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Originally Posted by Serg
My owners manual for my 19995 Classic LWB says to use Premium Unleaded only... well that's fine and dandy for my M3.. heck it even gets 21 MPG when I romp on it.. However for my Rover (which gets a whopping 11-15mpg so far) I would like to use mid range or even regular unleaded..
Question is, will this hurt it?? I really can't see how since it is not a high performance engine... I just don't want to save a few bucks if it means engine problems down the line.
Serg
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Serg
Why don't you convert it to dual fuel petrol/lpg (or propane to you guys) fit underfloor sill tanks so you don't loose any boot (trunk???) space.
Negligable loss of performance, Propane is actually safer than petrol, your engine runs a LOT cleaner with the added benefit that LPG is a hell of a lot cheaper, well it is in the UK anyway.
Propane is considered a GREEN
fuel (significantly reduces emissions) so there may be tax breaks / incentives for conversion. My wife's '89 3.5 EFi is converted and isn't running well at the moment but is still doing the equivilent of 28 - 30MPG (Yes you did read that right).
Note I said "equivilent of", LPG in the uk is £0.35/ltr ($0.62), petrol is £0.85/ltr ($1.52) and sky rocketing, you will get around 12 - 15 MPG from LPG as opposed to 15 - 18 MPG from petrol
BUT when you calculate out the cost factor you end up with your equivilent running cost.
It will cost you around £1500 ($2688) in the UK to get your vehicle converted by an approved supplied BUT you could DIY (if allowed of course) for around £500 ($896) for the kit.
Does this help?
BTW "Petrol" is our word for "GAS" when we say GAS we actually mean something like propane. Confusing isn't it.
