Swift Petrol LPG Conversions

sandipwadje · 13th May 2007, 22:59

Hi All,
The waiting for swift diesel is killing, though I am still expecting a miracle.
Mean while I wanted to check as to how many of you have using or seen cases of LPG / CNG fitting on Swift Petrol.

My alternative planning is to go for Swift Petrol initially and after 1 year convert it in to LPG.

The sales guy at Maruti was informing that some one had installed a circular(round shaped) tank in his swift vxi(the king of space saving tank available in wagon r duo).

If any one knows provider of such type of LPG kits, please post the contact nos. Also suggestion on my plannings if any :-)

Regards,
Sandip

miraauto · 2nd June 2007, 23:12

sandip carry on with your idea of swift petrol. it runs excellent on lpg. i have converted five cars and with no problem. all gettig mileage of 10 to 11. runs w/o any problem. but why u will wait for an year. do immediate conversion and start saving money. it will not damage engine at all if u convert it new. my wagon r was converted on 106 km and now it has clocked 70000 without any engine problem. so make it fast to convert it

esteem_lover · 3rd June 2007, 00:12

There is a ksethuram in this forum who has done the same for his swift.

airfoil · 3rd June 2007, 08:22

I'd wait for the diesel. From what I understand, that is the car you wanted to buy to begin with - do not waver from your primary choice simply because delivery is taking a while.

If you do end up buying a petrol, you're probably going to procrastinate for a long time to come about the benefits, had you waited for the diesel...

shapath · 9th June 2007, 13:32

Hai. it seems you have done conversion with almost new car.what happened to your warranty . pl inform. thanks

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Originally Posted by miraauto

sandip carry on with your idea of swift petrol. it runs excellent on lpg. i have converted five cars and with no problem. all gettig mileage of 10 to 11. runs w/o any problem. but why u will wait for an year. do immediate conversion and start saving money. it will not damage engine at all if u convert it new. my wagon r was converted on 106 km and now it has clocked 70000 without any engine problem. so make it fast to convert it

nikunj_cal · 10th June 2007, 22:21

The warranty gets screwed as soon as you get your car converted to LPG, I really dont think any dealer would honour the warranty on the car when u convert it into pg !!

shapath · 11th June 2007, 09:52

DO RTOs approve LPG conversion for SWIFT. If yes which kits are approved.thanks for the reply.

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Originally Posted by nikunj_cal

The warranty gets screwed as soon as you get your car converted to LPG, I really dont think any dealer would honour the warranty on the car when u convert it into pg !!

Lord Lucan · 11th June 2007, 10:23

With a LPG conversion kit the minuscule boot space available will also vanish

Stick with diesel dude

mail4ajo · 11th June 2007, 19:00

LPG conversions are approved by RTO. There are lots of LPG threads. Please do a search to pull them up.

nikkibike · 11th June 2007, 19:24

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Originally Posted by sandipwadje

Hi All,
Mean while I wanted to check as to how many of you have using or seen cases of LPG / CNG fitting on Swift Petrol. Sandip

Well.... your idea is good! Mine is an LPG kitted (Star Gas) Swift ZXi with tank that sits in stepny well! Tank capacity is 35 lts of which your can fill upto 28 lts safely!
Working ABSOLUTELY fine. TROUBLE FREE!! Fitted it just after run-in period and now the car has done 22k in 6 months time; 99.5% ran on LPG mode!! I must say that the kits available these days are technicaly perfected ones!! Absolutely NO powerloss or FE loss!! Most of the kerala-kochi bhp-ians know how my car performs!!
Never knew the system is so reliable and perfect!! Reg the maths, well.... to me it works out much more economical than a diesel buy!! Now I have a full option car with diesel economy! Howz that?!

subbarao · 11th June 2007, 20:33

Well.... your idea is good! Mine is an LPG kitted (Star Gas) Swift ZXi with tank that sits in stepny well! Tank capacity is 35 lts of which your can fill upto 28 lts safely!
Working ABSOLUTELY fine. TROUBLE FREE!! Fitted it just after run-in period and now the car has done 22k in 6 months time; 99.5% ran on LPG mode!! I must say that the kits available these days are technicaly perfected ones!! Absolutely NO powerloss or FE loss!! Most of the kerala-kochi bhp-ians know how my car performs!!
Never knew the system is so reliable and perfect!! Reg the maths, well.... to me it works out much more economical than a diesel buy!! Now I have a full option car with diesel economy! Howz that? quote by - nikkibike

Well, where u kept the stepny[extra tyre], is it easily kept in back of the rear seat?, if u click the snap's of stepny arrangement, it will be better info about the same...........

nikkibike · 11th June 2007, 23:00

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Originally Posted by subbarao

Well.... your idea is good! Mine is an LPG kitted (Star Gas) Swift ZXi with tank that sits in stepny well! Tank capacity is 35 lts of which your can fill upto 28 lts safely!
Working ABSOLUTELY fine. TROUBLE FREE!! Fitted it just after run-in period and now the car has done 22k in 6 months time; 99.5% ran on LPG mode!! I must say that the kits available these days are technicaly perfected ones!! Absolutely NO powerloss or FE loss!! Most of the kerala-kochi bhp-ians know how my car performs!!
Never knew the system is so reliable and perfect!! Reg the maths, well.... to me it works out much more economical than a diesel buy!! Now I have a full option car with diesel economy! Howz that? quote by - nikkibike

