A few tips for operating a car with gas equipment:
- Before starting the engine after a long stay, raise the hood for a few minutes in order to ventilate the engine compartment, check the condition of the gas equipment installed on the engine and its connections.
- Check with soapy water the joints and connections in the gas equipment to make sure there are no gas leaks.
- The engine can be started on only one type of fuel: gas or petrol. At temperatures below –10 ° C, starting and warming up the engine are carried out on gasoline, followed by a switch to gas fuel. It is forbidden to run the engine on a mixture of two fuels: petrol and gas.
- Hot water or steam can be used to remove ice formations and plugs in the gas system. It is forbidden to use heating means with an open flame.
- If you smell gas while driving, stop, identify the problem and take measures to eliminate it. Before applying repair actions, close the gas supply valve on the cylinder, wait for the gas smell to disappear, and proceed to troubleshoot. If the gas leak cannot be repaired, close the gas supply valve on the cylinder and temporarily switch to Petrol mode. Later, after making sure that your diagnosis is correct, fix the problem.
Statistics show that there are slightly fewer cases of ignition of gas-cylinder vehicles than vehicles running on gasoline. Nevertheless, we will continue to acquaint the driver with possible malfunctions in the gas equipment, which can lead to major troubles, and we will tell you how to prevent them.
- Connections to the elements of the power system are equipped with fastening clamps, which, if you do not pay attention to them, weaken, lose their "grip". Provide the vehicle with reliable reusable clamps of various diameters.
- "Carefully check the condition of the fuel pipes, fittings and especially the fastening clamps!" - the first commandment for drivers getting ready to go