Just wondering if block heaters are standard equipment on US PF's, or whether they are an option. Thanks.
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Block heaters
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Block heaters arent standard equipment, at least not as far south as Texas.
Around here a "block cooler" would be great, in the summer.
Temps running consistently over 100 F... sometimes up to 108. The temp off the pavement can be like 140! 
Greybrick, is a block heater standard in your neck of the woods?
Around here a "block cooler" would be great, in the summer.
Temps running consistently over 100 F... sometimes up to 108. The temp off the pavement can be like 140! Greybrick, is a block heater standard in your neck of the woods?
Yes, electric block heaters have been factory installed on Canadian manufactured vehicles for about 5 decades or more and the Canada spec PF also comes with a factory installed block heater. In some cases where other vehicles were assembled in Texas or Mexico the local Canadian dealerships had to install a block heater after receiving the vehicle, which I assume Nissan is doing with US PF's depending on the state where they are delivered.BMXPath wrote: Greybrick, is a block heater standard in your neck of the woods?
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Thanks again BMX, the reason for posting the question about block heater use in the US was to get folks here thinking about improving a portion of fuel economy by getting the engine working at closed loop optimum stoichiometric air/fuel ratio quicker, and also the mechanical benefits of starting with a warm engine. I often use the block heater during summer months for an hour or so before driving the PF but plugging in a vehicle block heater in most of the southern US is probably a rarity. Interestingly pilots often preheat their aircraft engines anywhere in the world.BMXPath wrote:Block heaters aren't standard equipment, at least not as far south as Texas...
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Yeah, we can't even take off until the oil temperature hits a certain temperature. Of course we keep the planes in the heated hangar all night and pull them out right before taking off. When it's especially cold and we have a morning flight we occasionally get pulled out in the aircraft. Sometimes we have to walk across the flight line which is not fun when it's -40 with the wind chill.Greybrick wrote:Thanks again BMX, the reason for posting the question about block heater use in the US was to get folks here thinking about improving a portion of fuel economy by getting the engine working at closed loop optimum stoichiometric air/fuel ratio quicker, and also the mechanical benefits of starting with a warm engine. I often use the block heater during summer months for an hour or so before driving the PF but plugging in a vehicle block heater in most of the southern US is probably a rarity. Interestingly pilots often preheat their aircraft engines anywhere in the world.BMXPath wrote:Block heaters aren't standard equipment, at least not as far south as Texas...
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For the PF I can certainly testify to the benefit of a warmer engine. A lot of my driving is short trips and while I use the block heater, the engine still takes a while to warm up. I don't let the PF idle for very long before driving and I've seen about a 30% increase in fuel economy in the past 2 weeks since it's warmed up from -30 to be hovering in the -3 to +3 range.
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