dawntredder Posted April 14, 2016 Report Share Posted April 14, 2016 Does anyone know or have they had there Jimmy converted to LPG?...thinking of getting one but people say they are heavy on juice for just a small motor...thx DT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davyo Posted April 14, 2016 Report Share Posted April 14, 2016 They're not bad, they ain't built for speed so don't drive it like you've stole it.Mine seems fine but I just plod along lol,pob getting 38mpg/40mph on a run but it's well serviced ect.Have a look on the Jimny forum,loads of good lads on there willing to give good advise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesey1981 Posted April 14, 2016 Report Share Posted April 14, 2016 (edited) You'd struggle getting a tank in it, no spare wheel well, the boot is a foot deep and even if you could fit one underneath, (I don't think there would be room) you'd lose a load of ground clearance, banging a pressurised gas cylinder on a rock wouldn't be fun either. Could probably be done but I wouldn't bother personally. They're really not bad on fuel, if you get one of the later ones with the vvti they're much better than the old ones, but it's about as aerodynamic as half a brick so it's never going to be amazing, never worked out exactly what my mpg is but it has never frightened me, sure it gives well over 30mpg happily, people that say they're heavy on fuel are probably revving the nuts off it, it has a quoted top speed of 87 so really you don't want to be doing much more than sixty, you can but you'll empty the tank fast, and it's not a huge tank either, costs less than forty quid to fill it. Edited April 14, 2016 by Jamesey1981 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dano0404 Posted April 14, 2016 Report Share Posted April 14, 2016 Seen a few for sale with Lpg. Had a Lpg car my self, it's not all it's cracked up to be. Your get less mpg on Lpg. The car will still use petrol to start up. Unless your doing a lot of miles not really worth it. + you lose your boot space. I had a 330i on Lpg paid £1200 for a conversion and was a lot of hassle ended up programming it my self engine management light on not ticking over nice down on power as well . You also have the issue of finding some where to fill up as not every where sells Lpg I had a tank at home so not to bad. If you do go ahead make sure you read up on where you get it done as there are a lot of cow boys out there that don't know what there doing. Took me about a year to make the money back on the conversion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted April 15, 2016 Report Share Posted April 15, 2016 (edited) The engine in a jimmy isn't big enough to warrant a lpg conversion. Now a v8 powered Range Rover yes. Edited April 16, 2016 by figgy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawntredder Posted April 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2016 Thx lads al give LPG a miss....was thinking of a vvti but I ain't getting one until probs spring 2017. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted April 16, 2016 Report Share Posted April 16, 2016 Buy a diesel vitara or X trail they will do al you need with decent fuel economy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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