No doubt they're expensive. I looked into it in about 2004 and it was around
$1200 for the full install but it came with keyfob (like you'd use for a remote
car starter) operation and burnt very little fuel, IIRC it could run for like 8
hours on a gallon of fuel. Probably should have bought one, could have
transferred it from car to car.
-Curt
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:00:13 -0500
From: Jaime Kopchinski <jaime...@gmail.com>
To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] A lost cause?
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I sold a '79 300D which had a low-mileage crate motor to a guy in Canada
back in 2002 (for something like $1000). I heard from him a few years
ago and he was still driving it. He added a webasto stationary heater,
diesel fired. He said it was very expensive (compared to the price of the
car), but worked perfectly to warm up the car and the engine on a timer and
make starting a breeze.
Jaime
On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 1:07 PM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> It doesn't matter, the block heater takes care of that for you...
>
> But since you asked back when I lived in an apartment we'd get the
> occasional -20F day when I'd strap the ole 240D behind the Dakota and it'd
> start right up after a mile or so. That was before I bought a marine
> battery to keep in the trunk to power my 400w inverter to run the block
> heater which made the car start like it was July.
>
> You can't tell me nobody in Ottawa has ever driven a diesel in the cold
> before. If the 400w stock block heater is overwhelmed you install a
> radiator hose heater, those are usually 1000w and you have instant heat
> when the car starts.
>
> If its really cold you could even go to the Fairbanks package where you
> add a battery heater.
>
> Webasto even makes a key fob activated diesel fired heater. Truckers deal
> with these problems all the time...
>
> -Curt
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