Engine Block Heater - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

cheezpuff · 02-02-2011, 10:51 PM

TN,

I own a 2010 V6 Camry, and the car spends most nights outside in the winter. With the increasingly cold nights and mornings I was looking at purchasing and installing an engine block heater. Anyone have a DIY and part number for the kit?

Thanks.

REMSSEV6 · 02-05-2011, 11:33 PM

I personally don't see the need for it, but its your car...just use a high quality oil(preferably a synthetic) which in the manual it doesn't call for, but I don't think it will hurt anything. Synthetic oil has a better flow rate in cold weather and a higher heat tolerance than conventional oil.

csaxon · 02-06-2011, 10:37 AM

http://www.trdparts4u.com/scripts/pr...dproduct=-5127

BlackCam09 · 02-06-2011, 10:43 AM

i don't see a need for it, and i never knew such a thing existed. lol

csaxon · 02-06-2011, 11:06 AM

I used one similar to this hooked up to the heater hoses of my old MB diesel when I lived in Maine. Leave the heat on and my car was toasty warm and I never had to scrape snow or ice off the windshield. I attached it with separate hoses removed it in spring. Less stress on battery and the car started even when -30F.

Axxis8203 · 02-06-2011, 11:28 AM

unless it's regularly significantly below 0 where the vehicle spends it's nights, then a good 0w-20 or 0w-30 will suffice just fine and provide significantly better cold start flow versus dino oil. Mobil 1 can be found quite easily in those flavors at WallyWorld.

as with any oil, the viscosity range will shorten as it ages and shears in the engine. So change it out just before the weather gets cold to assure you get the full benefits of the zero weight on cold starts.

I run 0w-30 in my 2gr-fe with yearly oil changes before winter.

csaxon · 02-07-2011, 11:48 AM

I like getting into a warm car on a cold day.

Aceventura9586 · 02-08-2011, 12:50 AM

Remote start.Nuf said

***arabianobsession*** · 02-08-2011, 10:05 AM

^Block heater will warm it without the need to waste gas.
Here in Wisconsin it is currently -15. And will be the rest of the week. Personally, my car sits outside at night, and is a PITA to warm up or even run halfway decent when it's so cold. My last 3 cars have had block heaters from the factory, and they were lifesavers!!!

However, I'm moving to SC in the fall, so I'm now too lazy to install a block heater in the 11 SE.

LOV · 02-08-2011, 10:51 PM

Its -32F here and we have to use not only bock heater (factory installed) but battery warmer as well.

***arabianobsession*** · 02-10-2011, 01:49 PM

Battery warmer? Interesting. We don't even sell them here...

njerald · 02-10-2011, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by arabianobsession

Battery warmer? Interesting. We don't even sell them here...

Used them in Montana fifty years ago.........and dipstick heaters.

Thunnda · 02-10-2011, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by LOV

Its -32F here

Goodness! And I cry about how cold +32 degrees is here in SC!

***arabianobsession*** · 02-10-2011, 05:04 PM

Dipstick heaters? Is that like...blinker fluid or something? lol

Luna2 · 02-10-2011, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by arabianobsession

Dipstick heaters? Is that like...blinker fluid or something? lol

It warms the oil....

Just like the heater pads (which I prefer) that I used on the oil pan and on the transmission pan in addition to the block heater, a battery heater and a trickle charger, then use full synthetic oil. All this for easy starts and smoother shifts when it is -15F to -50F that I encountered while I lived in Fairbanks, Alaska.