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Sorry, this idea is a failure. The exhaust on your engine runs about 1500 F. You want to heat your oil? Jacket the exhaust pipe with your oil pan. You want to thin your oil? Switch to 10W20. You want to shorten the life of your engine to save 20 cents a gallon? Do either one of the above.
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I am leaning towards that.
Thinner oil has been proven to give a 2% to 3% boost at the expense of engine wear.
So these guys want to use exhaust heat to increase engine efficiency by reusing waste heat to run the engine more efficiently. Sounds familiar.
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...ler-29085.html
I recommend using exhaust heat to heat the engine coolant via a diesel EGR cooler then use the coolant to warm the desired system. I would be concerned that a exhaust to oil heat exchanger would scorch the oil.
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Sounds like hes bring something NASCAR has known and practices for years to the consumer. Ever see a cart behind the car before a race starts? Its warmming the oil, coolant and keeping the battery topped off.
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Yeah my suburban pretty much has that built into it.
Battery stays topped off with solar, the oil goes through a oil/coolant heat exchanger and the coolant can be preheated with a two 120volt, 600watt OEM style block heaters and/or a 240volt hot water heater element.
http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/63-...tml?highlight=
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Last edited by oil pan 4; 10-30-2014 at 10:58 PM..
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