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1. [Fwd: Re:Engine Block Heater] (score: 1)
Author: gbaker@customcpu.com (Baker, G.)
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 14:04:43 -0800
Another good addition to the engine pre heaters is the flat type that glues onto the bottom of the oil pan. It gets the engine warm enough so as to circulate a little even in the coldest temps. Baker
/html/mgs/1999-09/msg00619.html (9,211 bytes)

2. Re: [Fwd: Re:Engine Block Heater] (score: 1)
Author: Rick Brown <mgrick@ptd.net>
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 19:16:08 -0400
I believe Ive also heard about a dip stick oil heater - looks like a dip stick with an electrical cord attached - just stick it in the dip hole and plug it in. If anyone finds one of these let me kn
/html/mgs/1999-09/msg00623.html (7,502 bytes)

3. Re: [Fwd: Re:Engine Block Heater] (score: 1)
Author: gbaker@customcpu.com (Baker, G.)
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 15:12:15 -0800
The dipstick heaters are famous for starting fires. Please be cautious. Baker
/html/mgs/1999-09/msg00624.html (7,068 bytes)

4. Re: [Fwd: Re:Engine Block Heater] (score: 1)
Author: ya632@victoria.tc.ca (artworks@bigfoot.com) (Paul Nelson)
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 17:07:57 -0700
Having driven my little '68 MGB an entire -40 C (although at -40 they cross, AFAIK) takeoff yourmufflerwiththesnowridgesintheroad Calgary winter (without a single damn Chinook) about ten years ago,
/html/mgs/1999-09/msg00626.html (7,648 bytes)

5. Re: [Fwd: Re:Engine Block Heater] (score: 1)
Author: Larry Macy <macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu>
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 23:56:47 -0400
I use a magnetic one. The magnet holds it to the bottom of the oil pan when it gets relly cold. Only one I could find that worked on my MIdget in WY and Colorado. Another option is a special heater f
/html/mgs/1999-09/msg00641.html (8,578 bytes)

6. Re: [Fwd: Re:Engine Block Heater] (score: 1)
Author: Rocky Frisco <rock@rocky-frisco.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 01:45:57 -0500
In Ontario in the 60s, we used to leave the engine running at medium idle all night at the ice races, with regular pit-crew visits to "blow it out" through the night. Alternatively (some rare times *
/html/mgs/1999-09/msg00644.html (8,557 bytes)

7. Re: [Fwd: Re:Engine Block Heater] (score: 1)
Author: Rick Brown <mgrick@ptd.net>
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 19:28:46 -0400
When I lived in Ottawa back in the late sixties - I had one of the freeze plug types in my TR**ph Spitfire and I agree they really work well. Rick
/html/mgs/1999-09/msg00690.html (7,841 bytes)

8. Re: [Fwd: Re:Engine Block Heater] (score: 1)
Author: dwilkins@wcta.net (Don Wilkins)
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 23:50:25 GMT
Where I live it really does get cold. I have seen -63. I have never heard of an oil dip stick heater causing a fire but perhaps it is because nobody around here uses them anymore. Once the frost plug
/html/mgs/1999-09/msg00695.html (8,597 bytes)


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