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Toying with the idea of making my wagon run on Propane also. Did some snooping on the internet for parts. Question I have is a guy here at work told me not to do it on a high miles car. Anybody have an experience with this? My wagon has 170,000 on it and really doesn't burn oil.

 

What are your thoughts?

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haha, lpg is gas when it goes into atmosphere.

i believe the aussies, have more experience on this one than us. i dont see why using it on older motors would be a problem. unless the concern is the poorly sealed rings, will fill the crankcase with propane?

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haha, lpg is gas when it goes into atmosphere.

i believe the aussies, have more experience on this one than us. i dont see why using it on older motors would be a problem. unless the concern is the poorly sealed rings, will fill the crankcase with propane?

One of the OLD concerns was the same as for running unleaded gasoline: That the native-head-material valve-seats would wear quickly without the lubrication of the lead.

 

If your advisor was thinking this, then his thought may be that a high-miles engine already had valve seat problems. This would not be an issue with hardened valve seats inserts.

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