From: jonathon (jemery@execpc.com)
Date: Sat Dec 06 2003 - 23:32:19 PST
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>Has anyone had experience with the "oil pan pad" type heaters? This
>company offers a 1000 watt unit that is supposed to bring the oil temp
>from -40 to +60 F in a couple of hours. Their reasoning is that it is
>better to warm the oil, and let the heat rise, than it is to warm the
>engine, and allow it to start with frozen oil. It seems to make sense to
>me that warm oil is much better than frozen oil. Certainly the
>installation of these heater pads is far simpler than any other method.
>http://www.engineheaters.com/advantages.htm
>Do the hot water heaters actually warm the oil?
Yea but it seems to me the bigger problem with starting a cold diesel is
that you need to warm the head (actually the fuel in the injectors that are
in the head) for the engine to start. Issues of oil being cold and such
would seem to be seconday. You may want to run multiple heaters then. But
then that's just my opinion, your mileage may vary.
je
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