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I live in the PNW and wanted to try a different approach.
1. clean no motor air 2. Instant with out motor running. 3. not gasoline. Reading about auxi. heaters for years, I always wanted a Wabasto Esenbacher OR or similar, with the no idle laws in place they became much more affordable, but run on diesel, yes they make gasoline (not what I wanted) Price new 1100-2000 Searching around I found a propane fired unit Propex hs200, $700 more the teener price range. I did consider the deisel wabasto ,but I dont like the smell of deisel and propane has the nasty odor for saftey. I was still not sure how the thing would perform so I did a quicky install. I only had to drill 2 - 1 inch holes and various screw hole , not bad. As I said this is the quicky install for testing.............so far so good. here is the unit; http://westyventures.com/propex.html Attached image(s) ![]() |
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A gas leak will be a problem regardless of where the tank is mounted assuming the heater is in the passenger compartment. You will need to run a line for propane to the passenger footwell where the heater is mounted. This means possibilities for leaks. Maybe you could mount the small canisters in the engine compartment and run the propane line from there. Maybe mount the heater in the engine compartment and use the existing heat tubes that come with the car.
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