David Lock

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Someone has asked me to get them a Fuel Heater for use in their Dodge in a cold part of Canada. I have no idea why they can't get one over there but there we go. Has anyone a clue what these are? I don't even know if they are electric or plumbed into radiator. I assume they go in fuel line?

Any pointers would be welcome.

Vehicle is 06 Dodge Magnum R/T 5.7l Hemi engine and it is rated at 345 HP.

dl

Ian

iTrader: (10)

something like lorrys have in the cabs for when people are speeping in them, or a hot food section of a snadwich van, blows out hot air? both run off the fuel supply from the van/truck fuel tank

maybe?

astraman1

its like a piece of metal that the fuel runs though its electric and warms the fuel up to help it start easier

a bloke i talk to got his off ebay it was called an auxillary fuel heater or something like that

mart360

http://www.eberspacher.com/

most well known company..

You can get electric versions that run off thr battery, but need huge batterys to run.

There are petrol versions available, but i'm not sure who does them.

The diesel versions are easy to work with, they take a feed from the fuel

rail, and a simple wiring connection.. they have there own exhaust which

gives a unique smell when there running

Saab fitted them to there 9-3 diesels, they come with a remote start

option, whereby they will come on at a prearranged time, and preheat the

car and coolant.

Normally its a manual start, when the engine is running.

They produce heat within about 2 minutes. compared to 10-15 from the

normal engine running

Early rover 75 diesels had them fitted too, but the option was removed on

2002-2001 models

Not cheap to buy new, so breakers or ebay is a must...

look at the instrctions from the manufacturers website, and you,ll see how easy they are to fit.

Mine was in the car from new, but the option was disabled in the cars onboard options.

A quick visit to an auto electrician, unlocked the option code, and it was running Just before the snow

falls last year .... this year it has been great


Absoloute godsend in this cold weather

I'd have one again, they heat the car up within minutes,

Mart

mart360

My unit is an erberspatcher hydronic D5WS water heater, they also do petrol variants B5WS

They do air heaters, but the water heaters, give the beat of both worlds... hot water which speeds up

engine heating, and gives hot air as well

Mart

David_Dickson

Fuel burning heaters were an option on TD4 engined landrover freelanders. Made by Webasto, I believe. Its mounted behind the front bumper on the RHS, a small fuel pump in the LHS rear wheel arch supplies it with diesel and there is an outside air temp sensor behind the front bumper somewhere too. I don't know how easy or not they might be to wire up as a stand-alone thing in a different car though.
It heats the coolant partly to speed up engine warmup but mainly to supply hotter liquid to the heater so the cabin warms faster.

kbsub

It will have a Block Heater - all Vehicles have them over here

Plugs into the mains and keeps the coolant warm when parked up for any lengthy stay , A lot of car parks have hook ups to the mains . I use a timer on mine to come on through the night when the temp drops below -10 (quite frequent !) Allows for easier starting and quicker warm up time , I also have a remote starter for my Dodge Cummins , soon as I get up in the morning I start the vehicle up from the bedroom .... All helps

Plus all the fuel is treated for Arctic temperatures to stop gelling etc

A trip to Canadian Tire will get him anything he needs. They have everything , as I just found out this morning (wanted a resistor for the wife's Jeep Liberty heater fan and they even had one in stock !)

Alg

http://motorhome.webasto.co.uk/filea...V_AirTop_E.pdf

David Lock

Great response guys so big thanks - and even a Canadian comment - thanks kbsub.

At least I know more when I reply to the guy and I think I'll suggest he gets one locally.

David

Fat Boy

My brother lives out in Canada and it's true Canadian Tire has everything - from fuses to crossbows and skis and etc etc!!

When he lived up in Timmins Ontario he used a block heater and plugged it in every night despite the car being in an insulated and (low level) heated garage. Despite that when you drove the car down the street, it felt like it was running on 50p pieces for a while as the tyres freeze flat at the bottom where it's been standing and don't roll properly until they've warmed up a bit

ALi-B

iTrader: (1)

A fuel heater?

Do you mean one that actually heats the fuel to prevent it freezing - as found on diesels and bio-fuel conversions?

Or do you mean a heater that runs off fuel?



If its the latter; Range Rover diesels and BMW 6pot diesles have them fitted as standard, not sure about petrol models; if they do, maybe it worth looking at the breakers (unless you want a new one).

David Lock

Ali - I've mailed the guy and suggested he goes to Canada Tires as I'd rather not get involved unless he really wants me to (he's getting some other stuff off me). I suspect it's a USA spec without a block heater.

Cheers, David