lpg

[Roli Savvaris]

I forgot to add,... I bought 2 special filler adapters from the Battersea Gas company. 1 type is good for Belgium (maybe France too) and most of Germany, and the other adapter is good for the remaining of Europe. They don't cost much, about 10 pounds sterling each. What you do is once you remove the filler cap with the key you screw on the adapter and then it is like if you are on a country specific filler tap. Very useful for European journeys.

[Roli Savvaris]

More notes:

The Battersea boys told me that it would be better that the rubber tubing coming out from the injector into the engine tubes (inlet pipes - don't know what they are but you get the picture) should have been shorter. The shorter the distance the better the efficiency apparently. I am not a pro so I am only writing what I heard,...

Also,... Make sure to install a big tank in the boot. Mine is a 100 litre tank. It normally fills to a maximum of 80 litres as petrol stations stop the maximum to their settings,... some fill this to 90 litres, but I have heard this in not good as when the temperatures are high the lpg expands,... so when i fill 90 litres I make sure I am travelling a bit first to make it go to the normal safe level which is 80 litres. Otherwise best to keep it in the shade I guess. Not a pro as mentioned, just stuff I've read here and there.

There are other types of tanks, in a tyre shape, which go instead of the spare tyre, but this car has the bose system so there is a big bass unit the size of a small tyre instead of a spare wheel. Make sure your installers fit the tank in a way that the boot floor can be lifted so that you get access to the bass system, because you have important stuff there such as the tyre bolts and pick up equipment in case you need to raise your car to remove a wheel.

My car doesn't have a spare wheel and I didn't have a tyre repair kit when one tyre went flat. Although I used the car pump system (special unit that fits under the driver seat and works like having an air pump at a petrol station) the hole was so big all the air was coming out so quickly I couldn't move the car to a tyre shop. That was too bad for me as I had to lift the one side of the car and remove the wheel and leave the car at the mercy of bad kids not to kick the thing that was holding the car up in the air which would seriously damage the car (I know I always think of bad senarios!!!!!) but luckily I was in a nice quiet city with good people. I then had to take the wheel by cab to a tyre shop. The Michelin Diamaris 275 40 20 N1 tyres are so rare in shops that I had to get a used dunlop till I got to my destination where I immediately bought a brand new Michelin since the other 3 where nearly new. Porsche had recommended that they install 2 Pirellis instead since they didn't stock the Michelin,... Why pay for 2 types you don't like since you already have a perfect best one,... I was disapointed Porsche don't have this tyre n stock since the N1 means tested and approved by Porsche,...Why insist on Michelins? well ask anyone and you will find that bullet proof cars only use Michelins, but that is off topic stuff,.. maybe I'll write something about it in another thread. I still don't have a tyre repair tube kit because the one I saw said highly flamabe and I often leave the car in direct sunlight,... don't know if it is safe to keep them in the car or if there are special porsche stuff I need to buy,...

Anyways,... enjoy your new ride, as with the lpg you will have a completely different car when you want. 1 for the big spender side of you and another for the economy and environmentally side of you :)

[Roli Savvaris]

Tyre shaped tanks are no good on this car unless you have a petrol station with lpg round the corner of where you live and you are not interested in long lpg journeys,...

[Roli Savvaris]

Tyre shaped tanks have a capacity of I think 40 or 50 litres so really it works out to be 35 or 40 litres of filling

[Roli Savvaris]

I forgot the link from where I bought my 5 litre cheap lube,...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/260949350850?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_sacat%3D0%26_nkw%3D260949350850%26_rdc%3D1#ht_1632wt_1271

60 pounds sterling for 5 litres (this includes the 15 pounds of shipping costs) work around 12 GBP per litre. Most people in UK buy each litre for around 18 GBP so 30% more than what I paid. It is good to have this 5 litre in the boot as you never know when the led will light up unless you look into your engine every now and then. Also, try to keep your 400 ml little bottle handy as it is easier to fill the right amount of tube than using the 5 litre bottle. What I do is pour 400ml from 5 litre to the 400 ml bottle and then from the 400 ml bottle into the lubricant box in the engine compartment.

[Gerlewis]

cool posts - lots for me to read - Im on holidays so will read them all with a glass of red later tonight :)

[alkis]

Dear all. I have read all the posts, i have recently bought a Cayenne turbo 2005 model. I am interested in installing lpg since the mpg is very low.

Here in Greece official porsche say that i should not install lpg since problems will come up. I have a few questions for whoever has a cayenne turbo running on lpg.

1) How many years have you been running your Cayenne on LPG? Did you have any problems with it?

2) What manufacture is your LPG? Here they have suggested to install the Stag Q-max plus, others the Prins Vsi 2.0. It is getting confusing since all they care is to sell, and all i care is to have a safe engine with no problems.

Hope you hear from you.

Alkis

[Gonzales]

Do not install lpg. I have stag with hana (Best I suppose) injectors. After 2 years my problems started. Burnt valve... This car is not good for lpg. I have lpg in bmw 535 from 1991 after 10 years no problems at all

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[lewisweller]

Cayenne v8 doesn't like lpg or high Ethanol fuels like 10% or 15% mix. 

[Bluetoff]

My 2005 cayenne S V8 runs on lpg without a problem. Has valve saver fitted. 

[Gonzales]

@bluetoff. How many years?


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