ford escort mk3 bio diesel fitted with hho generator

my mk3 estate fitted with a homemade hho generator made from a stainless steel preserve jar, stainless fishing line as the element supported in a coil by two pieces of perspex formed in a cross.
the side of the jar is earthed and a 12 volt feed goes to the element.
jar is filled with 1 litre rainwater and a teaspoon baking soda producing 2.45 amps cold and 11.43 amps hot.
Engine is a low mileage 1.8 diesel recently fitted to replace the old diesel which had a cracked block.
Car has done 172,000 miles and wears 99% original paint.

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[cyrix01]

Love that Hella light grill. That stuff is just plain neat. Too bad it's all but gone nowadays.

[mk3stargazer]

@cyrix01 There is only a few Mk3 Escorts left on the Island where i live, and I own two of them!

eBay is good for keeping them going,Always find a bargain on there when needed!

[brian93ist]

@mk3stargazer neat can

[cyrix01]

@mk3stargazer They look good. Yeah, eBay is a great resource.

[mk3stargazer]

Working it out in KM i get 4.5L/93KM and i used to have a clock in it but now have a standard van speedo unit fitted so it shows fuel and temp where the clock used to be

[christy2drag]

And what kind of mileage do you get with HHO?

I used to own a MK3 Diesel and it used to average 5l/100 KM. I used to shift gears by ear(it had a clock instead of a tachometer on the dashboard), but i knew other people who had a tach and managed to get about 3.5l/100km by shifting at ~2100 RPM.

[mk3stargazer]

I recently fitted a newer engine and proper Diesel gearbox and it averages on our small island around 58mpg,and slightly more on a Mainland/motorway run.

I put it through the MOT and the emissions were amazingly low!

[christy2drag]

And what's the fuel consumption when the generator is on?

[mk3stargazer]

Yes i drilled and tapped a hole and screwed a union in the inlet manifold.

[christy2drag]

Where do you feed the brown gas from the HHO generator to the engine? Through the air intake?