Fuel Heater

[John McC]

Hi all saw this on ebay and wondered if anyone has tried one,
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vow2B-Bio-dies...hippingPayment
Looks well made and being electric guess you get the benefits of heated fuel straight away. Been using a veg/diesel mix and think a heater might help that little bit. Cheer John

[slim]

Hi all saw this on ebay and wondered if anyone has tried one,
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vow2B-Bio-dies...hippingPayment
Looks well made and being electric guess you get the benefits of heated fuel straight away. Been using a veg/diesel mix and think a heater might help that little bit. Cheer John

ALSO CHECK OUT THIS SITE, THEY SPONSOR THIS FORUM.....................http://fuelcat.co.uk/DieselCombo.html

[trevdowle]

ALSO CHECK OUT THIS SITE, THEY SPONSOR THIS FORUM.....................http://fuelcat.co.uk/DieselCombo.html

If I read it correctly the unit supplied takes a feed of the heater pipe. Therefore there will be no assistance for winter 'cold starting' which is what is needed for the vegetarians (oils) among us..

[dave.j.robbo]

It uses a glow plug to heat the fuel, not the engine coolant.

[trevdowle]

It uses a glow plug to heat the fuel, not the engine coolant.

I probably misunderstood the website content:

The unit uses the heater hose to heat the fuel and once fitted needs no maintainance.

However I have very little mechanical knowledge so my interpretation is almost certainly wrong. Thanks for clearing it up.

[NiftyNev]

This one uses engine coolant to heat the fuel

http://fuelcat.co.uk/DieselCombo.html

and the ebay one is electronic.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vow2B-Bio-dies...temZ8054320208

Nev

[NiftyNev]

I can't see either helping with cold starts. The fuel in the fuel lines, fuel pump and injector lines will still be cold with both systems.

Nev

[dave.j.robbo]

I probably misunderstood the website content:

The unit uses the heater hose to heat the fuel and once fitted needs no maintainance.

However I have very little mechanical knowledge so my interpretation is almost certainly wrong. Thanks for clearing it up.

Sorry, Trev. I thought you were talking about the e-bay one, not the fuelcat