I wish there was a little more interest in this subject. We men, usually if we don't know something, will just keep quiet. So it seems to me that there is not a lot of knowledge spread around on this matter. I could be terribly wrong of course. Zoltan John Rodgers wrote: > Irvin, you have raised a question that has been in my mind for some time now. I > have seen this done, but not on a vanagon. The natural gas company there in > Soldotna used to sell the setup to convert your car/truck to natural gas. It > took a special carburetor as I recall or maybe it was a conversion kit. If you > ran out of natural gas( called LNG in a lot of places) a throw of the lever > would put you back on gasoline. . They had most of their trucks converted to > natural gas. Don't know if that is still true or not. > > Would be interesting to know if it could be done on a vanagon. One problem that > arises is gas mileage or the lack thereof. Natural gas does not have the > calories or btu's per gallon (or is it pound) that gasoline has. So you could > find yourself using more gallons of natural gas for a given distance than you > would with gasoline. > > Maybe the membership of the list has more knowlidge about this. > > John Rodgers > "88 GL Driver with a leaky windsheild <|:<( > > Christopher Irvin wrote: > > > Okay I know this may sound dumb, but has any one ever heard of a natural gas > > conversion for a Vanagon? My engine is toast, and I have to develop some > > ideas on rebuild or replacment before my better half calls the junk yard and > > has my baby towed off to a fate worse than death. I'm not enven a shade > > tree mechanic, butlearning little by little. Anyone in Eagle River or > > Anchorage Alaksa interested in a project might also consider contacting me > > via P-mail if you have offers on a reasonably sound (other than the motor) > > '84 weekender. > > > > Christopher Irvn > > Eagle River, Alaska |
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