LPG EJ conversion - pros cons?

In passing a shopping mall promotion for LPG gas conversions, the bloke gives the spiel and I say its probably a waste of time, no kits available for a Forester. The reply is there are kits now made for the Euro market and may be available here too soon. These are the liquid injection type kits.

Now all I could see for a tank to fit would be the wheel well donut type tank, limited range by size. this means the spare tyre sits on top as they do in the conversion. Rear wheel hangers see a bit scarce for a Forester and would be pricey. Next thing is the added weight, so stiffer rear springs to go in too.

Whats the reliablity issues with EJ 2.5 engines on gas, are the valve seats capable of lasting on gas, or will they burn and require the engine to come out, heads off and added work to valves and seats in time to come? I am being realistic here guys, could be big dollars and pain, is the gain worth it? The pay back in cheap fuel has to be worth all the extras apart from the Govt rebate.

Interested if anyone has gone onto LPG and your thoughts.

LPG is widespread over here in Europe, with plenty of sequential injector kits for DIY install or professional. I used to run a Vauxhall Vectra 1.8i on LPG and it was fine for 80k miles in 3 years. A good friend of mine ran his for a similar time with few issues. I understand that the modern kits are even better. No trouble with valve seat regression, and as it is a 'cleaner' fuel to burn, my oil was almost the same colour after 10k miles as it went in. Check out the UK sites like https://www.autogasnw.co.uk/services.html and https://uk.cars.yahoo.com/31102007/60/driving-subaru-forester-lpg-0.html or your own sites like https://www.lpgautogas.com.au/index.cfm?Action=Convert

it costs about £1800 for a professional conversion on a 4 cyl engine, or £800 for the bits to do it yourself.

On a cautionary note, one site mentions potential issues caused by backfire through the inlet manifold, which if it is plastic could cause issues. But if you use an accredited LPG installer this should be understood and mitigated by their installaion.

https://www.autogasdevelopments.co.uk/Pumping.htm

BB