Ram Block Heater and Cord -Missing
My new 2016 Ram 4x4 Cummins 6.7L's manual says about the Block Heater(I am paraphrasing here) Plugging in the truck is REQUIRED at -20. Then it goes on to say that the cord can be found in the righ...
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Perrysburg Dodgeboy wrote:
???OK how does oil flow when the truck is not running? We are talking about basically a hot water element warming up the coolant and basically only on the right side of the block. Yes as the water warms up it will warm the rest of the anti-freeze up but only if you have it plugged in long enough. The oil is going to be cold on start up even if the truck in plugged in.
Don
Good Grief. Of course the oil in the pan would not warm up, but the oil already in the bearings and moving parts will be the same temperature as the metal. When started, the oil moving thru the engine will warm as it contacts the metal surfaces. That 900 to 1000 watt heater warms the entire engine, not just the coolant in a certain area. My owners manual says 3 hours.