Well, where u kept the stepny[extra tyre], is it easily kept in back of the rear seat?, if u click the snap's of stepny arrangement, it will be better info about the same...........

oooops!! I forgot to add this part in my earlier post!! Infact I wanted to pass on my concept on that!! Well... I don't carry stepny at all!! Its at home all the time! Instead have an air pump and puncture repair kit!! Normally I use this car mostly for short trips!! Office, city blah blah!! I dumped the stepny in the rear passenger area once when I took the car to b'lore once! But then I was alone in the car!!

mithun · 16th June 2007, 06:47

nikkibike : From where did you get the LPG kit installed ?

nikkibike · 16th June 2007, 07:35

I got it done from the same dealer serivce centre! They have a tie-up with Kerala's STARGAS distributor and the benefit is that car's warranty will be intact! Done almost 23k now and no problems so far!

sameer_dg · 19th July 2007, 15:02

How much did it cost for the fitting from Indus motors and do they have lpg pumps in kerala. I am in TVM and haven't seen any so far.

13th May 2007, 22:59	#1
sandipwadje Newbie Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Mumbai Posts: 12 Thanked: 0 Times	Swift Petrol LPG Conversions Hi All, The waiting for swift diesel is killing, though I am still expecting a miracle. Mean while I wanted to check as to how many of you have using or seen cases of LPG / CNG fitting on Swift Petrol. My alternative planning is to go for Swift Petrol initially and after 1 year convert it in to LPG. The sales guy at Maruti was informing that some one had installed a circular(round shaped) tank in his swift vxi(the king of space saving tank available in wagon r duo). If any one knows provider of such type of LPG kits, please post the contact nos. Also suggestion on my plannings if any :-) Regards, Sandip
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2nd June 2007, 23:12	#2
miraauto Newbie Join Date: May 2007 Location: ANKLESHWAR Posts: 20 Thanked: 0 Times	sandip carry on with your idea of swift petrol. it runs excellent on lpg. i have converted five cars and with no problem. all gettig mileage of 10 to 11. runs w/o any problem. but why u will wait for an year. do immediate conversion and start saving money. it will not damage engine at all if u convert it new. my wagon r was converted on 106 km and now it has clocked 70000 without any engine problem. so make it fast to convert it
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3rd June 2007, 00:12	#3
esteem_lover Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Madras/Py Posts: 7,556 Thanked: 502 Times View My Garage	There is a ksethuram in this forum who has done the same for his swift.
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3rd June 2007, 08:22	#4
airfoil BHPian Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 318 Thanked: 81 Times	I'd wait for the diesel. From what I understand, that is the car you wanted to buy to begin with - do not waver from your primary choice simply because delivery is taking a while. If you do end up buying a petrol, you're probably going to procrastinate for a long time to come about the benefits, had you waited for the diesel...
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10th June 2007, 22:21	#6
nikunj_cal BHPian Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Kolkata Posts: 450 Thanked: 0 Times View My Garage	The warranty gets screwed as soon as you get your car converted to LPG, I really dont think any dealer would honour the warranty on the car when u convert it into pg !!
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11th June 2007, 10:23	#8
Lord Lucan BHPian Join Date: May 2007 Location: Chennai Posts: 144 Thanked: 74 Times	With a LPG conversion kit the minuscule boot space available will also vanish Stick with diesel dude
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11th June 2007, 19:00	#9
mail4ajo Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 1,957 Thanked: 331 Times View My Garage	LPG conversions are approved by RTO. There are lots of LPG threads. Please do a search to pull them up.
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11th June 2007, 20:33	#11
subbarao BHPian Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Bengaluru Posts: 241 Thanked: 40 Times View My Garage	Well.... your idea is good! Mine is an LPG kitted (Star Gas) Swift ZXi with tank that sits in stepny well! Tank capacity is 35 lts of which your can fill upto 28 lts safely! Working ABSOLUTELY fine. TROUBLE FREE!! Fitted it just after run-in period and now the car has done 22k in 6 months time; 99.5% ran on LPG mode!! I must say that the kits available these days are technicaly perfected ones!! Absolutely NO powerloss or FE loss!! Most of the kerala-kochi bhp-ians know how my car performs!! Never knew the system is so reliable and perfect!! Reg the maths, well.... to me it works out much more economical than a diesel buy!! Now I have a full option car with diesel economy! Howz that? quote by - nikkibike Well, where u kept the stepny[extra tyre], is it easily kept in back of the rear seat?, if u click the snap's of stepny arrangement, it will be better info about the same...........
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16th June 2007, 06:47	#13
mithun BANNED Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cochin Posts: 2,195 Thanked: 268 Times	nikkibike : From where did you get the LPG kit installed ?
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16th June 2007, 07:35	#14
nikkibike BHPian Join Date: May 2006 Location: QoAS Posts: 526 Thanked: 4 Times	from Indus Motors! I got it done from the same dealer serivce centre! They have a tie-up with Kerala's STARGAS distributor and the benefit is that car's warranty will be intact! Done almost 23k now and no problems so far!
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19th July 2007, 15:02	#15
sameer_dg BHPian Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Mumbai Posts: 129 Thanked: 0 Times	How much did it cost for the fitting from Indus motors and do they have lpg pumps in kerala. I am in TVM and haven't seen any so far.
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