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Old 09-23-2013, 12:29 PM   #6 (permalink)
Blue Angel
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Maybe a oil sump heater? You could get a magnetic or a adhesive pad type, the pad ones you could also stick to the engine block itself.
The car has a factory installed oil pan heater on it already. It's only a 200W unit but does a decent job of keping the oil warm. It does very little to heat the engine, however, and my warm up times in the dead of winter are still extremely long.

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Also, don't the circulation heaters have a pump built in?
No. Integrated pumps are becomming more popular with larger industrial engine heaters (several videos on the 'Tube showing the benefits), but are not available yet with smaller automobile heaters as far as I know. The smaller automotive heaters depend soley on hot coolant rising to circulate the coolant. Slowly...
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