Has anyone tried a system whereby you run a fuel tank heater off your existing cooling system?
I've seen it on some Veggie site, but want to apply it to BioDiesel. Where I live gelling would be a huge concern. Also anyone running a emmersion heater in the engine block?
Seems the logical idea to prevent gelling and relatively simple. As a spin off if you consistantly keep your engine warm it will last a lot longer as there is less expansion or contraction of the metal. A couple of companies make these Diesel Fuel/12 or 24VDC Heaters that you put on your coolant loop to preheat your engine, which would be ideal,seems a high expense but when your talking about getting 800000-1000000km before Overhaul, thats 2 or 3 refits. However the reps say the heaters won't work on Biodiesel of any strength, thing I can't figure is why not?
I've seen it on some Veggie site, but want to apply it to BioDiesel. Where I live gelling would be a huge concern. Also anyone running a emmersion heater in the engine block?
Seems the logical idea to prevent gelling and relatively simple. As a spin off if you consistantly keep your engine warm it will last a lot longer as there is less expansion or contraction of the metal. A couple of companies make these Diesel Fuel/12 or 24VDC Heaters that you put on your coolant loop to preheat your engine, which would be ideal,seems a high expense but when your talking about getting 800000-1000000km before Overhaul, thats 2 or 3 refits. However the reps say the heaters won't work on Biodiesel of any strength, thing I can't figure is why not?
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