1000watt heating element in the block to warm the motor and coolant.

I had to change out my corroded plug before this season.





Adrianspeeder

 

so what happens if you don't have the block heater?

 

To hijack that classic line from Planes, Trains, and Automobiles -- "You're fu*ked!"

 

then in super sub-zero weather your truck may take a little while to start- the heater reduces wear on the engine components, starter- the initial crank will burn the gas more efficiently

 

Gassers waaaaay below 0 won't start, and diesels below freezing start funny and don't have a defroster fer awhile.

Adrianspeeder

 

Last year, my rear transfer case seal went out because it was cold-cracked, but it was -72 F. Also, the serpentine belt started to come apart, but it needed replaced anyway. The defroster also had a hard time keeping up with it.

 

ive seen -20
but -72 WTF



n anyone else experiencing your squirts to freeze?
these past few weeks with all the lake effect snow n ice its always been one or the other windshield squirts wont work =\

 

Yeah, it was an unusually cold snap around Northway, AK, not too far from the Yukon border... I was puckering pretty good, since it was 2:30 in the morning.

 

yep it was -35*F about a week ago-and tried to squirt the window to clear the frost buildup... fyi, the mr clean green windshield washerfluid that says its good to -30*F well, they aren't lying about 3pm when we reached our high of -28*F the fluid was flowing again

-72 below has got to be sucky, as well as expensive with seals cracking etc.. !! - my truck has seen -43 below, w/ W.C of -80*F cold'nuff for me.

 

All of our vehicles have block heaters. I drive the Samurai to work and my boss lets me plug it in at work too. My husband thinks I look a little redneck driving it though. One day, when he started it and unplugged it, he wrapped the extension cord around the front bumper so I drove it to work that way. Now I do that every day beats having to fight with the cord every time, I just unwrap what I need and leave the rest on the bumper!!