My new toy (shogun) has an lpg cylinder in the boot.
Is it safe, legal, practicable,
to put a plywood box around it to tidy it up/use the space above it for stowage?
Don't forget that the stamped plate on the cylinder must be viewable for the car to pass an MOT test, the only regulation as far as I remember when I had my landie on lpg, they check the date on the tank and it must be less than 10 years old, after that the tank has to be replaced.
Interesting points. However I have never had anyone want to see the tank plate, let alone MOT station. It is of no interest to them. My insurance company RH Equity Red Star, were not the faintest bit interested in the fact that it was dual fuel and even less interested in who did it or serviced it.
I must have had a MOT tester who was either very keen or just interested in LPG conversions then, my insurance company at the time was interested in who fit it and wanted copies of certs etc.
LPG tank and pipework are now part of the MOT - but it's only a visual inspection of security and freedom from leaks. Insurance companies don't generally need to know anything other than it was installed by someone competent. They don't need to see evidence of servicing any more than they do for your petrol fuel system. The tank should already have a pipe leading outside in order to vent - usually where the liquid pipe goes out and under the car to the engine bay.
So yes, you can box it in, but make a hinged lid or something so it's easy to access if someone needs to. It's no different to a toroidal tank in a spare wheel well being covered by the original boot floor access panel for example.
@wookie
And others.
Just to advise.
The 10 year date is from the date stamped on the cylinder. Not as some people think it is from date of install or first use.
After 10 years cylinder must be:
A. Replaced.
B. Sent for Hydro-Static testing. For which it will be it will be re stamped with the new maximum working pressure.
The test works about to be 80% cost of a replacement tank.
The tank is subject to similar inspections of any fuel tank and system on a car for the MOT. Sadly a lot of testers do not check the stamp. Nor do people realize a sticker saying LPG fuel or a pressure cylinder sticker is needed.