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Old 01-19-2008, 06:42 PM
Alberta Luthier Alberta Luthier is offline
High River Alberta Canada
 
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Location: High River, Alberta,Canada
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how warm

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Originally Posted by cavaliers16 View Post
So this may be a pretty stupid question, but how hot is the factory block heater supposed to get the engine? It seems as though mine isn't getting the job done. The valve cover is ice-cold to the touch, and the block is maybe 10 degrees warmer. The temp. gauge stays all the way down when I go to turn the car on.
my valve cover is warm after 3 hours plugged in at about freezing. How cold is it there?
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1983 300CD ('Stinky')155k miles, 2.47 diff, EGR removed, AAZ injectors with 265 nozzles from Sean,and vogtland lowering springs.
1984 300SD ('Old Blue')150k Klicks from Japan originally, came with rear head rests, no sunroof and never had an EGR
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