Anyone use stick on sump heaters?

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Any good?

 

i.e. Q and A about engine heaters, filters heaters and battery heaters

[mendiplogs]

Any good?

 

i.e. Q and A about engine heaters, filters heaters and battery heaters

 

HI JOHN its not that COLD IN CORNWALL is it thanks jon

[gensetsteve]

Yes all the time. IPU group do hotstart stuff. Or uk manufacturer preheat engineering do the perigrine range. Most of our generators use the thermo syphone bottle type coolant heaters. I have used pad heaters on big air cooled lister stuff. Any heat in the oil has to be good as it carries around the engine as soon as it starts.

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Yes all the time. IPU group do hotstart stuff. Or uk manufacturer preheat engineering do the perigrine range. Most of our generators use the thermo syphone bottle type coolant heaters. I have used pad heaters on big air cooled lister stuff. Any heat in the oil has to be good as it carries around the engine as soon as it starts.

 

Thanks for this; always aspired to another Webasto Hot Start but found these and started wondering...

[mendiplogs]

Thanks for this; always aspired to another Webasto Hot Start but found these and started wondering...

 

HI JOHN THERE on some LAND ROVER MATE thanks jon

[gensetsteve]

We fit a few kits to old generators especially the ones with original element direct in the block which never seems to work well. I always try to set the temp to 40 deg max on engines heater 24/7 or the coolant degrades too quickly. Philips heaters seem to be ok at the moment avoid the little black plastic hotstart bottles seen a few catch on fire.

[Breezeblock]

We fit a few kits to old generators especially the ones with original element direct in the block which never seems to work well. I always try to set the temp to 40 deg max on engines heater 24/7 or the coolant degrades too quickly. Philips heaters seem to be ok at the moment avoid the little black plastic hotstart bottles seen a few catch on fire.

 

why does the coolant degrade

[gensetsteve]

why does the coolant degrade

 

Having an engine heater on 24 hrs a day the coolant is probably heated to 100 deg c a nd just eventually looses its anti corrosion additives also the ph can change which starts to eat the internals of your engine. Regular coolant change and monitoring prevent this. Obviously the odd hour off heating in the morning won't have this sort of effect. The saving on fuel and engine wear far out weighs any negative effects of an engine heater.

[Breezeblock]

i didn't realise it got that hot