if it comes on at 37, that would be great. I'll have to fiddle with it when I get back from vacation. You are on the "list" - don't know what they should go for. If he wants to get rid of them, should we offer $10 each? Comes with EVERYTHING you need (electrical and hose connectors, wires, etc) What do you think? May low ball at $5 each? Chris
Robert & Tara Ludwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: If it's like most stanadyne heaters it should come on in the mid 30's ( where untreated junk diesel starts to cloud ) The factory stanadyne heater on my truck comes on at about 37 deg. The thing is self regulating, has some little circuit in it and is built into the filter head.. I'd be interested in one or two of those things if cheap enough. -----------Robert Christopher McCann wrote: > from the instructions: "heat is supplied only when the temperature is low > enough for wax particles to form. Power supply is to from an automotive type > 12 VDC battery with an alternator system." > > So it must have a temp sensor that switches it on and off - neat. > > "Locate a 12 volt wire (off and on with ignition switch) on a circuit able > to handle the extra 7.5 amps that the heater will require." > > Suggestions on the back for many makes, but not Mercedes - all but one > suggests 12 VDC source as Electrical shutoff lead on injection pump. For > Toyota a specific terminal in the fusebox. > > Hmm...wonder where it should go an a W126 MB? > > The point isn't to heat the fuel so it combusts better but to heat the fuel > as it starts to get wax crystals at cloud point. It rarely gets that cold > here, and when it does, a spritz of GE-Betz OTR8932Q is the cheapest and > best way to handle it. This will do nothing to help you start your car. If > you don't treat your fuel and the lines and the tank gel up, this will not > help. If the fuel clouds, but does not gel, it won't help starting much > either, but WILL keep it running once started (wax won't clog filter, it > will be melted by this thing). > > Hmm - Nifty device, but I would MUCH prefer it warm the fuel not at the > cloud point of diesel BUT AT THE FREEZING POINT OF WATER...becuase > emulsified water particles will freeze and clog your filter too. I'm MUCH > more worried about that. > > Hmm - It could be rigged up to do that automatically...or you could bypass > the timer entirely and put a switch on the dash and turn it on when it's > below freezing or somehow change it to come on at 32, BUT THEN, it will be > supplying heat as if it were at the cloud point (much colder) which will be > WAY too much heat...maybe even enough to start a fire. > > BTW, WHERE are you? If it is regularly below freezing in winter...IA or > north, even its nice in MO, GET A BLOCK HEATER AND FORGET ABOUT ALL THE > OTHER GIZMOS - UNLESS it';s REALLY REALLY cold where you live, you don't > need in-line fuel heaters, in-line coolant heaters and a block heater. > That's for North Dakota and Alaska...maybe Minnesota, IMH&RUO (IR=relatively > & U=uninformed). > > Chris > > Zoltan Finks wrote: Congrats on Wulf. > > This fuel heater. Sheesh another thing to think about. I would love to > install a block heater before too long, but a fuel heater I had not given > much thought to. Warm diesel fuel combusts better I'm assuming? Resulting in > easier starts? Isn't it true that gasoline combusts better or more > efficiently if cooler? > > Does it run on a timer? Or just when the key is turned? Runs off battery > power I assume, as opposed to AC? > > Brian > 83 240D > > On 3/9/06, Christopher McCann wrote: > >> $105....some labor, some washers, a BOLT, and some bushings (on the brake >> torsion bar). Not a creek, clank, clunk, click, or squeal. After replacing >> all the ball joints and now finally securing the brake torsion bar, she >> sounds JUST LIKE NEW on every bump, ramp and dip. A beautiful thing. >> >> Indy gave me a free Stanadyne in-line diesel fuel heater (it's new >> in box, but old, he has a TON of them: auto temp sensing, heats fuel >> prior to engine start). Haven't looked at the instructions - obviously >> goes BEFORE fuel filter. I live in MO, not MN...but I guess it can't >> hurt. Any thoughts? >> >> I figured if there was any interest on the list and since he has >> "TONS" of them, maybe we can buy a qty in builk for dirt cheap? That's >> if they're worth the trouble. >> >> Thanks all, >> >> >> >> >> Christopher McCann, Squier Park, Kansas City, Missouri >> -2005 Blue Point Siamese, "Rose" >> -1992 Volkswagen Golf, diesel, 185K km, "Nanook" >> -1987 300TD, 151K, "Rotkäppchen" >> -1985 300SD, 212K, "Wulf" >> -1976 240D, ?K, "AKP-Wagen" (Alternativen Kraftstoffs Prüfenlastwagen) >> -1972 Jacobsen 21" Turbo Vent >> -1971 Case 222 Hydrive, 12HP Kohler, 38" deck, Snowcaster, "One Banger" >> >> --------------------------------- >> Yahoo! Mail >> Bring photos to life! 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From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Mar 10 02:00:41 2006 Received: from bay101-dav11.bay101.hotmail.com ([64.4.56.83] helo=hotmail.com) by server5.arterytc5.net with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FHWvp-0003HV-AW for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Fri, 10 Mar 2006 02:00:41 +0000 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 9 Mar 2006 18:00:37 -0800 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from 71.115.62.131 by BAY101-DAV11.phx.gbl with DAV; Fri, 10 Mar 2006 02:00:34 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [71.115.62.131] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "Rick Knoble" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 20:02:18 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 10 Mar 2006 02:00:37.0241 (UTC) FILETIME=[6CBB9690:01C643E6] X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Subject: Re: [MBZ] 1977 300D non turbo engine replacement Cross Roads X-BeenThere: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.6 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Id: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes_striplin.net.striplin.net> List-Unsubscribe: <http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Archive: <http://striplin.net/pipermail/mercedes_striplin.net> List-Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 02:00:41 -0000 > With all due respect, a cheap BMW is much more expensive. ;) I can second that! 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