Thread: extreme cold and 300d's
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Old 11-01-2013, 10:11 AM
Brian Carlton Brian Carlton is offline
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Originally Posted by vstech View Post
yup.

however... if the motor is stone cold, and you turn on a block heater and there is 70mph wind (BRRRR!!! I DON"T WANNA WALK TO THE CAR IN THIS CASE)
the wind will also extend the amount of time needed for the heater to bring the motor up to starting temp. and if the heater is not a block variety, but a hose variety it can make it do absolutely nothing towards heating the motor, as the radiator will wick away all the heat. due to the wind.
Yes.

I wonder if anyone with the hose heaters failed to start due to heavy winds?

Those Webastos have quite a bit of power for a hose heater.
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