Re: Experiences With Engine Heaters?

Posted by Harold Hubbard on January 22, 2002 at 04:53:28 from (216.114.175.235):

In Reply to: Experiences With Engine Heaters? posted by TMAC on January 22, 2002 at 02:49:23:

In my opinion the best heater is a "frost plug" type. This inserts directly into the block ,either screwing into an existing tapped hole or locking into a frost plug hole like a boiler plug. It heats the coolant directly, without any losses into the air. My second choice would be a tank heater, which is plumbed up with short hoses. The dipstik heaters just fry the oil, and the only advantage I can see to the magnetic ones is being able to use them on more than one engine.

Around here, many of the loggers and constuction guys use a set of hoses with quick connects that hook right into the heater hose on their pickups. Works anywhere you can drive a pickup to, and you can hook up booster cables at the same time if your battery is a little weak. This setup will warm up even a big engine fairly quickly, but don't expect to sit in the truck with the heater running and stay warm, all the heat is going into the other engine.

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