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Thermostatic block heaters
I recently purchased a car which doesn't really fall into the ecomodder templet. I am going to put a block heater in it mainly to save wear on the engine. It apparently requires a thermostatically controlled heater cord. This will cycle the power on & off according to ambient temperature. I was told that at around 32°f is where it will start to heat the coolant.
I figured the vehicle mfg. was just trying to rape me for a $67 chord as well. I checked on Philips/Temro's website & they say it has to do with the "OBD11" systems. My '97 uses a standard chord & it has the OBDII system.
Does anyone know why they are doing this? I think it's kind of stupid that you can't warm the coolant no matter what the ambient temperature.
Thanks
Don
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