I'm pretty sure the CRD wouldn't do well on Propane. They rattle like crap with Gasoline.
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| Author: | Hair_MD [ Wed Jun 21, 2006 8:32 pm ] |
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Hello to everyone, im new to the forum and have been looking at buying a KJ for the last few weeks. The only thing holding me back it the fact that i do a lot of driving, about 150-200 km a day. Im leaning towards the CRD right now, but i thought i would ask if anyone has looked into a propane conversion. Propane where i live, is about half the price of petrol, so it would be much less expencive to run, plus you can switch between the petrol and propane when needed. Paul |
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| Author: | Jeepjeepster [ Wed Jun 21, 2006 8:37 pm ] |
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I have yet to hear of anyone doing this. Maybe you could try the CRD section? |
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| Author: | n3qik [ Wed Jun 21, 2006 8:51 pm ] |
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Not 100% shure on this, but I dought it can be done. No place to put the propane tank. The only place would be if you removed the OEM gas tank. |
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| Author: | gatorator [ Wed Jun 21, 2006 9:13 pm ] |
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I'm pretty sure the CRD wouldn't do well on Propane. They rattle like crap with Gasoline.
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| Author: | Jeger [ Wed Jun 21, 2006 9:36 pm ] |
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I would say you could get a conversion done. I wonder if it would be legal to put the propane tank on the roof rack? I see some trucks running around with the tank up high like that. If someone does it let us all know. |
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| Author: | DarbyWalters [ Wed Jun 21, 2006 10:31 pm ] |
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gatorator wrote: I'm pretty sure the CRD wouldn't do well on Propane. They rattle like crap with Gasoline.
Propane injection into a Diesel is done to gain impressive amounts of power...about 3 parts diesel to 1 part propane. |
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| Author: | Hair_MD [ Wed Jun 21, 2006 11:09 pm ] |
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i was looking at propane conversion as another option to buying a CRD. with the driving i do, the cost of fule will kill me, |
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| Author: | Eddo [ Thu Jun 22, 2006 6:35 am ] |
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Hair_MD wrote: i was looking at propane conversion as another option to buying a CRD. with the driving i do, the cost of fule will kill me,
Would the cost per mile be any less? I know propane is cheaper, but don't you get less power and less gas mileage. Let us know. Id be interested in how it turns out. |
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| Author: | Hair_MD [ Thu Jun 22, 2006 8:50 am ] |
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to my understanding, a gallon of propane is equal to 9/10 of a gallon of petrol as far as fuel economy goes. Aparently powerloss is minimal, most websites clame a max power loss of only 7%. Running a car on propane would be all new to me so i only know what i've read. All in all, i still think i'll end up with the CRD, just wanted to know if anyone had considered this alternative fuel method. |
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