Lots of the folks over on Peach Parts advocate the lower radiator hose heater.
I dislike it for 2 reasons.
#1. They're usually 1000w, the MB block heater is 400w.
#2. Loads of heat will be wasted through the radiator.
With the MB block heater most of the heat will stay in the engine.
If I weren't going to use a real block heater I'd get a magnetic stick on oil
pan heater (actually I have one at camp come to think of it).
If I lived where it got seriously cold (Alaska for instance) I'd get the lower
radiator hose heater, the block heater and a battery heater. I'm told this is
commonly referred to as "The Fairbanks package"
-Curt
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 12:39:38 -0400
From: "Gerry Archer" <arche...@embarqmail.com>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] W123 - 240D - Engine heater plug
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Wonder if you could snake a piece of tubing down into the drain plug area
through one of the ports on the front of the engine and then suck out the
remaining water/AF?
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I once used a heater that was installed in the bottom radiator hose (IIRC)
in a '67 200D. It worked well in a high mileage engine in Florida where the
temperature never got below the 20F's.
Gerry
'83 300D and 240D
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