG. Petrol would cut in if there is significant pressure drop in LPG line.
Therefore, it is highly recommended that you maintain the use of your petrol tank and go for the LPG-Petrol hybrid conversions.
2006-08-22 14:52:42 · answer #2 · answered by CentaurPrime 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The existing tank will not even come close to containing the LPG because of the pressureization. The fuel delivery system will also have to be changed out.
2006-08-22 00:13:29 · answer #3 · answered by DelK 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure you can. You need an LPG tank and your regular gas tank. You need a fuel switching system similar to that used on forklifts in the U.S. for many years. However these systems can be undependabile in cold weather.
2006-08-22 11:50:51 · answer #4 · answered by stan l 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I converted to LPG I kept my petrol
system and can switch from one fuel to the
other by just turning a knob.
2006-08-22 03:41:37 · answer #5 · answered by swenson0 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sure you can have both, the natural gas tanks are gas cylinders and can be mounted in the trunk, you can install a switch to change back and forth from nat. to gasoline. you should know the cylinders of nat. gas would have to hold compressed pressures of up to 3500 psi, and be rated higher of course
2006-08-22 04:13:14 · answer #6 · answered by critt 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes u can but u have to put the new tank in the boot/trunk yes i think the price will go because goverment might miss out on some money.
2006-08-22 00:17:16 · answer #7 · answered by Shane S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Petrol. Since the term "gas" does not refer to a liquid. Seems like a really stupid idea to refer to a liquid product as "gas"
2016-03-27 00:58:44 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Um you're aware that LP gas is under some serious pressure, right...
...I'd hate to see you on the darwin award website.
2006-08-22 00:07:15 · answer #9 · answered by Bush Whacker 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are a lot of conversions available, not for all models, but I think that most of them do keep the gas components in for dual use, so that you can drive somewhere where there isn't a gasline
tap available.
2006-08-22 14:10:00 · answer #10 · answered by gzuckier 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