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orange4boy · 12-19-2009, 03:16 PM

I now have a funny transaxle heater installed too.

OK. this is going to sound odd but it's just an application change. It's a bee keepers hive opening hot knife I got at a garage sale years ago. I knew it would come in handy at some point. It's 650 watts. I have attached it to my transaxle sump with rare earth magnets. I was going to use it on the Previa as a transmission heater but there were clearance issues.

Most of the heat will just end up rising past the transaxle but since I have the engine blankets in, some of the heat will stay around a bit to heat up the block a bit. Electricity is cheap here and all clean hydro.

P.S. First tank 54.8 mpg! (Nice gift from the bladder which cut me off before it was full. One nib down on the display.) Next tank will average that out probably.

12-19-2009, 03:16 PM	#136 (permalink)
orange4boy Master EcoModder Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: The Wet Coast, Kanuckistan. Posts: 1,275 The Golden Egg - '93 Toyota Previa DX 90 day: 31.91 mpg (US) Chewie - '03 Toyota Prius 90 day: 57 mpg (US) The Spaceship - '00 Honda Insight Thanks: 100 Thanked 306 Times in 178 Posts	I now have a funny transaxle heater installed too. OK. this is going to sound odd but it's just an application change. It's a bee keepers hive opening hot knife I got at a garage sale years ago. I knew it would come in handy at some point. It's 650 watts. I have attached it to my transaxle sump with rare earth magnets. I was going to use it on the Previa as a transmission heater but there were clearance issues. Most of the heat will just end up rising past the transaxle but since I have the engine blankets in, some of the heat will stay around a bit to heat up the block a bit. Electricity is cheap here and all clean hydro. P.S. First tank 54.8 mpg! (Nice gift from the bladder which cut me off before it was full. One nib down on the display.) Next tank will average that out probably. __________________ Vortex generators are old tech. My new and improved vortex alternators are unstoppable. "It’s easy to explain how rockets work but explaining the aerodynamics of a wing takes a rocket scientist.