Do I need a block heater?

[Grit dog]

40 below and uphill to school ....both ways!
And Cummins doesn’t have glow plugs.

 

[Grit dog]

Iiiiiits 40 below, don’t give a ****.
Gotta heater in my truck, and I’m off to the rodeo!

 

[Shorty81]

It's allemande left allemande right come on you f#####g dummy get your right step right...

 

[Turbo4whl]

Is that the recirculating type? Or where does it go?

Yes, recirulating. To install, remove the block drain, (1/4" pipe thread) on the passenger side of the engine. 5/8" heater hose from the new fitting installed in the block drain to the lower fitting of the block heater (90 degree).

Cut the heater hose that goes to the top of the intake manifold. Install the "T". Top fitting on the block heater to that "T". Best to have the block heater inlet lower than engine block drain that feeds it.

The block heater has a check valve at the inlet so it will not effect normal heater hose flow.

 

[AuroraGirl]

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Yes, recirulating. To install, remove the block drain, (1/4" pipe thread) on the passenger side of the engine. 5/8" heater hose from the new fitting installed in the block drain to the lower fitting of the block heater (90 degree).

Cut the heater hose that goes to the top of the intake manifold. Install the "T". Top fitting on the block heater to that "T". Best to have the block heater inlet lower than engine block drain that feeds it.

The block heater has a check valve at the inlet so it will not effect normal heater hose flow.

I should get that kind for my square eventually, being its a plow truck. cut down on warm up time for sure.

 

[Matt69olds]

40 below and uphill to school ....both ways!
And Cummins doesn’t have glow plugs.

You’re correct. Cummins use a grid heater instead of glow plugs. I don’t know if your reply was directed at me, I’m too lazy to go back and look at my comments. If I said glow plugs I’ll revise my statement.

 

[Vbb199]

Plan C: move somewhere where heaters arent necessary

 

[Vbb199]

Kidding, obviously some of you fine gentlemen can't really help that.

 

[82sbshortbed]

4 pages and the op has never come back. How does he know if he needs one or not. Lol

 

[Ricko1966]

If you had 2 block heaters and Tommy had 1 block heater and you sold 5 block heaters. CTFO haven't we told him all he needs to know about block heaters?

Don't make me derail this with another cat post.

 

[82sbshortbed]

Don't make me derail this with another cat post.

If it's got buttered toast on it's back I'm game. Lol

 

[shiftpro]

From the "Great White North"
First time you crank the engine in -25c, which is a lot of the time up here in winter you will know the answer.
Spending hours and $$$ in mornings, freezing your butt trying to get some place, Sucks!

Where in Canada is Parksville?

 

[Vbb199]

If you had 2 block heaters and Tommy had 1 block heater and you sold 5 block heaters. CTFO haven't we told him all he needs to know about block heaters?

Don't make me derail this with another cat post.

Yet ANOTHER thread that goes on for dayyyyysssssssss about a specific topic.
Damn everyone must be bored.

 

[shiftpro]

They make high quality block heaters that replace frost plugs. It's a machined brass plug with an O ring. Stay away from the pressed steel type plugs.
When I lived and worked in the oil field in Saskatchewan I had to face minus 30C all the time. I had two frost plug type heaters plus and inline to the heater hose and an internal AC heater. I needed a 30amp plug to handle it all. Wired in a 110/220 timer to turn it on at 3am.

 

[82sbshortbed]

This thread made think of this song lmfao

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