Coolant Preheater
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Coolant Preheater
Has anyone heard of or have info on a mod that preheats your coolant. Heard that in really cold weather it helps to have the coolant warmed up some in order to facilitate starting and prevent cavitation??????
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thanx, I thought there might be a mod for the radiator also. I saw a product name on fleetguard's website. but could not get through the website to see exactly what it was. I am moving back up to upstate ny and want to set the truck up for success. I see you have a plow on yours. I am thinking about hooking one up on this one and trying to make a few extra bucks plowing. Any recommendations would be appreciated.
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Coolant heater can be installed in line with the heater hose. I have one in mine, it circulates the coolant in the engine and in the heater, so when you start the engine, there is almost warm air coming right out of the fan. Works on 110 volt. I also have a block heater installed. It is a u type element that works also on 110 volt. When I plug the two, it really warms up quickly, but it uses over 2000 watt. I could cut a 2 by 4 on the fly wheel of my house electrical unit.
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Could you pass along to me some more data on your coolant heater. Parts list, cost etc... Right now I'm living in North Carolina and they think I'm crazy. Originally I'm from Alberta and remember the cold days very much, NY had some cold ones too. I lived there for 6 years and am heading back, wanna set the truck up over the next couple months.
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Living in Nothern Minnesota, I've seen all kinda heaters, for all kinds of engines. From my experiance, the best you can do is, get a properly sized engine block heater and an oil pan heater. Plug them both into a Heavy Duty Timer. Set the timer to come on 2-3 hrs before you plan on firing the rig, and she'll start every morn.
The nice thing about the IH engines is the oil cooler actually helps heat the oil in cold weather, during cold starts.
You can get a couple of different oil pan heaters, they vary in price/quality.
http://www.jcwhitney.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10101&productId=2471&catalo gId=10101&langId=-1
http://www.dieselproducts.com/proheat/proheat_installation.html
The nice thing about the IH engines is the oil cooler actually helps heat the oil in cold weather, during cold starts.
You can get a couple of different oil pan heaters, they vary in price/quality.
http://www.jcwhitney.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10101&productId=2471&catalo gId=10101&langId=-1
http://www.dieselproducts.com/proheat/proheat_installation.html
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There is a company marketing a fuel fired, onboard engine coolant pre-heater. Comes with a timer or you can get a remote control. Set the preheater 1/2 hr before getting in the vehicle and the engine is near operating temperature and the defroster fan is kicked on too so that the windows are frost free and the interior is warm. They are calling this kit the "BlueHeat". I found this website that explains it. http://www.webasto.us/am/en/am_auto_heaters.html
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Changing the subject a bit, anyone seen a bad thermostat, cause the Tranny (E40D) to overheat and leak some out the Bell housing. BTW, I was on my way back from the International Shop with a new Thermostat when I smelled the leak and seen it hitting an Exhaust crossover. HMMMMM
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I had a leak, major leak, from the torque converter housing and it was bad news. The seal was blown from the shaft between the trany and the converter. The converter was blue, overheated badly.
Let us know, hope it is not the seal, I had my trany completely rebuilt.
Let us know, hope it is not the seal, I had my trany completely rebuilt.
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What is the deal with this "dealer installed" business when I looked up the previoulsy mentioned blue heat link. Anyone know if you can buy it wholesale with an instruction manual?
Last professional that installed trailer brake controller for me melted the wiring harness. Told him anyone caught using scotch-locks should have their ********* scotch-locked.
Do it yourself and know it is done properly....
