Dipstick heater

[pigdoc]

JD2025, is a dipstick heater any good for cold weather starts in Iowa? Thanks in advance.

 

[Peter 315]

Better than nothing. Do you park inside ? Synthetic oil will also help it turn over easy.

 

[Slowpoke Slim]

I would agree with Peter.

Better than nothing...

Barely.

 

[razor]

I was thinking of getting one a few years back then I found out that nobody is selling them anymore because of s risk of them causing a fire.

 

[pigdoc]

Housed inside, block heater quit working.

 

[RalphVa]

Bought one once and thought about it and never used it. This is before synthetic oil. Might work okay in synthetic, as it will take higher temps, but doubt it will do much. You'd probably do better with a little electric space heater turned on 15 to 30 minutes ahead of time, particularly if it'll fit underneath.

Ralph

 

[RickB]

Better than nothing. Do you park inside ? Synthetic oil will also help it turn over easy.

They are not better than nothing. They cook the oil that contacts the element and do not heat the rest enough to help.

 

[RickB]

Housed inside, block heater quit working.

Replace it.

 

[buickanddeere]

Replace the block heater

 

[hosspuller]

They are not better than nothing. They cook the oil that contacts the element and do not heat the rest enough to help.

This... A block heater is much better or if that's too hard to replace. Get a radiator hose heater. Warming the coolant does a much better job of warming the engine. A cold engine cools the fuel air mix that you're trying to heat in a diesel engine. Remember... It's the compressed air that ignites the diesel fuel.