Diesel Block Heater

#11

Since you had the car rebuilt, take it back to them and have them change it
out for free...

#12

On Oct 9, 2:51*pm, "Tiger" <tiger0... (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Quote:

Since you had the car rebuilt, take it back to them and have them change it
out for free...

Another $120 bill.....

But it works now!

I am at a loss to figure out what would cause the heater to fail after
one night, but it is in keeping with my good fortune with this car.

#13

At this rate your fortune may not stay good...

DAS

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"randallbrink" <randallbrink (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote

On Oct 9, 2:51 pm, "Tiger" <tiger0... (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Quote:

Since you had the car rebuilt, take it back to them and have them change
it
out for free...

Another $120 bill.....

But it works now!

I am at a loss to figure out what would cause the heater to fail after
one night, but it is in keeping with my good fortune with this car.

#14

That heater should have been under warranty. Fortune? Hah... until your
second one dies... but otherwise, thumbs up!

#15

On Oct 10, 7:09*am, "Tiger" <tiger0... (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Quote:

That heater should have been under warranty. Fortune? Hah... until your
second one dies... but otherwise, thumbs up!

The block heater was the last component on the engine to be replaced.
Everything under the hood, except for the radiator cap, has been
replaced, and I'm hoping to get at least 200-300 miles out of the car
before I have to start replacing things again...

#16

On Oct 10, 10:28*am, Gogarty <Goga... (AT) Clongowes (DOT) edu.ie> wrote:

Quote:

In article
5fada293-e636-4c2c-af8b-214eabbf3... (AT) 12g2000pri (DOT) googlegroups.com>,
randallbr... (AT) gmail (DOT) com says...

On Oct 10, 7:09*am, "Tiger" <tiger0... (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote:
That heater should have been under warranty. Fortune? Hah... until your
second one dies... but otherwise, thumbs up!

The block heater was the last component on the engine to be replaced.
Everything under the hood, except for the radiator cap, has been
replaced, and I'm hoping to get at least 200-300 miles out of the car
before I have to start replacing things again...

200 to 300 miles? Your expectations seem exceedingly low. I have been
following your travails with astonished incredulity. I thought Der Klunker
was bad. I was about to abandon it the other day when the battery turned
up dead. But the dome light had been left on for several days.
Nonetheless, the next time I am facing a $400+ bill I will simply hand
over the keys to whomever wants to charge me that. Totally undependable
transportation is no transportation at all.

Did I tell you about the gear shif lever separating itself from the
transmission? I think I did. A vise-grip wrench worked very well.

While I was joking, of course, about the 200-300 miles, it makes it
even more ironic that, when I went out to the car this morning, the
radiator had failed, spilling and emptying its contents during the
night. The only mileage I got out of the car was the 3 miles from the
shop to home.

#17

On Oct 10, 10:42*am, randallbrink <randallbr... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

Quote:

On Oct 10, 10:28*am, Gogarty <Goga... (AT) Clongowes (DOT) edu.ie> wrote:

In article
5fada293-e636-4c2c-af8b-214eabbf3... (AT) 12g2000pri (DOT) googlegroups.com>,
randallbr... (AT) gmail (DOT) com says...

On Oct 10, 7:09*am, "Tiger" <tiger0... (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote:
That heater should have been under warranty. Fortune? Hah... until your
second one dies... but otherwise, thumbs up!

The block heater was the last component on the engine to be replaced.
Everything under the hood, except for the radiator cap, has been
replaced, and I'm hoping to get at least 200-300 miles out of the car
before I have to start replacing things again...

200 to 300 miles? Your expectations seem exceedingly low. I have been
following your travails with astonished incredulity. I thought Der Klunker
was bad. I was about to abandon it the other day when the battery turned
up dead. But the dome light had been left on for several days.
Nonetheless, the next time I am facing a $400+ bill I will simply hand
over the keys to whomever wants to charge me that. Totally undependable
transportation is no transportation at all.

Did I tell you about the gear shif lever separating itself from the
transmission? I think I did. A vise-grip wrench worked very well.

While I was joking, of course, about the 200-300 miles, it makes it
even more ironic that, when I went out to the car this morning, the
radiator had failed, spilling and emptying its contents during the
night. The only mileage I got out of the car was the 3 miles from the
shop to home.

Replaced leaking radiator hoses and clamps.

Second new engine block heater has failed.

#18

randallbrink schrieb:

Quote:

On Oct 10, 10:42 am, randallbrink <randallbr... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
On Oct 10, 10:28 am, Gogarty <Goga... (AT) Clongowes (DOT) edu.ie> wrote:

In article
5fada293-e636-4c2c-af8b-214eabbf3... (AT) 12g2000pri (DOT) googlegroups.com>,
randallbr... (AT) gmail (DOT) com says...
On Oct 10, 7:09 am, "Tiger" <tiger0... (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote:
That heater should have been under warranty. Fortune? Hah... until your
second one dies... but otherwise, thumbs up!
The block heater was the last component on the engine to be replaced.
Everything under the hood, except for the radiator cap, has been
replaced, and I'm hoping to get at least 200-300 miles out of the car
before I have to start replacing things again...
200 to 300 miles? Your expectations seem exceedingly low. I have been
following your travails with astonished incredulity. I thought Der Klunker
was bad. I was about to abandon it the other day when the battery turned
up dead. But the dome light had been left on for several days.
Nonetheless, the next time I am facing a $400+ bill I will simply hand
over the keys to whomever wants to charge me that. Totally undependable
transportation is no transportation at all.
Did I tell you about the gear shif lever separating itself from the
transmission? I think I did. A vise-grip wrench worked very well.
While I was joking, of course, about the 200-300 miles, it makes it
even more ironic that, when I went out to the car this morning, the
radiator had failed, spilling and emptying its contents during the
night. The only mileage I got out of the car was the 3 miles from the
shop to home.

Replaced leaking radiator hoses and clamps.

Second new engine block heater has failed.

Using perhaps an 380 V outlet?

--

Roland Franzius

#19

"At this rate your fortune may not stay good..."

DAS

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"randallbrink" <randallbrink (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote

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Second new engine block heater has failed.