Magnetic heaters work great in conjunction with a engine block heater but are not a replacement. As for rad hose heaters my experience is they don't work, because of the closed thermostat there is no circulation through the block.
Kubota M59 block heater install
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Magnetic heaters work great in conjunction with a engine block heater but are not a replacement. As for rad hose heaters my experience is they don't work, because of the closed thermostat there is no circulation through the block.
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You buy a recirculating heater and problem solved. Those are great and in a car the heater works when you start it. It's great at way below zero. Here's what I mean:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Kat-S-13150-1500-Watt-Aluminum-Circulating-Tank-Heater/144485009
Above is a 1500 watt Kat's recirculating heater. Put on any engine you can get a a flow from such as a heater hose and into a drain plug. This will circulate the water. Plan B for only one drain plug is from there to a lower radiator hose with that type of pump. Now, 1500 watts with pumping water will warm things up. For me, the magnetic stick on heater lost too much heat to the surrounding envronment and did little good if it was really cold, and that's when you need them.
A recirculating heater is nice in a vehicle or plow truck in a cold climate but for almost all of us with tractors, synthetic oil is so much easier. Also, read the thread from Adiredeck and how he put a freeze plug heater in his Kubota and inadvertently made a hole in the cylinder wall. What a pucker. He has posted in this thread I think.
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...84-damaged-block-installing-block-heater.html
Just my two cents here and different things work for different people.
You buy a recirculating heater and problem solved. Those are great and in a car the heater works when you start it. It's great at way below zero. Here's what I mean:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Kat-S-13150-1500-Watt-Aluminum-Circulating-Tank-Heater/144485009
Above is a 1500 watt Kat's recirculating heater. Put on any engine you can get a a flow from such as a heater hose and into a drain plug. This will circulate the water. Plan B for only one drain plug is from there to a lower radiator hose with that type of pump. Now, 1500 watts with pumping water will warm things up. For me, the magnetic stick on heater lost too much heat to the surrounding envronment and did little good if it was really cold, and that's when you need them.
A recirculating heater is nice in a vehicle or plow truck in a cold climate but for almost all of us with tractors, synthetic oil is so much easier. Also, read the thread from Adiredeck and how he put a freeze plug heater in his Kubota and inadvertently made a hole in the cylinder wall. What a pucker. He has posted in this thread I think.
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...84-damaged-block-installing-block-heater.html
Just my two cents here and different things work for different people.
When I took out the EGR I used the fittings that were used for the egr cooler for a circulating block heater. Killed 2 birds with one stone with getting rid of egr.
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Perfect! And the more I think about the EGR removal the more I become convinced that EGR was no advantage to our Interim Tier IV tractors. As far as I can see, EGR simply filled a loophole in the Tier IV interm regulations, trading a slight Nox reduction for a decrease in efficiency and more soot. Congrats on your mod.
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Thanks. It took some chin rubbing to figure out what to do with the 2 coolant ports but then the light came on. Seems such a natural use for them. Sure a better use than cooling exhaust.
