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Date:         Fri, 14 Feb 2003 09:46:23 -0800
Reply-To:     Mark Dorm <mark_hb@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mark Dorm <mark_hb@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: re. vanagon propane conversion
Comments: To: gary2a@TELUSPLANET.NET
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What about propane on a suburu 2.2L? Has anyone done this... Doesn't propane benefit from higher compression... not sure what the subie is in this respect.

> >You should not need to start the engine on gasoline and then switch to >propane. If you need to do this, something's wrong with your installation. >It could be that the vapor hose is very long and there is no priming >circuit. Or a leak. I've actually never bothered to hook up a primer as >it >has not been needed. All my conversions started fine on propane. >There are a lot of conversions which are propane only, not dual fuel, so it >is not possible to start on gasoline. > >At the moment, propane is $0.44 per liter in Calgary, gasoline is $0.80 per >liter. Last year I was paying $0.16 per liter for propane at one point. >The vast majority of the time, the spread in price between propane and >gasoline favors running on propane. Sometimes by a considerable margin. > >Vanagon propane conversion >http://www.telusplanet.net/public/gary2a/rack/propane/propane.htm >BMW propane conversion >http://www.telusplanet.net/public/gary2a/rack/bmw/bmw.htm > >Gary Lee >http://www.telusplanet.net/public/gary2a/rack/vanagonrack.htm

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