These are some of the most fre­quently asked ques­tions but if it does not sat­isfy your require­ments, please do not hes­i­tate to email us or to send an enquiry via this site’s online query form . We will always reply promptly.

1. Does the engine run on LPG only?
   No. Your engine will always run on diesel as before the LPG is used like an addi­tive to increase the com­bus­tion & per­for­mance of the diesel fuel this also increases econ­omy & low­ers emis­sions, etc.
2. How does the Eco-Gas con­nect to the engine?
   The Eco-Gas unit con­nects to the engine man­i­fold via 2 small brass fit­tings, 1 is con­nected to the main man­i­fold to mon­i­tor man­i­fold MAP (vac­uum & pres­sure) the other at the inlet or just before the man­i­fold to inject LPG as required.
3. Is the Eco-Gas wired to the vehicle’s ECU or sen­sors?
   No. Eco-Gas is a fully auto­matic sys­tem & only requires the fol­low­ing wiring to the vehi­cle: 12 volt live under key, neg­a­tive, 1 wire to the alter­na­tor to sense run­ning of engine.
4. Why do you not quote Kmpg or Per­for­mance gains for vehi­cles?
   The sys­tem is designed to increase the per­for­mance & lower emis­sions of a diesel vehi­cle so kmpg econ­omy gains are there­fore classed as a bonus, Kmpg gains can­not be cal­cu­lated for this sim­ple rea­son — every dri­ver dri­ves a vehi­cle dif­fer­ently so will always get a dif­fer­ent fuel return as the gained econ­omy can be used as a fuel in power, etc.. to quote an kmpg gains would there­fore be mis­lead­ing you, so kmpg diesel fuel sav­ings can be used as extra power & per­for­mance depend­ing on how you drive! gained per­for­mance & Torque fig­ures again can­not be cal­cu­lated with­out test­ing every vehi­cle con­verted on a rolling road (dyno), etc.
5. Will the Eco-Gas Sys­tem fit all turbo or non turbo vehi­cle?
   Yes. The Eco-Gas Sys­tem suits all diesel pow­ered engines. Turbo and Non Turbo. We can fit from 1 litre to 12 litre engines. Trucks and heavy com­mer­cial vehi­cles also have tremen­dous gains.
6. Is it cost effec­tive and safe for the envi­ron­ment?
   Yes. The Eco-Gas sys­tem is CLEAN AND GREEN. The black smoke pro­duced by diesel engines is unburnt fuel. By improv­ing com­bus­tion the Eco-Gas sys­tem auto­mat­i­cally reduce black smoke emis­sions… usu­ally by as much as 80% — 90%.
7. How does installing an LPG reduce down time?
   The Eco-Gas sys­tem can improve the life of the engine by reduc­ing engine oil con­t­a­m­i­nants by a sig­nif­i­cant amount, there­fore improv­ing its lubri­cat­ing qual­i­ties between oil changes. Plus, it reduces the car­bon build-up on other engine com­po­nents, such as, com­bus­tion cham­bers, valves, exhaust sys­tems and turbo chargers.
8. What if I can’t get LPG, run out of gas or the there is a fault?
   The sys­tem is designed to take care of all these issues. Where a zero gas sit­u­a­tion occurs, say by an empty tank or by a sys­tem mal­func­tion, the diesel sys­tem will con­tinue to func­tion as if the Eco-Gas sys­tem was never installed. e.g.. if for any rea­son your Eco-Gas sys­tem fails the gas con­trol unit will sim­ply shut down the system.
9. How big will the LPG tank be?
   A 30 litre gas tank is suf­fi­cient for 90 — 100 litres of diesel. i.e. about 1/3 LPG to Diesel ratio
10. Will it give me more power AND save me money?
    TA typ­i­cal instal­la­tion will net an improve­ment of between 15% — 20% in ECONOMY AND TORQUE. In some vehi­cles the ben­e­fit has been as high as 30% how­ever 20% is our rec­om­mended limit. On a recent install to a 100 series Land Cruiser, the vehi­cle went from 84hp to 114hp, and from 169 — 217 in torque! See web site for fur­ther details (http://Eco-Gas.com.au/benefits.htm)The Sys­tem usu­ally has another ben­e­fit: EXTENDED ENGINE LIFE through cleaner engine oil. This also saves you on 1) run­ning costs, 2) engine rebuild­ing cost and 3) down time.
11. Inject­ing LPG BEFORE the turbo sound dan­ger­ous, is it?
    Well YES, we agree that it is. We are sur­prised the author­i­ties have not clas­si­fied it as ille­gal! One small hole could send the whole lot up in flames. THAT IS WHY WE DO NOT DO IT! The Eco-Gas sys­tem injects LPG into the inlet man­i­fold of the engine. This means that no flam­ma­ble LPG is sent through hot tur­bos or frag­ile inter­cool­ers. (I bet the oppo­si­tion didn’t warn you of that!) The other fumi­ga­tion sys­tems sim­ply use a draw-through method… i.e. DINOSOUR. We use only the high­est grade TRUE injec­tion sys­tem which is more than capa­ble of over­com­ing man­i­fold pres­sure cre­ated by the turbo.
12. Will the Eco-Gas Sys­tem work if I have a Safari or other ECU CHIP installed?
    YES. No mat­ter if your vehi­cle is chipped or not, the Eco-Gas sys­tem will work … and work well. In fact, with after­mar­ket per­for­mance items such as ECU chips, per­for­mance air fil­ters and 3″ exhaust sys­tems the Eco-Gas Sys­tem will work even bet­ter since you are flow­ing more air through your engine. The installer needs only to tune the Eco-Gas jet size, as per nor­mal. Then you will REALLY see your truck perform!!!
13. After instal­la­tion does the vehi­cle require spe­cial tun­ing?
    No. Your vehi­cle will not need any spe­cial tun­ing. Your local diesel mechanic can ser­vice the car as nor­mal. One thing to note thoguh, we are sure that he will com­ment on the qual­ity of the engine oil from now. LPG really does a great job of clean­ing not only the engine oil but also hot stops in the com­bus­tion cham­ber, and car­bon from other engine parts.
14. My truck blows black smoke under accel­er­a­tion, will the Eco-Gas Sys­tem reduce this?
    One of the many advan­tages of inject­ing LPG, regard­less of whose sys­tem you use, is that it the black smoke is reduced almost completely.
15. I drive a 4WD. Is the Eco-Gas Sys­tem affected by steep slopes?
    No. Since the Eco-Gas Sys­tem draws liq­uid from the LPG tank, NOT vapour, 4WD own­ers will never be lim­ited by steep hills which lim­its other sys­tems and make them unus­able for the seri­ous off-roader. I bet they didn’t tell you that either!
16. OK, what does it cost?
    Our full kit is $3800 plus GST. Any need to repo­si­tion or replace the cen­tre muf­fler is charged as an extra … usu­ally between $50 — $250.
17. What are the chances of get­ting some money back from Can­berra?
    For pas­sen­ger vehi­cles the Gov­ern­ment rebate of $2000 ($3000 in WA) applies for pri­vate use vehi­cles. Light and heavy com­mer­cial vehi­cles may be eli­gi­ble for 2 forms of rebate. 1) Fuel Tax Cred­its rebate scheme and 2) the GOVT REBATE SCHEME FOR HEAVY INDUSTRY. Click the link for more details.
18. Does it take long to install?
    Instal­la­tion takes 1 day and we can usu­ally book you in within 10 days and if we don’t have an installer close to you we will find one. We have instal­la­tion cen­tres in all Aus­tralian cap­i­tal cities and some remote locations.
19. Can the Eco-Gas Sys­tem be turned off if I want it off?
    YES. On the LPG gauge inside the cabin there is an on/off switch. Remem­ber, after you turn the sys­tem back on, there is a 1 minute sys­tem check and warm up period before the sys­tems starts inject­ing gas.
20. If LPG tank becomes empty does any­thing need to be switched off, and does the LPG then a uto­mat­i­cally re-feed with a refilled tank?
    The sys­tem is fully auto­matic. You never need to touch a but­ton. The Eco-Gas will “Auto off” when empty, and “Auto On” when refilled.
21. Do you have any Installers in the south east of Mel­bourne.
    YES. Please con­tact us for this and many other areas we Install around Australia.
22. What is the stan­dard reply from man­u­fac­tur­ers regard­ing engine war­ranty?.
    To find man­u­fac­tures responses to OEM war­ranty please click here.

