Any use a block heater "just for the heck of it?"

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Any use a block heater "just for the heck of it?"

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01-24-2013, 09:09 PM

Graplr

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Quote:

Originally Posted by kerry

If you have the factory block heater, you get almost instant heat. A lower radiator hose heater doesn't supply heat as quickly.

Really? I've never had a lower radiator heater but I really haven't noticed faster heat in the cab using any block heater I've had. It helps with starts but it is not like the coolant ever gets close to operating temperature. I was never scientific about it but it always seemed to me to be no difference in getting heat in the cab. Now the Webasto's, that is a different story.

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