Re: Block heaters?

[Brett Van Sprewenburg <brett@netacc.net>]

>I have thought of getting a block heater for my car.  I have to 
>leave at around 7:00 am, so there is not a lot of time for me to run 
>up a very long, very cold, very snowy, and very slippery set of 
>stairs with 10 inches of snow to start my car 5 mins sooner.  Would 
>a VW diesel block warmer work?  I tried looking at a diesel Rabbit, 
>but the electrical cord went behind the engine, and I could not see 
>it.  Is the wamer an oil warmer or a freeze-plug style coolant 
>warmer?
>


The only block heater in a gas VW I've ever seen was a freeze plug type,
and I'd classify it as a dismal failure.  It had come loose allowing
the coolent to leak out very nicely...based on that experience (Mike's
16v donor car was in _such_ nice condition :) ) I'd never get one.

Run 10w30 or lighter, make sure you have good clean battery wires (at
both ends!) and a good battery.  YOu might want to consider upgrading
your wires to something like 4ga.  Check out the quickcable website
for info on this, there's link off scirocco.org

==Brett

\/  '84 Scirocco (ITB racer 2B) | "Hot VW's, take two home. They're small"
\/\/ '88 Scirocco 16v (Show), '85 Scirocco (Winter) | - brett@netacc.net

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