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Rick (12.250.237.189)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, January 26, 2003 - 1:03 pm: | |
When preheating with a webasco or other coolant
heater is there any concerns about
Hot coolant running though a cold engine? |
Abajaba (12.217.194.128)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, January 26, 2003 - 3:56 pm: | |
I have had to do that several times lately in Iowa and Illinois for work. The mechanics don't cringe or anything when the heater is mentioned and that is how the newer MCI vehicles are set up. One of the 102's that we have doesn't even have a block heater. But down to about 5 degrees outside temperature, you turn the Webasto on for 10 minutes and she starts like it is summer. Even has the temp gauge on the dash off the peg a little bit when the engine is started. |
J Clark (205.188.209.11)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, January 26, 2003 - 5:08 pm: | |
I have always been a firm believer of engine pre-heating and practice it often. If night time temperatures drop into the 40's I will preheat the engine before starting (one to two hours). It also called being neighborly as the engine won't smoke a bit if preheated. The way I see it, smoke is bad, clean is good.
I have never encountered or heard of anyone having a problem with heated coolant running through a cold engine. I suppose if you sent boiling water through your system you might have problems, but your webasto system has a thermostat to preclude that, not to mention the water would cool pretty quickly as it entered the cold block. Maybe Luke has additional info. Enjoy! jc |