redghost wrote:
I always was under the impression that all the cars had block heater,
but not all cars had the cord. The e300d has no cord, but being cali
car did get a block heater. in L.A.
Starting in the early/mid '80s all US delivered diesels had block
heaters (but cords were dealer installed, often only if requested). Car
delivered elsewhere didn't have heaters unless they were ordered as options.
Johnny B.s 190D 2.5 and my 2.0 are Euro cars and were NOT equipped with
block heaters from the factory. They will reliably start down to about
10-15 below zero F without a block heater (providing the fuel is treated
and the preheating circuitry is working properly. Few European cars
south of the Scandinavian countries were ordered with block heaters.
Marshall
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Marshall Booth (who doesn't respond to unsigned questions)
"der Dieseling Doktor" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
'87 300TD 182Kmi, '84 190D 2.2 229Kmi, '85 190D 2.0 161Kmi, '87 190D 2.5
turbo 237kmi
