How would you like to pay £100 less for an LPG kit for your car?
It sounds tempting, doesn't it. We thought so and decided to evaluate some of the
cheap kits that are currently being pushed onto the UK market. Most of these kits come from eastern Europe or Asia, and we selected of
couple of the most prominent offerings. Here is what we found.
Summary
Kit 1 had fragile-looking electrical components/connections, unclear
instructions and outdated components. All of this means that we would not have
enough faith in the kit to supply it to our customers.
Kit 2 was more robust, but still suffered from poor instructions and some
outdated components. Installation was relatively straightforward for an experienced
installer, but calibration was a big problem. Even when the system had been
calibrated and tuned, it was stable only at normal operating temperature and had
a tendency to go out of tune frequently. Below normal temperature, engine
running was inconsistent. So, whilst the robustness of the components was not a
worry, the effort required from our customers (and us) to get the system running
and keep it running was a big worry - big enough to convince us that supplying
this type of system would be unsatisfactory for all concerned.
Conclusion
Sorry, but these kits are cheap for a reason. We feel that they would result
in too many dissatisfied customers, who would probably conclude that all LPG
systems are problematic and would, most likely, abandon LPG for ever.
We will continue to supply our customers with reliable, value-for-money, LPG
conversion systems, such as the Bigas Sequential Gas Injection System.
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