NOTE - if you want an answer from me, you really do need to give an email address that doesn’t bounce. Yes Darius at blueyonder, this includes you !
It's annoying to spend time replying to a query, only to get a bounce message like host smtpin.blueyonder.virginmedia.com[62.254.123.242] said: 550 Administrative prohibition - unable to validate recipient (in reply to RCPT TO command)
Send me a working email address and I'll send you my reply – how's that for a bargain ?

Why LPG needn’t cost a fortune !


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Go to almost any converter and ask about doing an LPG conversion as a DIY job and you’ll normally be met with “sucking through teeth” followed by a list of excuses why it isn’t possible. These excuses are likely to include things like “It’s illegal” (it isn’t), “It’s dangerous” (it isn’t if done right), “It’ll be hard to get insurance” (probably not), and “No one will sell you the parts” (well they might not ...).

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Then if you ask around, you will get a whole load of reasons why you shouldn’t even consider a conversion. These may come from people who’ve have a bad experience, or from mechanics who are suddenly ‘experts’. Some of these reasons will include : “They never work right” (well badly setup carbs don’t work right either !), “you’ll lose all your boot space” (see some of the photos on this site), “you’ll lose lots of power” (yes you will if you do it badly), “you can’t fill up anywhere” (well I seldom have difficulty).

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So I’ve thrown this site together as an answer to many of those Old Wives Tales (OWT), Myths, Lies, and general ignorance. Please browse away !

Things are starting to pick up in volume, it was a shock when I decided to redo the site in RapidWeaver and found out how many articles I’d done ! If you have a specific question, then please feel free to ask it - but please say if you don’t want any part of it (and the answer) to end up on here. I’ve had a couple of comments that the site is hard to navigate, I’m working on a “Questions and Answers” page that should provide something of an index by subject/problem – I’m hoping that will make things easier to navigate.

I’ll also point out that I an NOT an expert on LPG. I’ve done a course and converted a few (oldish) vehicles, but that does not make me an expert. I’ve had a few queries from readers, so at least I know the site is actually getting read, and I try to answer them as best I can. One excellent resource I’ve found since I started this site is the LPG Forum, where there are a fair number of other DIY enthusiasts and commercial installers - so it might be worth heading over there and looking in the forums.

You may notice a slight tendency to go on about Land Rovers, well all I own is Land Rovers, so that’s a clue. Also, I’ve only done one LPG conversion that wasn’t on a Land Rover (or Range Rover), and so I tend to talk about what I know about.

Lastly, this new version of the site has been built with RapidWeaver since I found iWeb far too limiting and made the site look “a bit frilly”