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Old 11-27-2011, 03:23 PM   #20 (permalink)
Diesel_Dave
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Originally Posted by Daox View Post
Toyota did this with their 3rd gen Prius in favor of the 2nd generation's coolant thermos. We talked about how to make our own version here:

http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...very-7107.html
I figured somebody around here had already thought of it. I like the thermos idea too, but it won't really help if you've been sitting a long time. In addition, even if the coolant and/or oil is warm, you still have to warm up all the metal.
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