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Engine Heat in Freezing Weather -- Early Morning Departure

Yahoo Message Number: 83074
Hello Advisors on all things Country Coach:

Engine Heater

If you wanted to leave about 7 in the morning an it dipped to 28 that night, how long would you heat the engine to be effective? All night? A couple of hours?

Shirley OBrien
#31290
Allure '06

In beautiful Crowne Villa RV Park

Re: Engine Heat in Freezing Weather -- Early Morning Departure

Reply #1 –
Yahoo Message Number: 83076
Shirley, how lucky you are to be at the Crowne Villa! Stayed there for a month a couple years ago. Love that place!

I have found that 1 to 2 hours works for me in those kind of temps.

Jim

99' Magna #5629

Re: Engine Heat in Freezing Weather -- Early Morning Departure

Reply #2 –
Yahoo Message Number: 83081
Shirley,

I agree with Jim an hour of two should do it. Have done this many times over the years. I will do it even if the weather is down in the 30"s

Jock Vargo
2005 Inspire
51428

Re: Engine Heat in Freezing Weather -- Early Morning Departure

Reply #3 –
Yahoo Message Number: 83082
Shirley, enjoy your 5 AM toddle outside to plug in the block heater.

I plug in at bedtime the night before an early departure.

Re: Engine Heat in Freezing Weather -- Early Morning Departure

Reply #4 –
Yahoo Message Number: 83085
Go point but lets not send Shirley outside looking for a block heater that likely is not there. Most coaches from somewhere around 2004 on took advantage of the AquaHot/HydroHot additional circulator pump that circulated coolant heated by a coil inside the HydroHot boiler through the engine cooling system. Shirley has a 2006 coach.
On my 2004 Allure there is a switch on the panel over the exit labeled 'Engine Preheat" that turns on the pump. Of course to work the HydroHot has to be on either diesel or electric or both. At 28 degrees I would think that would be the case. I don't have to go out but I do have to get up and walk to the front of the coach. Fortunately the system is quicker than the old block heaters and it is not 5 am.
Actually today's diesel equipped with either waffle heaters in the intake air or glow plug will start at pretty low temperatures but it is a lot easier on the starter and everything else if the oil is warmed and not so thick. If you really want to get extravagant let it run a couple of hours and you will get dash heat right away on startup.

Don Seager

2004 Allure 31046