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Originally Posted by ajohansson
I know it takes a vegtherm like 40 seconds to get fully hot. Would there be problem with putting the trigger for the vegtherm on the ignition so the VO is getting heated at start up and as soon as I reach 160 degree engine temp I can switch over. WHat i want to alleviate is having to switch a vegtherm on with one switch 40 seconds befoer my valves. If I can leave it on all the time it would make for easeri operation for when the wife drives it. I have also heard about coking or burning inside a vegetherm and creating little flakes. Has anyone experienced this. My instalation would be post filter so I do have concerns about this occuring.
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The Vegthern uses a Bosch relay. Mine is wired on my Pollak valve so ONLY when I'm on my front tank is it always on. My '97 has two stock tanks. No Vegtherm switch. No fear of it draining my batteries should I forget to switch it off. You can use a fuse tap to prevent this. I had a polymerization clog in mine this past September. To clean the snot I used a rifle bore cleaning brush. I too feared that chicken skin flakes would dislodge so I put in a 26 micron ss screen filter made by Holley post Vegtherm. There are inexpensive inline see through glass filters at Summit Racing for less than $15. Many have used them post Vegtherm without a problem, but I have a problem with glass at hot temps.
This photo of a Cummins with the filter is from PlantDrive's website.
