Posted by peter r on February 15, 2008, 12:09 am, in reply to "lpg problem"
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Thinking on this a bit more . I do think it is an electrical problem . All i`m doing by putting power on the solenoid is opening the gas flow from the tanks to the convertor . If the gas was there at the convertor it should start straight away , which it does not . So the time lapse , winding over is for the gas coming from the tank or line to the converter . What do you think ? When it happens again i should be able to prove it by undoing the filter and if there`s no gas , i`ll have to go looking but i`d need to have a leak between the converter and the mixers and although there is sometimes a slight smell of gas , never strong . Or possibly the tank solenoid is shutting off for some reason ? With the 2 tanks there is only 1 main line to the converter but both tanks join at a valve ( that i can`t think of the name of ? ) Could be that this valve is at fault , it is not solenoid controlled but mechanical . Trouble is it has normally happened at a time not suited to investigation . Cheers --Previous Message-- : Hi all : : 85 BA duel fuel IMPCO system Twin carb : Twin Mixers Twin tanks . : : This is not from cold , it has to be : primed to start from cold , the problem : occurs when it is warmed and also often : when air temp is higher , it`s : intermittant and ongoing for a couple : of years . : : Every now and again but not of late and : even in the heat , the car won`t start : on LPG . : : It generally fires once and won`t start : when it occurs . Similar to when a : rotor is playing up . : : Other times it will it will run for : 5/10 sec and stop and not restart . : : Then other times it`s dead as a door : nail , winds but won`t start . : : It`s only ever happened twice after : refueling . : : The norm is the key is barely turned : and it fires , just sort of flicked on : and it fires , there is nothing wrong : with the start system . : : I can find no faults with the lpg : system or electrics related other than : the way i can start it when the problem : occurs . : : The way it can be started is by : disconecting the solenoid wires and : jumping a power wire to the main fuel : line solenoid at the converter . : : If i do this it will wind over for : around 5 seconds before it will start : but it will always start . : : If i don`t do this it can be wound over : for as long as you feel like , it can : be left and gone back to for 10/15/30 : minutes and it may or may not start . : : The way this part of it works is : similar to an EFI fuel pump , there is : a computer , it`s not the normal type : saftey switch ( well it`s called a : computer don`t know what`s in it )under : the dash so what i`m doing is like : jumping a power wire to an EFI fuel : pump . : : Sorry about the length but it`s a bit : hard to explain otherwise . : : Any ideas ? : : Cheers , Peter : :