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Piwoslaw · 11-15-2011, 04:16 PM

WOW!

I believe that you are the first DIYer to do this successfully

My comments:

10 liters is quite heavy for a car like the Uno. You'd probably feel the extra weight in city driving.
Could the 10-liter tank fit into the engine bay? This would not only reduce the length of plumping needed, but also any heat which escapes through the insulation would warm the engine bay.
Maybe less water and more insulation? The 2nd-gen Prius has a thermos for coolant which is only 3 liters, iirc.
Do you have any kind of insulation in the engine bay? Maybe a hood blanket when parked?
I assume that your grille is blocked.

And welcome to EcoModder

11-15-2011, 04:16 PM	#2 (permalink)
Piwoslaw aero guerrilla Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Warsaw, Poland Posts: 3,753 Svietlana II - '13 Peugeot 308SW e-HDI 6sp 90 day: 58.1 mpg (US) Thanks: 1,340 Thanked 751 Times in 477 Posts	WOW! I believe that you are the first DIYer to do this successfully My comments: 10 liters is quite heavy for a car like the Uno. You'd probably feel the extra weight in city driving. Could the 10-liter tank fit into the engine bay? This would not only reduce the length of plumping needed, but also any heat which escapes through the insulation would warm the engine bay. Maybe less water and more insulation? The 2nd-gen Prius has a thermos for coolant which is only 3 liters, iirc. Do you have any kind of insulation in the engine bay? Maybe a hood blanket when parked? I assume that your grille is blocked. And welcome to EcoModder __________________ e·co·mod·ding: the art of turning vehicles into what they should be What matters is where you're going, not how fast. "... we humans tend to screw up everything that's good enough as it is...or everything that we're attracted to, we love to go and defile it." - Chris Cornell [Old] Piwoslaw's Peugeot 307sw modding thread