Due to the high cost of gasoline, many car owners are switching their cars to gas. Since gas equipment has become safe, installation on cars is technically accessible and does not impair the performance of the vehicle. On the contrary, it allows you to reduce refueling costs by almost 2 times. The cost of installation is quickly recouped, and the savings on fuel are very tempting.
However, this requires official approvals and legalization by the traffic police. Otherwise, driving gas without documents can result in serious problems.
Application of gas cylinder equipment
Installing LPG is quite expensive, approximately 150 USD. But the money spent can be recovered very quickly by using it effectively.
The use of gas (propane, butane, methane) has a number of advantages:
- gasoline is more expensive than gas;
- gas combustion products, as well as gasoline, do not accumulate in the cylinder-piston group;
- the gas burns completely, which is important for the natural environment;
But along with the advantages of HBO, one can observe disadvantages:
- Condensation accumulates in the gearbox all the time and it is necessary to undergo technical inspections every six months;
- In winter, the engine has to be heated with gasoline, since gas is not energy-intensive enough;
- there is a need to replace the air-permeable filter more often;
- HBO weighs up to 40 kilograms and it takes up a lot of space;
In which case should you register gas equipment with the traffic police?
- Initially, the vehicle was manufactured without gas equipment;
- The technical passport does not provide for repeated reinstallation and replacement of gas equipment components in accordance with a specific vehicle model.
In which case is it not necessary to register an LPG with the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate:
- When equipping the car, HBO was installed.
- The technical data sheet contains information about the possibility of reinstalling and re-equipping all gas equipment components.
- The installation, re-equipment and registration of gas equipment were carried out even before the adoption of the law currently in force.
How to register gas equipment with the traffic police in 2021?
To register gas equipment you must:
- write and submit an application for registration of HBO;
- present legislative documents to the traffic police officer and obtain permission to re-equip or install gas equipment.
List of required documents:
- The final conclusion of a preliminary technical check on the possibility of installing an LPG or replacing its components in a car.
- Identity document.
- Power of attorney, if the documents are submitted not by the applicant, but by his representative;
- PTS.
- Information about the owner of the car: place of residence, phone number. etc.
- Vehicle registration certificate.
- Application for installation of HBO.
How to choose HBO
There are several generations of equipment:
- The first generation is installed on carburetor and injection cars.
- The second can only be installed on cars with an oxygen sensor.
- The third requires many different sensors. But it is able to regulate the amount of fuel.
- In the fourth generation, the equipment can individually dose gas for each cylinder.
- Fifth and sixth generations have also appeared, which are not yet on our market due to the gas frequency being too high.
So, it is difficult to consider it rational to convert a car to gas if its engine is small in volume and the mileage per year is quite low. Even if cheap equipment is installed, it will be able to pay for itself no earlier than in 4-5 years.
During this time, the car owner may want to change the car to a newer one due to wear and tear or due to personal whim. But for powerful cars and drivers traveling long distances, the benefits will be obvious.
How to register an LPG if there was no conversion certificate when purchasing the car?
Find out at which service station the LPG was installed.
If this is not possible, find a technical service that will easily issue you documents for a previously installed gas equipment.
However, in reality this is not so simple, since no one wants to take responsibility for an LPG installed by someone unknown.
Most likely, the employees of the service station you have chosen will offer to conduct a comprehensive examination and, if necessary, replace components of gas equipment that, in their opinion, are “faulty.”
Is it worth converting your car to gas?
When an ordinary person starts searching on the Internet or asking friends for the answer to the question “Is it worth converting a car to gas?”, he is faced with a huge number of nuances and contradictions.
Some believe that this is a panacea against constantly rising gasoline prices and urge everyone to urgently install gas cylinders for themselves. Others, with enviable persistence, urge to abandon this idea, since it literally kills the engine, and sometimes the driver himself.
Who is right? Let's try to figure it out. Gas actually gradually degrades the car. However, not the entire engine and not even the engine, but only the valves and heads of the block.
This problem is easily solved, and it does not arise immediately (on average, after traveling 200-300 thousand kilometers).
Agree, after all, during the time it takes the average car enthusiast to drive such a decent distance, the cost of installing equipment and repairs will have time to pay off. And some even manage to sell the car and buy a new one during this time.
It is also believed that the gas cylinders themselves weigh too much and take up most of the trunk. Yes, there is no way to expand the trunk space, that’s true. But with weight things are different. People remember the years when cylinders could weigh about a hundred kilograms, but now progress has gone far ahead and an empty container weighs only about 10 kg.
The issue of reliability is also raised in circles of friends and on the Internet. It is worth noting that the main problem here is related to low-quality and cheap equipment that people try to install in their cars.
It is clear that it will be less safe and may break earlier. In addition, the technicians who install the system in your car are very important. If their professionalism leaves much to be desired, then the work will be done accordingly, and the quality will not be the best.
The cost of installing the system and cylinders varies around 30-40 thousand for propane, while methane will cost the driver on average a quarter more. And if the first one can pay off in a year, then the second one will need at least 3-4 years for this.
Payback is calculated for 20 thousand km per year. Therefore, purchasing gas cylinders is really necessary for those people whose cars either travel a significantly longer distance or have a very high gas consumption.
