Sure, I'll post 'em when I get a few shots taken. Really not much different than what is pictured above.

I thought I should finally post my GPHE installation -- although it is pretty much the same as those already pictured.



I have a dual tank setup with the stock tank for veggie but no tank heat. I use one six port valve and a three port valve for switching: tank selection, filter selection, and return. I'm using return to both tanks for now. The 26-plate heat exchanger works great and I'm getting 160F+ temps after the FPHE and 150F+ after the filter. That is in cold weather (well, cold for california).

Thanks again, Omar!

Hi gang - very informative thread.

One thing I was unable to surmise: does anyone suggest placing a heated filter *after* the FPHE as cheap insurance? I worry something will corrode or fall off the HE, causing havoc in my IP. But conversly, I worry that placing the filter last would negate any heat gain created by the HE.

Dan

Yes..in nearly all cases I advocate this configuration. No reason that a fliter should cool the VO and IMO a filter shoudl be the last components the oil sees before the IP.

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Originally posted by dloomis:
Hi gang - very informative thread.

One thing I was unable to surmise: does anyone suggest placing a heated filter *after* the FPHE as cheap insurance? I worry something will corrode or fall off the HE, causing havoc in my IP. But conversly, I worry that placing the filter last would negate any heat gain created by the HE.

Dan

Thanks Dana - I defer to your expertise!

I use a small sight glass filter before the ip... O

Bought a 16 plate HE from BK's buy and it went on a 300D. Temps from the Lovecraft conversion were at best 100 F. Ambient temps have been in the high 60's as a rule. It also had a new hotter thermostat installed in an attempt to raise temps from the filter. Now with the FPHE installed, temps around town are consistently at 180F. I guess they do what they are supposed to!
Omar; By the way, my check's in the mail for the 26 plate.
Michael

do you have any photo's you could post? glad to hear you have some hot wvo at the IP! O
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Having the filter last may be the most conservative approach . However, you will not get the full benefit of the very hot heat exchanger oil when you first switch over . I wonder what this does to the IP and injectors over time. I suggest wrapping a coolant heater (like Dana's coolant hose type filter around the filter and insulating it well) to at least warm that initial slug of oil to be heated .

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Originally posted by danalinscott:
Yes..in nearly all cases I advocate this configuration. No reason that a fliter should cool the VO and IMO a filter shoudl be the last components the oil sees before the IP.

quote:

Originally posted by dloomis:
Hi gang - very informative thread.

One thing I was unable to surmise: does anyone suggest placing a heated filter *after* the FPHE as cheap insurance? I worry something will corrode or fall off the HE, causing havoc in my IP. But conversly, I worry that placing the filter last would negate any heat gain created by the HE.

Dan

Concerning a HE, would there be any danger/problem with running diesel fuel through a HE as well as WVO? In order to place my HE as close to my IP as possible, I have to place it n a fuel line that is shared by both WVO and diesel.

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Originally posted by Ike:
Concerning a HE, would there be any danger/problem with running diesel fuel through a HE as well as WVO? In order to place my HE as close to my IP as possible, I have to place it n a fuel line that is shared by both WVO and diesel.

Ike,

I know this thread is long, but your answer is in here. (I think I asked this question before myself!) If you have a chance, thumb (or click) through it. The concern is lubrication of the IP.

Goodluck

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Originally posted by Mr Ryan Mix:

quote:

Originally posted by Ike:
Concerning a HE, would there be any danger/problem with running diesel fuel through a HE as well as WVO? In order to place my HE as close to my IP as possible, I have to place it n a fuel line that is shared by both WVO and diesel.

Ike,

I know this thread is long, but your answer is in here. (I think I asked this question before myself!) If you have a chance, thumb (or click) through it. The concern is lubrication of the IP.

Goodluck

While the libricity of diesel fuel drops rapidly with temperature rise, the presence of even 1% veg oil in the diesel can provide a significant lubricity improvement in the diesel , so that heating of the diesel is not an issue in relation to lubricitation of the IP.

Thanks for your input. Mr. Ryan Mix, you're right, I admit I took the lazy way out. I usually try and find the answers before I look. Anyway, thanks for the info, it will help me mount the HE as close to the ip as possible.
Ike

No problem, Ike. I hope I didn't come across the wrong way. It's hard to tell without voice inflection- strictly informational.

have a good weekend Omar

Take a look at this PSD install by the
Professor
http://www.frybrid.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4388
Omar
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Fellas think sticking the fphe right next to the bottom drain of an AL tank will be enough heat to get the oil flowing in winter?

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Originally posted by 123or124?:
Fellas think sticking the fphe right next to the bottom drain of an AL tank will be enough heat to get the oil flowing in winter?

Not if you live in a cold climate.

Professor's
2003 PSD is an early year model - 7.3.
see more at this link
http://www.frybrid.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4388&page=1&pp=10

O
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off topic:

Yep it never fails... speed boats, off-roading, hot-rodding...

there's always that one guy that can't be happy with average and just has to blow everyone out of the water with perfection... lol

reminds me of a guy I know with an all t-304 stainless steel chassis for his dragster...