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Originally Posted by RSHIP63
also anybody know anything about a lower radiator hose heater? are they any good? looks like something i'd be willing to tackle!
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I have one on my '85 300D-T (W123, OM617); got it from Diesel Giant. Works great, draws more power (~600 Watts) than the factory block heater (~400 Watts).
I would have preferred installing the factory heater, even bought one, but discovered that the trap cat in my CA-version car made access to that part of the block almost impossible. So I sold the factory heater and bought the lower radiator hose heater.
Having replaced the trap cat with a test pipe, if I had to do it over, now I would install the factory heater.
Jeremy
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