have 200 model 6 cylinder prado on dual fuel. economy drops by about 15% on gas but no noticeable difference in power. would reccomend it to anyone especially when one can buy gas at less than 60% of the price of petrol.

-- Edited by tezza on Saturday 6th of June 2009 03:36:43 PM

Kay,

 This is a cut and paste from the LCOOL website that I wrote some time ago.      I was terribly unhappy with that particular vehicle and couldn't wait to sell it.

"just sold an immaculate Landcruiser 4.5 litre petrol/gas  105R series, fitted with the manifold LPG system, and the best I could ever get on highway cycle (non towing) was 19.5 litres per 100 klms. This was achieved with no load, full tanks of petrol and LPG, and really driven carefully, at 80 to 90klm per hour.

With the 2.6 tonne loaded caravan connected, it ranged from 32 litres per 100 klms at best, to 44 litres at worst.

The reason I sold it was because it was gutless and really hard work when towing, and no amount of tinkering could make it pull harder, and even with petrol, it wouldn't pull the crust off a rice pudding."

I eventually purchased a 2006 turbo diesel Landcruiser which is not only super economical but has power to burn.        If you prefer the LPG to diesel, I understand that the petrol V8 with the injected system is a far far better proposition than the 6 cyl petrol/lpg model we had.         I reckon LPG is terrific in non towing situations, and as a former business owner with several LPG commercial vehicles, I loved the savings, but I wouldn't ever consider LPG for towing that size van no matter what vehicle it was fitted into, but that is only my individual opinion.