Im not thinking its working because i had it plugged in for a couple of
hours yesterday and it did not help with the starting, although I think
the bigger problem was the batteries (2) were low. I put in on the
charger for about half an hour and it started up after some cranking.
Has to crank longer because it does have some dead glow plugs. It was
so cold I did not feel like doing too much more research than that.
LWB250 wrote:
Why wouldn't you just plug it in and after about 30 minutes put your hand on
the side of the engine to see if it's warm?
If you have power to the plug then the heater is probably open. A quick test
with an ohmmeter or test light would reveal the condition....
Dan
--- On Sat, 1/9/10, Jim Cathey <j...@windwireless.net> wrote:
From: Jim Cathey <j...@windwireless.net>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] how to check block heater
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Date: Saturday, January 9, 2010, 7:26 PM
How do you check to see if a
block heater is any good? Put a volt meter on it and
check resistance?
Pretty good way. The _best_ way is to plug it into a
wattmeter, like the ubiquitous (and inexpensive)
Kill-A-Watt.
-- Jim
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