<VV> Oil Warmer

[FrankCB at aol.com]

For water cooled cars you can get a 120 volt block  heater installed in place 
of one of the "freeze" plugs.  It's used to  raise the temp of the engine 
about 50 deg.F. above ambient.  I ordered one  from the GM factory (at a cost of 
$19) when I ordered my 1995 Pontiac  TransSport.  During the winter I plug it 
into a timer so it starts warming  up the engine about 4 hours before I want 
to drive the car.  Works great in  the cold NJ winter.  Not only enables the 
car to start instantly, but also  gets the heating/defrosting system working 
much sooner to help defrost the ice  on the windshield.  GM has (or had) them 
available from the factory on many  of their cars.
    Obviously, the Corvair can't use such "block  heaters" so what you 
describe is the equivalent that heats the engine oil  instead of liquid coolant.  
But the purpose is the same.  Seems like a  good idea to me.
    Frank "starts better when warm" Burkhard
    
In a message dated 5/18/2008 9:41:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time,  
mwclarke01 at gmail.com writes:

We're  thinking it might be a Canadian car since the "warmer" has a made in 
Canada  stamp.  Just curious if anyone has ever seen one before.

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-----Original Message-----
From: "J R  Read_HML" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>

Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 20:29:55  
To:"Mark Clarke"  <mwclarke01 at gmail.com>,<virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Subject: Re:  <VV> Oil Warmer


Oh...

I saw it now.  Looks like a  more potent version of the dipstick approach.

Canadian  car?

Later, JR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark  Clarke" <mwclarke01 at gmail.com>
To:  <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2008 8:11  PM
Subject: <VV> Oil Warmer


> Hello  Everyone:
>
> Attached is an email from Dave Brown (friend and  fellow club member) with 
> a
> general question (or perhaps  curiosity) concerning what appears to be an
> "oil warmer" that was on a  '65 sedan that he is currently restoring.  He 
> has
>  attached a link to our club website with photos of this item.
>
>  Does anyone have any experience with this accessory and if so can you  shed
> some light on the benefits and appropriate  application?
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark Clarke (Pres.,  Corvair Houston)
>
> '63 Monza Cvt, 84hp  pg
>







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