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Old 10-23-2012, 01:30 PM   #29 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr View Post
Pre-heat the fuel is more usual in few flexfuel cars. I've never seen a pure gasser with this feature. It's a stock feature in some versions of the Volkswagen Polo made in Brazil and the Peugeot 308 made in Argentina, since Brazilian ethanol doesn't have the gasoline blend to ease the cold starts.
Oddly I ran one test on my cobalt where I heated the fuel tank up to about 150 degrees (average temp was probably only 100-120) when it was very cold out. The results I got where quite impressive, my engine temperature climbed to 110 in about 1 minute when it normally takes a while to get there, my fe was also much higher per the lie o meter.

It impressed me enough that I would like to locate a well controlled heating system (as oppossed to a magnet I have to watch like a hauk with the infa red)

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Ryan
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