As you can tell in my sig, I feel that an engine block heater is rather necessary for the AV at 10,000 ft at our cabin on cold winter nights. It can get down right cold up there.
The AV starts great on cold starts. One night it just got too cold up there and there isn't much civilization around there. Last winter, it got down to -15 degrees
. The cold start was sluggish and a bit longer as a result.
As I understand it, the engine block heater would prevent sluggish starts in the cold regardless of the temperature, right?
What I'm interested in seeing are your experiences with the engine block heater and if they're really worth it or not.
What I'd also like to know is if anyone had to pay labor for the installation of it. We were told that it would be $35 for the heater and another $70 for the labor
That seems a little high if you ask me.
So if you would, let me know your experiences and if you had to pay labor for the heater installation.
(BTW-feel free to move this if needed-I tried using the Search button but the results wouldn't load
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The AV starts great on cold starts. One night it just got too cold up there and there isn't much civilization around there. Last winter, it got down to -15 degrees
As I understand it, the engine block heater would prevent sluggish starts in the cold regardless of the temperature, right?
What I'm interested in seeing are your experiences with the engine block heater and if they're really worth it or not.
What I'd also like to know is if anyone had to pay labor for the installation of it. We were told that it would be $35 for the heater and another $70 for the labor
So if you would, let me know your experiences and if you had to pay labor for the heater installation.
(BTW-feel free to move this if needed-I tried using the Search button but the results wouldn't load