engine block heater - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

dubadxx · #14 01-08-2014, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by minsk

so it turned out i had a poopy battery.
got a new one from autozone H8-AGM.
$165.00 ugh
it was 5° here today.
she fired right up no issues.
wweeeee.

now tho pesky power locks

EDIT: no problem starting at -2° also. god, i hate the cold weather tho.

Got the Bosch 49-850B at PepBoys, out the door for $98.36. 20% off online order minus another $15 core charge. 36 mos free replacement, etc.
Still need to get my lower rad heater installed. Should've had my shop do it last week when I had the valves adjusted and my oil leaks fixed.
I still need a decent starter and winter oil. I diluted the Rotella 15w40 with Marvel Mystery Oil and it seems to thin it out. Still getting a long, hard start below zero, afraid it's going to kill the starter. Tooo cold to check glows, but they were changed in '09, prolly a couple are dead.
This is the '84 300d I had shipped to me in Cincinnati from Portland, OR back in sept.