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Originally Posted by rburt07
The shop foreman said, new block heaters. Could be he means those coming out on the 2008 models won't work till the temp is below zero degrees. I did not ask if the over the counter block heaters were that way.
Mine also heats the engine at any temperature. So far I have used it down to 30 degrees. I wanted to know just how hot the engine should be after a few hours of being plugged in. At 30 degrees the engine is hot to the touch but the scan gauge reads it at 100-125 degrees.. Thats about 1/4 scale on the temp gauge on my TCH. Using the BH on a 50 deg day the engine temp will read about 150 degrees.
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The new 08 may be using a coolant heater where the one I got for my 07 goes in the hole in the cylinder head not the coolant. When starting mine (after heater has been plugged in) 1 hour, the temp gauge reads 1/4 way up but after engine runs 30 seconds comes down all the way when the cooler coolant hits the sending switch. Drive 1/4 of a block and it is up to normal operating temps so my conclusion is that it helps warm up quicker as it usually takes a 1-1 1/2 miles to warm up without the heater on.