Posted by peter r on February 18, 2008, 3:14 pm, in reply to "Re: lpg problem"
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G`day Kevin , thanks for your thoughts . Biggest problem is it hasn`t done it for around 6 mths . If it chose not restart at all , as you know it would be easier to locate the problem or as you suggest problems . Ours has a manual prime , just press the button on cold start and it will only not start from cold if the button isn`t pushed long enough . The fault never occures at cold start only ever after it`s been running and it could be 2 km or 200 km but only after it`s turned off and on restart . I understand the spark thing , i usually only change plugs when is starts to run a bit rough or if i have them out but neither is very often . Recently it was running rough and was giving around 4.5 K/L with new plugs it gives around 5.2 K/L but i feel any economy figs are not exact only a guide as there are so many variables but as it happened i had to do 2 trips to Melbourne , changed the plugs inbetween and was able to use the same fill points/pumps with similar conditions and the 5.2 involved more traffic . I have been looking at the multispark CDI units but i`ve not found any that can be adjusted to do advance and retard variations which would be useful for lpg and what is about seems very expensive but will do a form of retard . Cheers , Peter . --Previous Message-- : G'day Peter, : : Just a bit of lateral thinking. : : 1. Don't believe you only have one : problem ... there could quite well be : two situations which in combination : cause the starting difficulty. : : 2. Too many people believe that : starting issues with LPG are all : starvation or lean mixture. Not so. : You can flood LPG the same as petrol. : My '85 would start easily if primed : once, but wouldn't start if primed : twice. My Kombi was different. With : it I had to prime once and then turn : off the gas switch until it had fired. : If the gas was left on it would flood. : : All the starting problems with the '85 : disappeared when I fitted the Buick HEI : distributor. (I think it would've : ignited sump oil if I'd tried!) : : Best of luck. : : Rgds : Kevin : : :