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What we used to call winter thermostats solve the problem. You just replace the normal thermostat with a higher heat one. These are made to use in cold weather climates, and the vehicle runs about 20 degrees warmer, and solves the slow heat and defrosting problem in most vehicles. You would not use something like this in Phoenix as an example, but in cold weather areas they are great.
Our F150 2 door pickup, warms up and throwing heat by the time I reach the end of our 500 foot lane from a start to moving in moments.
Wife's 4 banger 03 Outback warms up quick. My V8 Magnum takes longer, but stays warm longer....
My old Bonneville had a system that would not turn on blower fan until car warmed up so as not to blow cold air on you when starting the car in cold weather. I guess fan circuit was tied to thermostat. It was a nice feature..
Well would say that a diesel is not too great but can be if you do not turn it off and just like it running in below freezing temps but getting a diesel fired up in winter is a whole other challenge esp. if you forget to plug in the block heater or trickle charger over night
Well would say that a diesel is not too great but can be if you do not turn it off and just like it running in below freezing temps but getting a diesel fired up in winter is a whole other challenge esp. if you forget to plug in the block heater or trickle charger over night
Modern diesels have little to no trouble in the cold.
What are you basing this on?
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