I put block heaters in both my 240's, one was pretty easy one was hard to break the Allen plug loose and I had to buy a 19mm Allen wrench which is huge and of course I only used it once. But the block heaters are the next best thing to Mexico . Max
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On Nov 27, 2013, at 5:39 AM, "Steve Parolin" <stevenparolin@yahoo.com> wrote:
> My car does not have a block heater and I dread what might happen if I pull a freeze plug in a 30 year old car.
>
> Its cold now and do not have use of my garage due to another project and the quickest way to get a block heater is with one of those magnetic ones.
>
> Any one have any experience with the magnetic block heaters ? Do they work as expected ? Do you need to pull them off before driving ?
>
> I had a car with an inline tank heater, boy that thing got hot, unfortunatly, that was all that got hot so I dont want to go that route.
>
> Thanks
> Steve
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> --- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, Max temple <jasperezra@...> wrote:
>>
>> I've used summer diesel at well under 20 degrees lots of times. Diesels can
>> get very hard to start when the temps drop. Most of these cars on this list
>> are old with worn engines which leads to hard starting in cold weather. Get
>> a block heater, these cars love them. Plug it into a timer so it wont run
>> all night. They use 400W, at 500W around here it would cost .05 a hour. Max
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 10:12 AM, Michael E. Williams <attymw@...>wrote:
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>>>
>>> Well its at last night in the garage heated up and it started fine this
>>> morning. I also got the white bottle and put that in the tank.
>>>
>>> Oddly the Kroger company was unable to tell me what type of diesel they
>>> have saying it is a proprietary interest?
>>>
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>>> * From: * Max temple <jasperezra@...>;
>>> * To: * <diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com>;
>>> * Subject: * Re: [diesel_mercedes] No Start
>>> * Sent: * Tue, Nov 26, 2013 2:43:11 AM
>>>
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>>>
>>> You dont have jelled fuel unless maybe it's been below 20 degrees for a
>>> few days. But when it gets below around 35 degrees diesels can get harder
>>> to start. Depending on many things. Best thing to do for a diesel in winter
>>> is get a block heater. If you live where it gets into the 30's and below,
>>> first line of defense is a 400 W block heater. Put it on a timer to run the
>>> hours you will need to start. 30 degree temp. only a couple of hours. -20
>>> all night. Block heaters is the best friend of old diesels unless you live
>>> in LA, then 60 degrees is cold. Max
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 11:35 AM, <attymw@...> wrote:
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>>>>
>>>> Well winter is here and I did not get the white bottle. I think I have
>>>> gelled diesel fuel.
>>>>
>>>> I tried the hand pump and the fuel comes out the hand pump like it is not
>>>> getting any further past it. Clogged filters or something.
>>>>
>>>> Jumping the car did not help although battery was way down from so many
>>>> attempts to start.
>>>>
>>>> Car worked fine this morning.
>>>>
>>>> Mike (71 220D)
>>>>
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