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brucepick · 12-04-2012, 11:41 AM

I'll do a full write up on this one day soon, for you detail fiends out there. I took pics during the project.

The writeup is here

ZeroStart circulating type heater #330-8001.

Outside temp this morning was 31 deg F. Engine was approx 75 deg F before starting it up! I got 54.81 mpg on my 55 mile trip to work, better than I've seen since early October and nearly as good as late summer.

Finding a heater that would work in my '97 (Gen 6) Civic was not easy. However this one does work. More details one day soon, either in the DIY forum or EcoModding Central.

12-04-2012, 11:41 AM	#1 (permalink)
brucepick OCD Master EcoModder Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Eastern CT, USA Posts: 1,936 Outasight - '00 Honda Insight Team Honda Gen-1 Insights 90 day: 54.18 mpg (US) Thanks: 431 Thanked 396 Times in 264 Posts	Civic's Block Heater - beating winter cold I'll do a full write up on this one day soon, for you detail fiends out there. I took pics during the project. The writeup is here ZeroStart circulating type heater #330-8001. Outside temp this morning was 31 deg F. Engine was approx 75 deg F before starting it up! I got 54.81 mpg on my 55 mile trip to work, better than I've seen since early October and nearly as good as late summer. Finding a heater that would work in my '97 (Gen 6) Civic was not easy. However this one does work. More details one day soon, either in the DIY forum or EcoModding Central. __________________ Coast long and prosper. Driving '00 Honda Insight, acquired Feb 2016. Last edited by brucepick; 12-13-2012 at 09:09 AM..