I Just Plugged Her In

[Blue Goose]

Well folks, It's gonna get really cold tonight, so I just plugged my truck in for the first time this winter. That new heat inductive flash works so good, my truck starts like a gasser in the cold...

 

[mrfixit]

It's the Old Fart behind the wheel... Giving it a methane boost.

 

[surewhynot]

I turned my a/c off on the way home from the grocery store.

 

[mrfixit]

I turned my a/c off on the way home from the grocery store.

Well, it's nice to know you can turn SOMETHING on...

 

[Fellro]

I haven't plugged min in all winter either... maybe that might be due to not being run all winter... waiting for a clutch...
Hey Tony, I didn't even have to turn off my a/c, it's natural!! My van heater won't turn off, so in the summer, the a/c has to override the heat...

 

[mrfixit]

Fellro, the older Chryslers used an IN-LINE cable-actuated valve that shut the flow to the heater core. Ya might score one of those and a choke cable to activate it....

 

[Fellro]

Oh, It has that, vacuum actuated, but if you have it on anything but recirculate, it is full heat right now, I think it has to do with the BCM going nuts on me.. poor ol' thing has 210,000 miles on it, debating what all I want to invest in it.... it just won't quit though.

 

[mrfixit]

I had one (not that this applies to yours) that was vacuum operated and the danged thing got a pinhole in the membrane.... took me forever to figure out why I was losing coolant!
some of them operate a lever with a vac motor... and the lever operates a metal flap inside; they corrode away with time, or even just the tacks on the shaft rust and break loose from the flapper.

 

[Beachbumcook]

Plugging her in when cold really helps... but running synthetic 5W-40 is a bigger help in my opinion.

Even if the coolant is warm, the oil is cold and 15W-40 just doesn't want to flow that easily through the Huei injection system.

Now... combine both (block heater and 5W-40 oil)... and your truck will start on the first try and be as smooth as a baby's butt... or is that a stripper's butt in Las Vegas... oh well... you know what I mean!!!!

By the way... I use 5W-40 year round (Rotella due to price and availability) and plug her in (even in my garage) when it gets below 10F outside.