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Old 03-12-2014, 03:48 PM   #47 (permalink)
paulgato
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Yes, focus1.6uk, the silver cannister is the heater and the small black thing is the pump.

Ah yes, the cost. It was expensive. About £300. The Kenlowe unit is good, and I appreciate having tech support from people just down the road, but to be honest it cost too much and if I were doing it again I would look at using a stick-on oil sump heater instead. As I say, the mpg hit of a cold engine seems to me to apply mainly to temperatures below about 50 degrees C, and a sump heater should lift the temperature out of that very inefficient zone OK, and with less power consumed.
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