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- From: dscott@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Doug Scott)
- Subject: Re: Extending engine life--Block heater
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- Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 02:35:09 GMT
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- In <102245@netnews.upenn.edu> george@mech.seas.upenn.edu writes:
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- >:
- >:>My boss swears by these. He has his hooked up to a timer on the
- >:>electrical outlet, so it only heats up the engine for two hours
- >:>before he leaves for work.
- >:I'm always afraid one of these will malfunction and set fire to the oil on
- >:my block.
-
- >the ones i've seen are water heaters, that go in line in your
- >cooling system ( into the car's heater line i suppose ) I dont
- >think there is much danger of fire there. If you were directly
- >heating the oil maybe there would be cause for concern...
-
- I have seen those in the hose heaters and up here in **frosty**
- Canada people recommend against them. Normal block heaters go in
- those little round plugs that pop out to stop freezing coolant
- from cracking your block, and they heat the coolant directly!!
-
- I have never seen a heater that heats the oil except those for VW
- air cooled motors ( no coolant ) which actually bolts on the
- bottom of the oil pan.
-
- One more thing, do you think an electric element will create
- enough heat to catch your oil on fire compared to your exhaust
- manifold throws off??? I don't ( in my immeasurable engineering
- opinion ) think so.
-