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Originally Posted by Daox
A block heater should be able to provide a set temperature above ambient (delta T). If you can get 80 degrees when it is 30 out, you should be able to get up to 130 degrees when it is 80 out.
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Originally Posted by MetroMPG
But doesn't your block heater raise the engine temp more or less by a set amount, relative to ambient?
Meaning: if it'll raise it from 30F ambient to 80F, won't it raise it from 80F ambient to 130F?
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I'll have to check it out...all last winter the block temp would get up to 80°F no matter what the temp was in the garage and the temp would range from -5°F to 20°F. ooh, ooh, time for a little experiment!