 

 

Why is Eco-Gas recog­nised as the best sys­tem on the market?

The Eco-Gas System:

• On turbo charged vehi­cle in injected AFTER the turbo … not before
• Can be fit­ted to all diesel engines includ­ing non turbo charged vehicles
• Uses an inline vapor­iser (no liq­uid gas is allowed into engine which can cause cat­a­strophic failure)
• Does not fail if 4WD vehi­cle is dri­ven on steep slopes where vapour-draw sys­tems can draw liq­uid from the tank and fail.
• Uses tem­per­a­ture acti­va­tion (ie no LPG at engine warm up)
• Uses tacho and throt­tle con­trol (ie no LPG is intro­duced at idle and allows supe­rior con­trol of LPG)
• Has fewer parts to install than any other sys­tem. (the major sys­tem is housed in a small con­trol box)
• Has no intake restric­tions. Other sys­tems place LPG donut spray rings in the inlet track of the vehi­cle caus­ing a restric­tion in the air intake pipe.
• Incor­po­rates lim­iters. With­out these lim­iters your engine may over rev
• Has zero pro­gram­ming. The Eco-Gas unit is auto cal­i­brat­ing and based on engine load
• Is cheaper to own and run. Eco-Gas only injects LPG when required … ie UNDER LOAD, not at idle or warm up
• Stock is avail­able right now … no wait­ing period
• Is Aus­tralian designed, owed and run using the best parts, sen­sors and controls
• Has Aus­tralian War­ranty. No wait­ing for over­seas parts.