warm up your car without starting it.
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warm up your car without starting it.
This device seems like it would be perfect for any 6 speed owner driving in winter. It's basicly a little furnace that heats your coolant, heating your engine and cabin (via fan). No more cold starts, no more frozen windshield, no more wasted gas. Now I just have to find out where to get one.
http://www.autofieldguide.com/column...er/0804pb.html
http://www.autofieldguide.com/column...er/0804pb.html
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this is the correct link
http://www.webastoshowroom.com/blueheat/
they don't make one for the RX-8 and it mounts permanently in the engine bay
http://www.webastoshowroom.com/blueheat/
they don't make one for the RX-8 and it mounts permanently in the engine bay
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there are small ones that are just a pump and heater element, you have to run an extension cord under the hood and plug the thing in, but it attaces IN-LINE in the cooling system and heats/circulates coolant, so it keeps the engine up to temp...well a warm temp, I think like 120* or something.
Its around 100 bucks I think....much cheaper and can be made to work on any car.
Its around 100 bucks I think....much cheaper and can be made to work on any car.
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$1500 to have this thing burning gasoline under my hood? Uh, me no likey. Give me an electric any day. 120F coolant would be far better than 0F to -10F coolant on Jan/Feb mornings, but I've never found either to be strictly necessary in upstate NY. I can always start the car and go back inside for a couple of minutes if it's just too cold to bear.
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I guess this could be useful if you're in a really frigid area. I was born and raised near Cleveland, and heaters weren't really necessary there -- rarely got below -10F. Somewhere like Minnesota or North Dakota -- yeah those guys have to go to extremes. At -40F oil gets heavy and the battery is a shadow of its normal self.
Electric heaters are much cheaper, but if you're out and parked all day away from a plug I can see the value.
Electric heaters are much cheaper, but if you're out and parked all day away from a plug I can see the value.
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During WWII winters, military personel in Siberia would light a fire under their oil pan to warm up the engine. Just a thought. (I personally don't recommend this - unless you're living in Siberia).
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