I've been using my block heater for the last 2 days because we got our first frost a couple days ago. Got down to 30 something for the night. I run the block heater from 5-8am when I leave. I usually leave before 8 but if I don't, the heater may as well be on.
I got into the truck yesterday. It was low 40s out. The truck had been running for 20 minutes, high idle. I got in the truck, and the windows were clear and the truck was nice and warm inside. The temp gauge was at the line on the gauge above the Cold mark. Not necessarily in operating range, but significantly warmer than I thought. I was expecting the system to turn on a little early, but it turned on 25% sooner. I usually have to drive a little over 2 miles for it to turn on, and now it turned on in just shy of 1.5 miles. Whoo Hooo!
One thing I noticed was that after the light came on, if I put any load above cruising on the motor, the light flickered. Not the "clogged filter" flicker, this one is much less intense. If I back out of the throttle, it stays steady. This only happend for the first couple seconds of crusing, so it isn't a big deal. I've had about 50 gallons of oil in my tank for the last couple days so I'd imagine the V3 is sucking up some cold oil... but the motor doesn't hesitate at all and I can keep on trucking.
Temps are supposed to go back up, but I think I'm going to run the block heater until summer. The electricity it uses is significantly cheaper than the diesel I would have consumed... I think.
I got into the truck yesterday. It was low 40s out. The truck had been running for 20 minutes, high idle. I got in the truck, and the windows were clear and the truck was nice and warm inside. The temp gauge was at the line on the gauge above the Cold mark. Not necessarily in operating range, but significantly warmer than I thought. I was expecting the system to turn on a little early, but it turned on 25% sooner. I usually have to drive a little over 2 miles for it to turn on, and now it turned on in just shy of 1.5 miles. Whoo Hooo!
One thing I noticed was that after the light came on, if I put any load above cruising on the motor, the light flickered. Not the "clogged filter" flicker, this one is much less intense. If I back out of the throttle, it stays steady. This only happend for the first couple seconds of crusing, so it isn't a big deal. I've had about 50 gallons of oil in my tank for the last couple days so I'd imagine the V3 is sucking up some cold oil... but the motor doesn't hesitate at all and I can keep on trucking.
Temps are supposed to go back up, but I think I'm going to run the block heater until summer. The electricity it uses is significantly cheaper than the diesel I would have consumed... I think.
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