right, thats what the standard block heater is, unscrew block drain, screw in heater, plug in and warm up your engine.
i think it was what brucepick's original intention was to do
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Originally Posted by brucepick
Heaters that install into a freeze plug opening are probably the most efficient of all. But I'm not that much of a mechanic and don't really want to open up things like exhaust gaskets, not to mention freeze plugs that have been in place for 15 years/270,000 miles. So that route was out for me.
Another solution that might have worked for an engine that had a recent overhaul, aka clean threads and surfaces all around: I found that ZeroStart makes a very nice heater that installs in the D16 series engine block drain, located just to the driver's side of the oil filter mount location. Part number 3100006. Perfect, I thought. Ordered and found my socket to fit the drain plug hex. As I recall it took a 17 mm. socket. However the drain plug's hex had only about 1/4" of "reach" into the open socket, not much to grip on. And even with a breaker bar, tapping on it with a hammer after spraying PB Blaster in the general area, I could not budge the plug. After 15 years and 270,000 miles the plug was in solidly.
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i mentioned it so that you would know to be careful not to round off the current plug, and if it didnt come out there are are other options, this was one played out and well documented.
i have also used a stick on heater pad on my oil pan, and am thinking to add one to my trans