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Old 12-27-2014, 02:15 PM   #19 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Xist View Post
What about a block heater?
I have the oem block heater, it prevents the coolant from reaching 32 degrees. Its no match for the hvac set to defrost when its freezing out. My insight is a gen 2, but its like mentioned above. It will never reach 180 if the hvac is turned on from cold. With the block heater it takes a while to exceed 127, then many miles later to get about 150 degrees.

What I do is hold the engine at 3 grand. This way it also charges the ima battery and warming it too up in the process.
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