Well didn't I feel bloody stupid yesterday!

Travelling upto Derby, stopped at a service station as my 2 year old was kicking off, as they do.
Pulling into the services, the car started to cough & splutter and wouldn't "rev", it then died and failed to start. 

After several attempts at starting, gave up and had a bite to eat, so me and the car could "cool" off.
Yet again the car still failed to fire up, although was turning over and trying to start. In the end rang the AA.

The guy turned up tried using his laptop hooked upto the car to find any codes, but low and behold it the car wouldn't talk to his laptop, great!
Looking at the car he noticed my fuel light was on, thats right, I'm running on gas at the moment and I've got a full tank.
Well, here's the best bit, puts a gallon of petrol in and whoppeee, the bloody thing started.
Apparently, even though it's running on gas, I still need to have a fair bit of petrol in the tank!

So after all that, I just needed petrol, how stupid do I now feel? 

Oh well, thats life! 

chrisgixer wrote on 25. Apr 2011 at 11:20:


I have no idea, as when it comes to anything mechanical/electrical on a car, I know jack! Thats one reason why this forum is such a brilliant place, the amount of help, information and wisdom is endless! 

The AA guy followed me for about 10miles to make sure all was well. I must admit though, the car seems to idle a little better on the gas now though, coincidence? Not sure.

JamesV6CDX, is going to have a look over my LPG set up soon, although not heard from him recently. He did say things were up in the air, lol. 

At the end of the day, she's running again which is the main thing and hopefully James will be available to work his magic!! 

v6miggy wrote on 25. Apr 2011 at 12:21:

Even though you're running on LPG you should keep some petrol in the tank as the fuel pump will run

As for forcing it to start on LPG... It doesn't work on all systems and, as said, it won't switch between fuels