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Hard_Yaris · 01-19-2012, 12:22 PM

Yes, I am inspired! Praise The Block Heater!
seriously though, my block heater died. Needs fixing or replacement thanks for the hope.

I used a bit of cardboard in front of the radiator to warm it up faster, these last few days where -30's and colder with the wind chill. Using the scanguage i was able to see the temperature increase from 72-86 C and that was as warm as the car got for driving about an hour.
My point is that the car still started without the blockheater working in a few days of-30C. I run synthetic in my yaris, and i still find the Clutch takes a while to warm up when its really cold.

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01-19-2012, 12:22 PM	#7
Hard_Yaris Drives: 07 Yaris Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Edmonton Alberta Posts: 109	Yes, I am inspired! Praise The Block Heater! seriously though, my block heater died. Needs fixing or replacement thanks for the hope. I used a bit of cardboard in front of the radiator to warm it up faster, these last few days where -30's and colder with the wind chill. Using the scanguage i was able to see the temperature increase from 72-86 C and that was as warm as the car got for driving about an hour. My point is that the car still started without the blockheater working in a few days of-30C. I run synthetic in my yaris, and i still find the Clutch takes a while to warm up when its really cold.