Hey folks. The old 1996 Trep has starting issues when it gets ReallyFrigginCold and so I decided that, this year, I wasn't going to mess with it.
I went to Advance Auto and had them look up lower rad heaters, because I heard they were easiest to install. Didn't have any, but they did have an external tank heater for the Trep and some freeze plug heaters. I bought the external tank heater because I've only dealt with freeze plugs a few times on friends' projects and the experiences were unexciting in the least. I contacted a local, trusted mechanic about putting it in, but he had doubts as to whether or not it would work. He said that on many modern cars, there are "valves" in the heater lines that shut off when the car is off, preventing ambient flow of coolant, thus a tank heater won't work -- it'll just heat up the fluid in the hoses and shut off because nothing will flow. Has anyone here installed an external tank heater, lower rad hose heater, or freeze plug heater? Or oil pan heater? If so, which did you install, brand, where'd you get it, and how hard was it? Looking for a good solution to keeping the car warm and running... Nathan -- ------------------------------------- Nathan E. Pralle Give the Director a Serpent Deflector www.nathanpralle.com ------------------------------------- -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.13.13/197 - Release Date: 12/9/2005 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/46t0lB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Web: <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid> Subscribe: <mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribe: <mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Moderator: <mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
