In Europe I don't know if they running natural gas,but serveral S Classes are converted.I'd like to convert to propane as its a man made gas?

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1999 w140, quit voting to old, and to old to fight, a god damned veteran

had a propane farm truck years ago, it had a carb on it. also had several ag pumps that had propane mopar V8s that ran on propane o nmy dad's farm. They seemingly lasted forever.

Propane is LPG. I am sure there are plenty of gasers running on it.
its not man made, comes from natural gas.

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I no longer question authority, I annoy authority. More effect, less effort....

1967 230-6 auto parts car. rust bucket.
1980 300D now parts car 800k miles
1984 300D 500k miles
1987 250td 160k miles English import
2001 jeep turbo diesel 130k miles
1998 jeep tdi ~ followed me home. Needs a turbo.
1968 Ford F750 truck. 6-354 diesel conversion.
Other toys ~J.D.,Cat & GM ~ mainly earth moving

Can you be able to run both gasoline and propane?

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1999 w140, quit voting to old, and to old to fight, a god damned veteran

In the 70's I knew a missionary to Mexico with the Dodge version of a Travelall (can't remember the name for that vehicle). Had a big propane tank on the roof and he would switch it back and forth between gasoline and propane. How well does propane work with injectors and not carbs?

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

I reckon could you spray into intake like nitrous.and just pull fuse to fuel pump?

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1999 w140, quit voting to old, and to old to fight, a god damned veteran

Back in 2000, my state passed an alt-fuels bill that nearly bankrupted the state. The whole thing was put together by a state legislator whose political affiliation I will delicately fail to mention who just happened to have an interest in companies that were champing at the bit to begin converting new and used vehicles to propane and other fuels.
Believe it or not, you could buy a new car or truck that had been converted to LPG and the state would cover up to 22K dollars of the cost. People were getting brand new Suburbans that could run on LPG or gasoline for about half the out of pocket cost of a regular one. Companies popped up that would convert used vehicles and the state paid the ENTIRE cost of those conversions.
Thousands of these vehicles were created and sold. You got a spiffy special license plate too. The program, which the legislators had cleverly estimated to cost only about 5 million a year, cost a half billion in the first year and topped a billion dollars before the state finally pulled the plug.
I watch craigslist for these vehicles and I've seen maybe two come up for sale in the last 5 years or so. They're out there, but I guess people are hanging on to them. All the conversion shops that popped up are now long gone out of business.

I know a guy who ranches south of Nogales, Sonora who has an old Ford pickup that runs on propane. He had it converted at a garage in Nogales and told me a couple of years ago that it cost about 600 bucks to convert. I guess with an older vehicle you could pop across the border, get it done and nobody'd be the wiser.

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84 Euro 240D 4spd. 220.5k sold
04 Honda Element AWD
1985 F150 XLT 4x4, 351W with 270k miles, hay hauler
1997 Suzuki Sidekick 4x4
1993 Toyota 4wd Pickup 226K and counting

I know that the city of Dayton, Ohio had a LPG powered police fleet in the 1980's that were very reliable. DP&L, which used to handle the natural gas needs of the area before selling off to Vectren, had their entire fleet run off of it as well...I'm talking about the big trucks with cherry pickers all the way down tot he smaller cars.

I'd love to have a CNG or LPG powered vehicle. In Utah, I had considered converting one of our trucks over, but the cost was high there...about $2500. Without the national infastructure in place to handle the refueling needs of these vehicles, their practicality is mainly stuck to farms or certain areas that already have the ability to fuel them.

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I watched an LPG fueled bus burn to the ground a couple of years ago. Bus rammed a stalled car on the freeway. Bus has a feature that vents gas out through an elevated pipe in the event of an accident. Oops, gas is heavier than air. Ka Boom.

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2004 C240 Wagon 203.261 Baby Benz
2008 ML320 CDI Highway Cruiser
2006 Toyota Prius, Saving the Planet @ 48 mpg
2000 F-150, Destroying the Planet @ 20 mpg



TRUMP .......... WHITEHOUSE
HILLARY .........JAILHOUSE
BERNIE .......... NUTHOUSE
0BAMA .......... OUTHOUSE

Gas fires,well well when diesel burns its hot,and gasoline needs spark

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1999 w140, quit voting to old, and to old to fight, a god damned veteran

Isn't nitrous an additional fuel rather than the only fuel? My school had a big natural gas conversion program back in the early 90's. Utilities around here were converting their trucks to run on it. School closed it when the instructor got in a car accident, hit is head, and lost his knowledge. I think natural gas conversion are more expensive as they require different kinds of tanks. Natural gas is safer though because it dissipates into the air instead of settling on the ground.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

OK then I will not pursue propane.Leave it for forklifts

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1999 w140, quit voting to old, and to old to fight, a god damned veteran

nitrous is oxygen,the nitrogen keeps the oxegen and gasoline mixture from burning holes in the engine

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1999 w140, quit voting to old, and to old to fight, a god damned veteran

You are correct. If it was such a great transportation fuel, it would already be mainstream like gas and diesel. Also, don't forget about bridge and tunnel restrictions. Even propane tankers run on diesel fuel, that should tell you something.

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Ok .Now for nitrous be itself it is safe.

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