In another thread of mine I replied..

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Originally Posted by katja
....I agree, if you have a block heater & a place to plug it in, use it, it eliminates the rough idle & smoke at startup and sluggish feel when you first start driving plus it feels nice to have instant heat. ****

Instant heat??? on a 15*C day plugged in the block heater heats enough just to start, I'd hardly say "instant heat" Hmmm...Faulty Block heater!? can a block heater work, but not really well????

I can hear is sizzle when I plug it in like they all do, it's the type that is in the block and I'm going to assume it's original.

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