Procedure for checking HBO on a car
There are two types of checks. The equipment on the car is accompanied by checks before and after (technical examination).
A preliminary check is carried out before installing or reinstalling the gas equipment in order to obtain consent from the traffic police MREO.
Upon completion of the installation of the gas equipment, you need to perform a safety check, after which you receive a document which indicates that the equipment was installed in accordance with the technical requirements of a particular model (mark in the PTS - 350 rubles).
Vehicles are not checked when:
- Equipment components were originally installed by the manufacturer and are suitable for the specific model, and their conformity assessment is supported by the manufacturer's service documentation.
- Vehicles are not checked when, during a reusable conversion of a component structure, the conformity of the changes made to the component structure of the equipment has been assessed through design documentation.
- The check may also not be carried out if the manufacturer of a particular model intends to improve it by installing an LPG.
Important! Periodic inspections should be carried out every 2 years.
The check is often carried out by a certified center or organization where the gas equipment was installed. Upon completion of the inspection, the client receives a document indicating the dates of the previous and next inspections.
What is the fine and punishment for installing HBO without registration?
Many people are interested in what the fine and punishment for illegally installed HBO is. In our vast country, punishment may vary from region to region. In one region, a traffic cop will turn a blind eye to gas, and in another, he will not only issue a fine of 500 rubles, but will also oblige the owner to provide a car with the violation corrected, that is, with the gas equipment removed, within ten days. And he did this completely legally.
Law
Article 12.5 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, Part 1: “Driving a vehicle in the presence of malfunctions or conditions under which, in accordance with the Basic Provisions for the admission of vehicles to operation and the duties of officials to ensure road safety, operation of the vehicle is prohibited, with the exception of malfunctions and conditions specified in parts 2 – 7 of this article – entails a warning or the imposition of an administrative fine in the amount of five hundred rubles.”
Appendix “List of faults and conditions under which the operation of vehicles is prohibited” to the Basic Provisions, paragraph 7.18: “Changes have been made to the design of the vehicle without the permission of the State Road Safety Inspectorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation or other bodies determined by the Government of the Russian Federation”
Clause 1 part 1 article 13 of the Law of the Russian Federation dated 02/07/2011 No. 3 - Federal Law “On the Police” , which reads: “1. In order to fulfill their duties, the police are granted the following rights: 1) to demand that citizens and officials stop illegal actions...”
Rules for registering motor vehicles and their trailers with the state inspectorate for road safety of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation:
- Clause 3: “They are not subject to registration with the State Traffic Inspectorate and registration actions are not carried out with vehicles on the following grounds: – vehicles are presented whose design or changes made to the design do not comply with the requirements of the legislation of the Russian Federation in the field of road safety or the information specified in submitted documents",
- Clause 51: “Registration, changes in registration data, deregistration of vehicles and other registration actions are not carried out until the end of inspections carried out in the prescribed manner by internal affairs bodies, as well as in case of failure to comply with the requirements of these Rules and Administrative Regulations or in other cases provided for legislation of the Russian Federation. If the internal affairs body conducting the inspection establishes the circumstances specified in paragraph 3 of these Rules, the registration of the vehicle is terminated (cancelled) by the registration unit at the place of registration of the vehicle. Upon termination (cancellation) of registration, a specific registration action (several registration actions) and all subsequent registration actions are invalidated. Registration documents, vehicle passports, registration plates, if available, are handed over to the State Traffic Inspectorate unit and disposed of in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Russian Federation. Registration documents, vehicle passports, except those recognized as counterfeit, as well as registration plates not provided to the registration department, are put on the wanted list.”
Part 1 of Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation : “Disobedience to a lawful order or requirement of a police officer, military personnel or employee of a body or institution of the penal system in connection with the performance of their duties to protect public order and ensure public safety, as well as obstruction of the performance of their official duties - entails imposition of an administrative fine in the amount of five hundred to one thousand rubles or administrative arrest for a term of up to fifteen days.”
Result:
Quite legally, a traffic police inspector can draw up a protocol for the installed gas equipment, issue a fine in the amount of 500 rubles and demand within 10 days to provide a vehicle with corrected inconsistencies. If you do not comply with this requirement, the vehicle will be prohibited from registration and operation. That is, the vehicle is deregistered and at the first traffic police check on the road, your car is taken to a parking lot. In this case, a fine of 500-1000 rubles or detention for up to 15 days is also issued.
Don't take this situation to extremes. If the inspector is going to draw up an initial report, try to persuade him to give him a “warning” and promise to correct everything as soon as possible. Play on the fact that you were not aware, or on personal problems.
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The size of the traffic police fine for gas equipment in 2021
From January 1, 2021, every motorist who uses illegal gas equipment (independent conversion of gas equipment) and does not comply with the rules of operation of the product (the gas equipment has not undergone mandatory technical inspection every 2 years or the numbers on the gas equipment differ from those indicated in the conversion certificate) will be liable administrative liability, and will pay a fine for gas equipment of 500 rubles.
Also, the owner of the car will be fined for untimely completion of the technical inspection.
Within 10 days, the owner is required to collect the necessary documentation to obtain permission to install or dismantle the gas equipment.
Attention! In case of repeated violation, an arrest for 15 days is possible, as well as a judicial ban on the use of vehicles.
