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FIAT BRAVO LPG
When painting in an oven, the
LPG tank should be removed
from the car and later care-
fully refitted by a Fiat Dea-
lership. Although the LPG system has
numerous safety features, it is advisa-
ble to close the manual tap on the tank
every time the car is not in use for a
long period, transported on other vehi-
cles or moved in an emergency as a re-
sult of a breakdown or accident.
Active safety
The car has the same active safety speci-
fications as other versions. The LPG tank complies with the national
standards in force in countries where the
version illustrated in this supplement is sold.
The car is equipped with a ga-
seous LPG injection system de-
signed specifically for it: it is
therefore absolutely forbidden
to alter the configuration of the system
or its components. The use of other
components or materials could cause
malfunctions and lead to a reduction
in safety. Therefore, in the case of pro-
blems, go to a Fiat Dealership. To pre-
vent damage to the LPG system parts
when towing or raising the car, follow
the instructions in the “Towing the car”
chapter of the Owner Handbook.
It should be pointed out that
in some countries (including
Italy) there are legal restrictions in
force for parking/garaging motor
vehicles with gas that has a higher
density than air; LPG comes under
this category.
IMPORTANT
PASSIVE SAFETY/ACTIVE
SAFETY
Passive safety
The car has the same passive safety spe-
cifications as other versions. In particu-
lar, the cylinder mountings (located in the
spare wheel housing) have been designed
to exceed the Fiat safety standards for im-
pact tests.
When running on LPG, the flow of gas (in
a liquid state) leaving the cylinder passes
through the dedicated pipe to the pres-
sure regulator where there is a safety so-
lenoid valve that stops the flow of LPG
when the key is removed or when a chan-
ge of fuel is selected by the driver (deci-
sion to run on petrol).
Together with the regulator solenoid val-
ve, a second solenoid valve, in the tank,
closes the LPG pipe at the tank outlet.
The two solenoid valves are closed in the
case of an impact after the engine is swit-
ched off by the fuel cut-off system.
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