BUT they are most likely a whole lot easier to install and if one needs
to do it quickly in the cold, then why not?
Put the real one on the list for repairs to be done in warmer weather
along with a new rad hose.
Randy whose truck wouldn't start this morning most likely because the
block heater cord was not firmly pushed into the outlet on the garage wall
On 19/01/2012 4:14 PM, Dieselhead wrote:
The radiator hose kind are not near as effective as the block heater.
For twice the electricity, the heater hose 1500W with pump work on
older cars, but you have to leave the heater valves turned on. I
don't think it works with the monovalve cars.
Far and away the best is the block heater. The maggot (magnet) type
might get you through this winter, but if yours has a block heater,
buy the cord and some zip ties to fasten the cord.
Of the choices previously presented, the magnetic heater (around
400W, if my memory serves me correctly) if by far the least intrusive.
I never liked the "cut the radiator hose and insert" type of heater...
Just my $0.02.
Dan
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