Ive had my VE on LPG for 18 months. "SPRINT GAS" brand. Its pretty high tech - the kit includes gas injectors and computer.
On LPG I get about 7 (yes 7) L/100km on highway with family on baord and ~12around nthrn Sydney inc peak hour. Not fazed by scaremongering about soft valves, hot running fuel as most of this is BS. Valves havnt been soft since pre 86. LPG bruns cleaner & cooler than petrol. Get over the scaremongering. Back to the point.
For the record it runs every bit as well on petrol. Now and excpet;
Now, now that one of the initial gas injectors was weak and was failling, causing a miss fire. That combined with common VE issues delayed the initial diagnosis (injector). Issue was an ECU issue which triggered the 'check engine' and "ESP off" warnings. Software upgrades Im told by Holden fixed those. Then my spannas tech 2 tool needed a couple upgrades before it would communicate with the VE. In the end Sprint replaced all 6 injectors as a warranty issue.
Except. Except that since the new lpg injectors were put in it intermittantly STALLS when off throttle. This usually means just after youve cruised upto a corner to turn or pulled upto a red light. So yes, loose pwr steering/brakes just when you need them. Happens maybe 1 or 2 times in a short round town trip, then not for a week or 2.... Then again, next trip can happen 4 times around town 20k trip.
Any one else have simialr experiences??? The spanna, has hooked up exhaust sensors (perfect) the tech 2 tool, his laptop - all several times - all show perfect results, do test drives - perfect.... Take it home, 3 days later then it will stall again.. Sh!t! Having trouble trouble shooting such an intermittant problem and in the workshop the results we get on the various electronic testing equipment all read A-OK.
I do notice that the tacho nedle is a bit more eratic on LPG than petrol once cruising and you take your foor off the pedal, on petrol is may glide from say 1800 rpm to 1000, settle, then 800. The same speed and braking on LPG could result in 1800-800 - dip to 600 rpm jump back to 1000+ and settle finally at 700rpm
On LPG I get about 7 (yes 7) L/100km on highway with family on baord and ~12around nthrn Sydney inc peak hour. Not fazed by scaremongering about soft valves, hot running fuel as most of this is BS. Valves havnt been soft since pre 86. LPG bruns cleaner & cooler than petrol. Get over the scaremongering. Back to the point.
For the record it runs every bit as well on petrol. Now and excpet;
Now, now that one of the initial gas injectors was weak and was failling, causing a miss fire. That combined with common VE issues delayed the initial diagnosis (injector). Issue was an ECU issue which triggered the 'check engine' and "ESP off" warnings. Software upgrades Im told by Holden fixed those. Then my spannas tech 2 tool needed a couple upgrades before it would communicate with the VE. In the end Sprint replaced all 6 injectors as a warranty issue.
Except. Except that since the new lpg injectors were put in it intermittantly STALLS when off throttle. This usually means just after youve cruised upto a corner to turn or pulled upto a red light. So yes, loose pwr steering/brakes just when you need them. Happens maybe 1 or 2 times in a short round town trip, then not for a week or 2.... Then again, next trip can happen 4 times around town 20k trip.
Any one else have simialr experiences??? The spanna, has hooked up exhaust sensors (perfect) the tech 2 tool, his laptop - all several times - all show perfect results, do test drives - perfect.... Take it home, 3 days later then it will stall again.. Sh!t! Having trouble trouble shooting such an intermittant problem and in the workshop the results we get on the various electronic testing equipment all read A-OK.
I do notice that the tacho nedle is a bit more eratic on LPG than petrol once cruising and you take your foor off the pedal, on petrol is may glide from say 1800 rpm to 1000, settle, then 800. The same speed and braking on LPG could result in 1800-800 - dip to 600 rpm jump back to 1000+ and settle finally at 700rpm
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