> Also, as far as I know, there is no way to > install a block heater, even in the Vanagon water-cooled models as > there are no frost plugs. Block heaters are something you southern > folks won't know anything about, but they are high wattage 120volt > plug-in heaters which warm your engine blocks and are required if you > want to be able to start your vehicle once it drops below -20 degrees > --------------------------------- > > Yes, you can get block heaters for the WBX. Both of my vans have them, 84 > and 87. Its an external heating element plate which fits under the case, > near the drain plug. It heats the case and oil. This isn't a true block heater...it's basically an oil pan heater. I believe most drivers who live in the snow belt would refer to a block heater as one which has a heating element that inserts into the engine block through a "frost plug". The Vanagon block heater-wanna-be is virtually useless in unsheltered locations where the cold winter wind blows under and around the vehicle...taking any "block heater" heat with it. VW Vanagon engineers haven't a clue what real winter is like. Roy Olynick '87 Westfalia GL (till death do us part) |
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