Try to find some info if in the U.S. is possible to run (update) a car on LPG (Propane Gas).
Are there any LPG gas station...?
thx

 

you can get propane at virtually any hardware store. its the same stuff used in gas grills.... as far as updating a car for it, yea theres a way, hell if anyone here knows how.... ive heard about people doing this, and its not cheap.

 

dedicated LPG or bi-fuel?
Are you just curious because of fuel savings?

I know way more about lpg powered vehicles than anyone should ever know

propanetruck.us

 

Well,
I was for some time in EU and was driving "LPG" car (Propane gas). It is much more cheaper than normal gas and the car works great, you can always switch between gas and LPG... well I was wondering if someone in the U.S. offers such service to adjust car for the Propane fuel and if there are a Propane gas station (I am not talking about buying the propane bottle like for grill, but normal LPG gas station...)?
Maybe it is good idea to make some $ now... and offer such a service.. (in EU cost to change is +- $1000 or less) .. before when gas was for $1.7 or cheaper this idea does not make any se. but today and soon in the future when we will pay easily $4/g who knows....

 

its not worth it here. A gaseous injection is not readily availible around here so it would cost you more than $1000 most likely. Besides nobody retro fits the systems either. And the infrastructure for propane isnt around either. You will not find it for less than $2.00 around here unless you buy in bulk, 500 gallons or more. So you are stuck to places that fill propane bottles and rv's where it is routinely $3.00 a gallon. Then if you pay that, the loss in MPG is not worth it.

So overall, its not worth it in the US. Maybe in 10 years, but not now.

 

Yea, propane gas is not readily availble around the U.S. at any sort of fill station. Your only other alternative would be to try and convert the car to an E85 setup to try and save money. Obviously diesel is out of the question.

 

we power our 2 ton farm trucks with it, its a huge pain in the *** filling them. it does save alot of money tho cause we do buy it in bulk.