Tag: block heaters
6 Posts
Mar 01, 2010
Does "tucking your car in" at night do any good?
I need your help! My significant other has been placing a blanket over her engine for years now. During spells of extreme Minnesota winter weather, she'll go out and throw the blanket over the engine and close the hood. She's...
Jan 01, 2010
Is a block heater a must-have in extremely cold climates?
I live in interior Alaska, and it gets cold. How cold, you ask? It's been -40 F (that's negative 40) for the past week or so. My husband and I go back and forth as to whether to keep the car's...
Feb 01, 2009
Find out if a block heater might help your car.
Help! I have an '04 Chevy Trailblazer, and I live in the far north of Canada. It's minus 24 degrees as I write this. Can you tell me what the benefit is, to my engine, of using a block heater?...
Jul 01, 1997
My diesel engine won't start anymore when the temperature drops. What are my options?
I have a Mercedes D with miles In the warm months I have no problem starting this car But for the past couple of winters it struggled to start when the temperature fell to around F and refused to start...
Jun 01, 1997
Would you recommend getting a block heater to improve passenger compartment heating in Colorado?
I have an early Ford Explorer or I can't remember I live in Colorado where you can see purple mountains' majesty in the color of one's exposed skin on a brisk zero-degree day I would like to put an engine...
Nov 01, 1994
In your columns on the vices virtues of allowing a...
In your columns on the vices virtues of allowing a car to warm up on a cold morning I don't recall you discussing the use of an engine pre-heater With the cold winters where I live in Montana many cars...