LPG in SA? (Technisches)
Hans Gerd Scholz 
, Montag, 19. März 2018, 10:43 (vor 2224 Tagen)
Hallo,
wir haben die Panamericana bereits von 2011 - 2014 "gemacht" (Von Feuerland nach Alaska). Damals im Mercedes G. Nun planen wir, uns noch einmal Südamerika, insbesondere Brasilien zu widmen und wollen unseren Unimog 404 mit Gasanlage nutzen.
Leider habe ich keine Ahnung, ob LPG angeboten wird, weil ich damals nicht darauf geachtet hatte. (Alternativ käme auch der 170er Magirus in Frage, das aber nur ungern).
Kann mir also jemand mitteilen, ob und ggf in welcher Anzahl( sehr selten, häufig) Gastankstellen verfügbar sind?
Vielen Dank,
Gerd
LPG in SA?
IVECO Tony , Wherever., Dienstag, 20. März 2018, 02:20 (vor 2223 Tagen) @ Hans Gerd Scholz
bearbeitet von IVECO Tony, Dienstag, 20. März 2018, 02:25
Brazil has an alcohol/ethanol/biodiese(??) based energy system for vehicles so if you are looking for autogas (propane) to fill fixed tanks then you might have little success. If you want propane/butane for cooking then swap bottles are available everywhere but they are 12/13kg with a special fitting and no manual valve. The regulator for that bottle with a low pressure hose tail is also readily available at hardware stores but it does increase the height quite a bit so may not fit in a normal gas locker. Also bigger in diameter than the regular German 11kg bottles
The fitting is in this lot - centre bottom
![[image]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/qS93i9kXtxQbNlEbYHO9Wh16mIDQoC37rjce5pLUP3cTPjUN9l5f0LlaxpDkHJd0t0ejmWw22LTCAPCNIqs=w293-h220-rw)
My system used two normal 20 pound American bottles so I used to gravity fill those bottles from local bottles as required
It is likely that Brazil has a delivery truck system to fill fixed tanks installed by large users but I never saw one as we stayed out of large cities where they might be in operation.
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