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All cars in northern Alberta have block heaters. I had mine on a timer so it came on at four in the morning to warm the engine. Did I ever drive away and forget to unplug it? No, no, no, never. Apart from the morning when it was 34 below and I arrived at work with 15 metres of cable trailing behind me....
Some of them are such a simple thing as well, a mini immersion heater in the place of one core plug. I am surprised the block heaters aren't fitted to everything considering how dirty cold engines run for the first few minutes ,they are a big help with the emissions battle.
Bob
The GM V8 ones are really simple to fit, beat out a core plug and tighten up the one screw, connect up 110v supply. Job done.
3,232 × 2,424Imagine my surprise when one morning taking my son to playschool, the truck was in the garage, put him in his seat threw the up & over door up leap in & fired up the engine, shot out of the door, behind us a mighty crash & cloud of dust!
The startrite bandsaw on its wheeled trolley had been behind the truck with its power lead coiled up hanging on the guide rail , a loop had fallen off & hooked onto the trucks bumper. I saw the carnage shut the door & didnt go in there for two days. Fortunately it was fixable.
The startrite bandsaw on its wheeled trolley had been behind the truck with its power lead coiled up hanging on the guide rail , a loop had fallen off & hooked onto the trucks bumper. I saw the carnage shut the door & didnt go in there for two days. Fortunately it was fixable.
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How much are they @8obSome of them are such a simple thing as well, a mini immersion heater in the place of one core plug. I am surprised the block heaters aren't fitted to everything considering how dirty cold engines run for the first few minutes ,they are a big help with the emissions battle.
Bob
The GM V8 ones are really simple to fit, beat out a core plug and tighten up the one screw, connect up 110v supply. Job done.
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Two wired in series no need for a transformer.Some of them are such a simple thing as well, a mini immersion heater in the place of one core plug. I am surprised the block heaters aren't fitted to everything considering how dirty cold engines run for the first few minutes ,they are a big help with the emissions battle.
Bob
The GM V8 ones are really simple to fit, beat out a core plug and tighten up the one screw, connect up 110v supply. Job done.
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That's pretty much exactly what every vehicle in Alberta had fitted. Ask you say, really simple. The big bonus is that the engine spins over and starts immediately instead of groaning through the treacle that the oil has turned into and dying until you fetch a truck battery to jump it from.Some of them are such a simple thing as well, a mini immersion heater in the place of one core plug. I am surprised the block heaters aren't fitted to everything considering how dirty cold engines run for the first few minutes ,they are a big help with the emissions battle.
Bob
The GM V8 ones are really simple to fit, beat out a core plug and tighten up the one screw, connect up 110v supply. Job done.
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There are a few second hand ones in the container, I will put your name on one when they surface. The ones I have are 1 1/`2" diameter.
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Does anyone have a link or an idea of one that would fit an L200 on a 12 plate please?Some of them are such a simple thing as well, a mini immersion heater in the place of one core plug. I am surprised the block heaters aren't fitted to everything considering how dirty cold engines run for the first few minutes ,they are a big help with the emissions battle.
Bob
The GM V8 ones are really simple to fit, beat out a core plug and tighten up the one screw, connect up 110v supply. Job done.
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There is a 42mm one on the bay of thieves https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/283424190405?var=0&mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&campid=5338343596&toolid=10001&customid=eb:g:vms:eb
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Cheers Bob. I now need to work out which hole that’s poked into. Any old core plug I would assume.There is a 42mm one on the bay of thieves https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/283424190405?var=0&mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&campid=5338343596&toolid=10001&customid=eb:g:vms:eb
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That’s 12v, surprisingly. I expected 110.
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To be honest I thought they were just a GM thing but after scratching about there seems to be a fair selection of sizes/voltages for other makes. If you knew the size of coreplug there may well be one made that will fit straight in.
Bob
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In Canada they were always 240 volt. Fit in whichever core plug is easiest. They only need to be on for three hours, which is why I fitted a timer at the end of the extension lead.
Every car in Alberta has a plug sticking out of the hood, which has led visitors to ask if my V8 Chevy Impala was electric!
you can get 240v engine heaters, which fit to a hose, I'll try to think of the mane of them
it's a heater with a pump built in, so it heats the engine coolant and pumps it around I always thought about fitting one and adding a relay to turn the heater fan on, so it would defrost the glass and warm up the cab too :-)
it's a heater with a pump built in, so it heats the engine coolant and pumps it around I always thought about fitting one and adding a relay to turn the heater fan on, so it would defrost the glass and warm up the cab too :-)
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Kenlowe (?) made something that did all that. Couldn’t fit it on a scania I believe. Something to do with the engine water pump not going the conventional way but I can’t really remember as it was a long time ago. The Landy guys liked them on the V8s
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Kenlow used to make them, don’t know if they still do.
EDIT, beaten to it by James. Mrs C’s step father had one fitted to his Saab some years ago.
