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[Gsub]

hi guys,

as you now we drive overseas on LPG (liquid petrolium gas) and gasoline, mine '82 suburban did run great on two fuel's .

Now she only runs on LPG, when i put it on gasoline it runs great for 1 mile and than she starts smoking ,real black smoke an the engine turns of ?

I have a 350 engine with a Weber carter competition serie 9975s carburator ... anyone can help me out ?


thx from Belgium
Gert.

 

[Skweegle89]

We have some square body fire trucks here that were converted to LP and they never would run good on gas again after that. Not sure of the cause, I just know it's fairly common.


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[Don5]

I know that the LP is the equal to a lot higher octane gas. I heard the number 120 octane mentioned but I don't know how true it is. That black smoke is unspent fuel going out your exhaust. You should probably pull the plugs and take a look at them after running the gas. I bet they are wet.

Over here in the US the companies reformulate the gas during the fall for winter use. I bet that it is the same over there as well. The gasoline is not the same throughout the year. You also might have just got some bad gas as well.

 

[Gsub]

thx guys,

but the car did run Always great on fuel (gasoline), i was think of the choke valve because the black smoke ? it runs great for 1 mile, and then there is the smoke and the smell of fuel ....