Volvo 850 T5 on LPG?

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I was considering buying a second hand volvo 850 T5 which has LPG
fitted. Should this car be ok on LPG, bearing in mind it has a turbo?
Is there anything I should be aware of? Not sure what to look for when
inspecting a car with LPG fitted.

Are these cars reliable and capable of high miles?
 
George said:
I was considering buying a second hand volvo 850 T5 which has LPG
fitted. Should this car be ok on LPG, bearing in mind it has a turbo?
Is there anything I should be aware of? Not sure what to look for when
inspecting a car with LPG fitted.

Are these cars reliable and capable of high miles?
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Not seen a T5 with an LPG conversion but generally they are reliable and
well capable of huge mileages - some of the high mileage club have >250k on
the original clutch.
 
Tim S Kemp said:
Not seen a T5 with an LPG conversion but generally they are reliable and
well capable of huge mileages - some of the high mileage club have >250k
on the original clutch.
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The main thing to look out for on a T5 is a fairly big oil leak under the
engine sump.

The engine rear main oil seal has a tendency to blow out on pre1999 cars.
The seal is only a few quid, but costs a days labour to have fitted, you
then need to get the breather system checked.

These cars really need 5k oil changes with fully synthetic, anything else
and the hybrid turbo just eats it up and spits out black sludge!

The GAS system on turbo's is a closed loop type system with LPG injectors,
extremely reliable and reasonable performance.
You loose a fair bit more power than petrol though I have heard with the
turbo gas conversion.

Check out :---> http://volvot5.proboards13.com/
Buying guide's and conversion / running information etc...

Andy
 
George said:
I was considering buying a second hand volvo 850 T5 which has LPG
fitted. Should this car be ok on LPG, bearing in mind it has a turbo?
Is there anything I should be aware of? Not sure what to look for when
inspecting a car with LPG fitted.

Are these cars reliable and capable of high miles?
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I have an 1995 850 T5 - only on 137k miles at the moment which is not much
for these cars. Never seen a gas one, but understand if properly converted
should be good. T5's are very quick and great fun to drive, although may be
a bit slower when running on gas.
Full service history is reasonably important I'd say, for proof the car has
been serviced regulally.

I've just renewed my insurance and found huge differences in premiums
between different companys. My previous insurer (used for ~3 years on
previous Volvo) was Norwich Union Direct who wanted over £940 fully comp.
Elephant were £398! Seems the word "T5" scares some companies.

Alan.
 
I am on the lookout for an MR2 Turbo ( agood one!!!) which I will convert to
LPG ( same as my 3.9 V8 Discovery). LPG and turbo are fine, and you can up
the boot significantly more with LPG.It's good idea to have a multipoint
system fitted if you have a turbo though. eliminates blowbacks.
 
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