Hot diesel

[Yoda]

Has anyone used a fuel preheater on their main engine to get better combustion and better consumption?

[DHutch]

Never heard of it before...

 

 

Not that we have diesal on board, but most tanks are intergral to the boat, so even in winter will not be as cold as if there where just exposed outside, due to the canal around them.

- Also, as there usally very close to the engine, inside the (often very warm) engine bay, i guess that warms it to an extent.

 

 

Daniel

[John Orentas]

One of the attractions of a narrowboats is that they are fitted with very simple low technology engines, easy to service, diagnose and repair. Most will also run at a speed which will not be too stressful on the occupants of the boat and they will last a long time.

 

Why stop at fuel heating, why not turbo-chargers, inter-coolers and sophisticated engine management systems, many people have boats to get away from such things.

 

The effectiveness of pre-heater is debatable anyway, the fuel in a normal engine when it has been compressed to a few thousand psi and then forced through a tiny jet into a very hot combustion chamber is pretty hot anyway, otherwise it wouldn't ignite and burn.

Edited August 10, 2006 by John Orentas

[DHutch]

Yeah, dont start be on intercoolers...

 

...our cars just beeing in for the 3rd time in a fortnight!

 

 

First its the alternator which packs up the friday evening before we're going to essex for the weekend. Which called for an emergency trip to the garage, then the autoelectical place, then back to the garage.

- Then last weekend the main crankshaft pulley for all the auxilery stuff "debonded" (its one of these fancy rubber mounted 3 part thingys) on sunday, when we there in the middle of a forest track in darkest sommerset, which required us to be relayed home by the AA.

- Then last night my dad declared the car was making a "air rushing noise" which happened "when you put your foot down, after a light delay. Which i traced to a hole in the rubber air duct between the intercooler and the second turbo compressor.

 

 

 

Daniel

[Yoda]

Which i traced to a hole in the rubber air duct between the intercooler and the second turbo compressor.

Daniel

 

Is your nickname 'Lucky'

[DHutch]

Is your nickname 'Lucky'

No, is usally "hutch"...

 

But yeah, thats the best fault so far, only £17 for a replament, which they hope to have my tomororw. In the mean time the cars drivable.

- Making its the least expesive, and the least disruptive yet.

 

We're taking the car (trailing) down to salcombe (southest devon) next week, so touch wood it will make it there, and back...

 

Stupid thing, our other pugeuots (205 anf 306) have been no trobble at all. (its an 806 btw, 2.0l hdi)

 

 

 

Daniel

 

It was only about 6years ago that the wheel fell off the trailer on the way back from salcombe one year, at 60mph, on the M6, at 1 in the morning.

- We then left it behind the crash barrier, went home, and went back the following morning to rescue it. Only to find the boat, and trailer, gone!

 

 

Daniel