Problems with Wagon R Duo Mileage

Well understood Ashish. But incase of Duo, this is being done automatically by the auto switch and whereas with other vehicles/models where the lpg kit was installed seperately this exercise needs to be manually done.

Or is it that it should be a standard practise of manually petrol start & then switch to lpg - for all vehicles including Duo?

Jaideep,

Maruti has provided an auto mode in the Wagon-R wherein the switch to LPG happens on its own reading the engine characteristics. With the after-market kits, you may not get this and will have to do the switch manually. There are some kits which offer auto mode too, but you will have to search for it hard!

all mpfi cars .....(all cars mfd after 2000 r compulsarily mpfi) ... r  fitted with th auto conversion system by th use of a device called th emulator whereby th car always starts on petrol every time u start it ....... n converts to lpg immediately on its own

in mumbai at least ........... nobody has to look hard ... or for that matter even look for this auto device ...................... if ur car is mpfi .... this auto system is installed compulsarily even without ur knoing it or asking for it..... irrespective of where u fit ( barring under th tree garages of coz)

non mpfi cars ... that is th earlier ... carbo cars ..... cannot b fit with auto system at all

spend abt 5-6 k (incl rto change charge) more n change ur vaporiser to a more powerful italian make from ur current local make.... also change th mixer .... both works shud b done with a reliable trustworthy lpg professional

 but if u value ur warranty more than th pleasure of  owning and driving ur car ,,,,,,, u must continue with ur current miseries

Amit,

Your dissatisfaction now is of no use. You might have surely test driven the car. If not then atleast you should have read the blogs.

Regarding fuel tank capacity, if you might have read the manual, actually the tank capacity is 28 liters. Also it says that you will be able to fill max upto 22liters. If you are not able to fill even this much, it all has to do with the fuel characteristic i.e. lpg. What is the exact reason maybe Ashish or Vidur can reply.

FYI, after I drove on highway and emptied the tank - I could fill 23.1 liters. Whereas after city driving here in Mumbai, I am able to fill 20+ liters only.

ye si agree wid Vidhur here....one doesnt hav to try to hard to find those automatic ones...dey r now commonly found in Delhi too....wid both CNG/LPg..... its the latest stuff that sells.... alothough its bnot that new now...

23.1 litres !!!!......now ders got to b sumthin wrong wid the pump here...!!!....... wat say Ashish?..Vidhur ??..

LPG's density changes with ambient temperature and pressure hence you will get more volume of LPG in the cylinder during that time of the day when the temperature is lower with high ambient pressure than you would during afternoons when the temperature is higher and the pressure is lower.
Also, another important thing to be considered is the actual content (hence pressure) of the pump's tank. Lesser LPG content in the pump's tank will correspond to lesser LPG volume going into the car's cylinder.
To add to this, different filling pumps have different cut-off pressures, so this might also lead to lesser LPG going into your car's cylinder.

One advice here, make sure that the car is standing on a level ground while filling up.

alrite....!!!..i'll take of this frm now on.... yes der is a pump which has LPG rite at the corner.....wher cars are tilted towards the boot just a lil bit.......... wat effect wud dis hav to the amont of fuel going in ??..

Thanks for the info i gained over LPG refilling.....