I have a 2016 Ford F150 5.0 liter on order, but there was not a factory option for an engine block heater. I am moving to Wyoming in May and will need the engine block heater for the hard winters there. Has anyone installed an after market engine block heater on their 5.0 liter? If so, what are your suggestions?

 

Ford sells a block heater with that engine in many markets. If you wanted to go with Ford parts, you should be able to do that without issues.

That being said, I can't see a downside to using another aftermarket brand, since a block heater is such a simple device.

I have no brand suggestions.

 

Certain states get block heaters standard. Does Wyoming trucks get the block heater? if so, Id get the Ford set up. I found it. WY is one of the block heater states. (My 2013 has it because it was from Wisconsin which got the block heater, but I live in IL which isn't a block heater state) and Ive never used it and probably never will.

 

My truck came with one and I live in the Texas Hill Country. I think it went below freezing less than 12 days this year where I live. If you are going to park outside every night, you might want a battery heater too.

 

I ordered through a dealer outside Wyoming because at the time I did not know I was moving there. I know the build hasn't started yet so I'll go back to the dealer and see if they can add it. If not, I'll try to find an after market unit.

 

I got one standerd up in canada on my 3.5na and my 5.0

 

I went back to the dealer and they said they do not have that option on their order form. I am going to have the truck delivered in Wyoming so hopefully when the factory sees the destination they will install the engine block heater.

 

I wouldn't worry about the block heater.

Where in WY are you moving to? I've never had any trouble starting until it gets south of -10* F. We had a few mornings like that this winter, and at -18* my wife's Odyssey had a tough time cranking fast enough to start. It did eventually start, but the battery must be getting a bit week. It's only a 530 CCA battery, so I cut it some slack.

My F150 has a 750 CCA battery and cranks at 0* much like it does at 50*, no noticeable slowdown. If my Odyssey had that battery it wouldn't have given me any trouble that morning. I have the block heater, and I use it to decrease warmup times because I don't like being cold. I don't think it's necessary here in Minnesota, and the averages I pulled for Casper, WY suggest that you're going to be warmer than we are.

 

I'll be in the Rock Springs area.

 

It gets cold there, but it looks like we average around 5* colder than you in the middle of winter. Ford equips all their vehicles sold here with block heaters, but I believe those are the only ones.

Perhaps 1/6th of all vehicles up here have block heaters, and just about all of those are Fords, presumably because it's standard on everything sold here. I really don't think it gets cold enough to worry about it; I wouldn't pay to add one if it wasn't already on the truck.

 

I'm in northern WI and I never plug my gas trucks in. Biggest reason being is there is no place to plug into at work. Most modern vehicles seem to start just fine at -15, even -20. Seldom gets colder than -20 here.

 

Being up here in canuck-land, I know a thing or two about cold temps. Plugging in your truck does help, but if everything else is in percect condition, it's not really "required".

If your truck has a weak battery, and they all get to that state eventually, it helps a lot.
Cold is really hard on batteries, especially if they aren't in a state of 100% charge.

I rarely plug in my vehicles, but when I do, I also slap on a battery charger or battery tender overnight.

Some folks have battery warmers as well, or oil pan warmers, or best of all, coolant circulating heaters!