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Install block heater like webasto or espar? Cat C12 Freightliner FLD

Discussion in 'Heavy Duty Diesel Truck Mechanics Forum' started by ichudov, Jan 20, 2019.

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  1. Feb 2, 2019 #11
    ichudov

    ichudov Heavy Load Member

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    OK, some updates. I think that there is nothing wrong with our installation. It only heats the water jacket, obviously, and this is what it does very well.

    I have directed its exhaust output (not so hot, maybe 250-300F at most) a small distance from the oil pan to also heat the oil pan as it runs. Realistically it only makes the oil pan a bit warmer, maybe 10 degrees F warmer. The exhaust tube is not UNDER the oil pan and would not get much oil dripped on it.
     
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  3. Feb 2, 2019 #12
    Ridgeline

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    WHAT MODEL DO YOU HAVE?
     
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  4. Feb 2, 2019 #13
    truckdriver31

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    you would have been better oil with oil pan heater and light oil. cheaper and easier to install
     
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    ichudov Thanks this.
  5. Feb 3, 2019 #14
    ichudov

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    Webasto Thermo Top C
     
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  7. Feb 3, 2019 #15
    Ridgeline

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    That is way too small of a heater for a truck. It is a max 5kw heater and doesn't really heat much, it is the size of heater I have in my pickup and with the -20 degree weather we had, it barely heated the engine and fuel tank up.

    You need at least 7kw to warm it up but really need 9kw heater for a truck.

    webasto makes a 9kw heater but they also make 12kw heater that would work if you setup heating the oil pan.
     
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  8. Feb 3, 2019 #16
    truckdriver31

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    they make a oil pan heater just like a block heater. take one of the oil plugs out and put heater in. plug up to power cord.
     
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  9. Feb 9, 2019 #17
    ichudov

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    I tried it yesterday. It was about 2 degrees F. Ran it for an hour (was doing something else at my warehouse in the meantime). Truck started like it was July.
     
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