Re: Deisel engine block heaters

Posted by paul on December 10, 2000 at 18:08:16 from (209.181.177.146):

In Reply to: Deisel engine block heaters posted by Ron C on December 10, 2000 at 16:46:07:

I have mostly tank heaters, so I just plug it in & wait 2 minutes, better feel it warm up by then or something isn't right. A block heater would take longer to notice, but you should feel some heat in a few minutes?

As to how long, that very much depends on how cold (and are you indoors or outside in the wind?), how big an engine (volume of antifreeze/metal to heat), and what wattage your heater is. When it's 15 below it takes about 2 hours for my engine to be good enough to start. When it's 15 degrees outside, mine fires up after 30 minutes or so. Maybe could be on longer to get it nice & warmed up, but that's what works for me. Without any heater, my tractor starts at about 20-25 degrees on it's own.

After an hour or two, the 1500 watt tank heater on my 85 hp tractor makes the engine block warm enough for me to notice by touching the block when my tractor is in a shed, out of the wind.

Don't know if this helps, hard to give you any valid answer to your questions.

--->Paul

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