IIRC the problem with a dipstick heater is that cold oil won't radiate heat
well enough and can cause oil to burn to the stick when it gets hot.
Also IIRC the best use for a dipstick heater is to keep a warm engine warm
overnight. The one I found on Amazon is only 90w so keeping it on overnight
wouldn't be that bad electric-bill-wise. At $13 from Amazon it might be worth
it if you lived somewhere it didn't get all that cold for all that long.
-Curt
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:46:25 -0500
From: andrew strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com>
To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Really Stupid Question
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DIpstick heater worked great in my '59 Volvo during the harsh St. Paul
(MN) winter of '69. I also brought in the battery every night...
On 1/19/12, Allan Streib <str...@cs.indiana.edu> wrote:
> And FWIW, the "dipstick" heaters (heater that you insert into the oil
> dipstick tube) are useless.
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