LPG problems

[Reggieroo]

The other day I left the petrol station after filling up with £29 worth of LPG & the gauge registered empty, I just thought it was a fault with the gauge as they are known to be tempermental. I got round the corner from my Village & the rangie cut out like it had ran out of gas. After a few attempts it started reluctantly (only runs on gas) & just as I got it on my drive it went again. Checked the gauge on the tank & it read just over the empty, the lights on the dash also read empty, just one light. I then tapped the gauge on the tank & it dropped right down past zero.

Any one got any ideas?

I can't quite work it out as I stood there & put in £29 of gas, the only thing out of the ordinary was that the pump didn't cut off as normal when the tank is full & my Fiancee said she could smell LPG in the rangie while I was at the end of filling up but also heard the gas going into the tank, must have filled up too much & vented out of a safety valve I guess. So it should have gas in there but its not showing & also still won't start.

[carracarra13]

two things I had happen with mine, when the gauge started playing up found the black (and yes live on the gauges on ours both arelive) and they run two lives our did , once conected up again gauge worked well and rangi also ran better, the other thing is it might be is your main feed pipe may of come adrift  just a couple of thing I had problems with on mine hope this helps

[Range Rover Blues]

How old is the tank? a bunch of tanks were recalled because the sender has a fuseable plug in it and they were faulty, mine was leaking slowly but it was days form giving up the ghost totaly.

[Rossko]

Your problems may or may not be related... but a faulty earth to the tank valve would give you both a misreading dashboard gauge and a non-opening valve.   It only takes a nick in the cable under the car, and road salt will eat the copper.

I suspect your tank gauge unit may read the other way to what you think, some types are not at all clear - hence the tap causing it to 'drop' might have put it on 'full'.

[Reggieroo]

I have a feeling it may be electrical as I 'm also having other electrical problems which I've had for some time but the LPG has been fine until now.
The tank itself is fairly old I would imagine as it was on the vehicle when I bought it & I know the previous owner had it for some years on LPG.

[Reggieroo]

Now the battery is completely flat, it has only sat their since the 30th December. It was nearly flat the other week when I left it for a while & the battery is not that old either. I think the rangie needs an auto electrician to have a good look.