block heater question

[huntnphool]

My neighbor has a diesel Ford.  He plugs it in every night.  Bet it's a lot easier on the engine start-up, even with glow plugs.

I plug mine in at night as well.

[whitey]

My neighbor has a diesel Ford.  He plugs it in every night.  Bet it's a lot easier on the engine start-up, even with glow plugs.

I plug mine in at night as well.

Yep me to. The truck starts so much easier.

[deadwoodbuck]

done...i'm pluggin it in when I get home from work and see what happens in the morning...hopefully it won't be a smoking heap of rubble...thanks

[washelkhunter]

750watt element just a monitor heater, next time you drain the antifreeze stepup to a 1250-1500W. Instant cabin heat/defrost even at subzero temps.

[huntnphool]

done...i'm pluggin it in when I get home from work and see what happens in the morning...hopefully it won't be a smoking heap of rubble...thanks

If your heater is working you will be amazed how fast it cranks and starts in the morning.

[Rick]

If you want heat even faster,cut a piece of cardboard that fits behind the grill. Its ghetto,but cheaper than an actual winter front for the few times a year it gets really cold on the westside.

[JackOfAllTrades]

Any time below 35 degrees, I park my Power Stroke indoors and plug it in.   -Along with some Power Service in the tank as soon as winter diesel is at the pumps.
 
Much nicer semi-cold starts!   (Not to mention the new/rebuilt Fuel Injection Control Module with an Atlas40 tune)
 
-Steve

[Dick in the Dirt]

When you plug your truck in sure and hang the cord over your mirror.There will be days that your in a hurry,and the cord is following you to work.Almost as  funny as a gas nozzle.

[JackOfAllTrades]

When you plug your truck in sure and hang the cord over your mirror.There will be days that your in a hurry,and the cord is following you to work.Almost as  funny as a gas nozzle.

In 180,000 miles, I did this  ONCE!  Glad it was a short cord.

[snocohunter]

750watt element just a monitor heater, next time you drain the antifreeze stepup to a 1250-1500W. Instant cabin heat/defrost even at subzero temps.

Where do you get the upgraded element? I hate a cold truck in the morning. And don't trust my crack head neighbors with it idling for 20min

[Hawgdawg]

The way I was shown was to tie wire a electric hot plate to the bottom of your oil pan. Worked well in -40. Usually didn't shut the diesels off, just let them run 24/7.
 I guess that's old school cause I had one truck for 3 years and never took the key's out of it.

[wildweeds]

I managed to swap mine out on my 7.3 powerstroke with some farm kid ingenuity,It took two of us but I didn't drain the antifreeze/coolant out of it.I got underneath and got the element broke loose,then I took the radiator cap off and had my old lady put her hand over the radiator neck to create a good seal,climbed under spun the old one out and the new one in while it was airlocked.Spilled just a tiny amount,like less than a cup.

[huntnphool]

Oh brother, it's not like its that cold for that long around here, plugging it in at night will be just fine, grow a pair for gods sake!

[biggfish]

The purpose of the block heater is for start up, diesels don't like to start under 30 degrees, so it won't take for ever for your glow plugs to heat up enough for start up. If its giving you a head start on having heat in the cab that just a by product.

[DRobnsn]

The purpose of the block heater is for start up, diesels don't like to start under 30 degrees, so it won't take for ever for your glow plugs to heat up enough for start up. If its giving you a head start on having heat in the cab that just a by product.

Cummins don't have glow plugs. Only a grid heater in the intake. When I plugged mine in during temps like this there was no need to even wait for the grid heater to run just fire it up.