There are some relays in the fuse box that's on top of the driver side wheel arch inside the engine compartment on all the Lagacys I've had. The box lid has a...
Cool pics! That 1977 soobie wagon looks just like the one I had! Only mine was white and not blue like the one in the picture... still cool tho... I also had...
There is that type also... in fact, JC Whitnney sells a dipstick heater that you just plugin and insert in place of your regular dipstick. But, I think the...
... The coolant (ironically). Since the plugs are at the bottom, convection causes the warm coolant to rise and circulate. This has the effect of warming up...
Intersting - learn something new every day. ... From: "Roberts" <robertsjm@...> To: <Subaru-Tech@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004...
Yeah, sort of makes that JC Whitney plugin replacement oil dipstick suddenly look more attractive... ... From: Pete Romano To: Subaru-Tech@yahoogroups.com ...
I've used my engine a little... does that count? ;-> What kind of '90 soobie do you have? Legacy, Loyale, GL, DL, XT, etc.... also, is it a turbo or NA...
Installing the block heater is a pain in that you must drain and re-fill the coolant. The other thing I've seen at Canadian Tire are these magnetic heaters...
Hmmm... that is an interesting point you make... I would have thought that heat rises, and that when you heated the oil in the oil pan, that heat would rise...
I don't like the dipstick heaters because if they put out enough heat to keep the block warm, you're really cooking your oil at one spot. I know, oil gets way...
... While it is a bugger to install the OEM block heater has an added benefit. When you start the car you have heat right away :) Plus you just have to...
I've had two kinds of blower fan motor control failures in my two '90 Legacys. Both had their resistor module for the middle two speeds fail (a 5-minute fix...
1995 Subaru Legacy AWD. During day there was snow/rain, then at night became colder. when I tried to start engine, it started OK run for a couple of seconds...
How well can that work with the thermostat closed ? Install it in the heater hose and it could circulate as long as the car doesn't have a heater block valve....
In theory, the thermostat should eventually open. If not, there still will be a column within the hose of heated water and a sheath of cooler water returning...
The *genuine* Subaru engine block heater is a small circular device that replaces one of the freeze plugs on the engine. Thus, it is adjacent to the coolant...
If your spark plug wires are the originals, I would suspect that they are at fault. Tiny cracks in the insulation allow moisture to enter, thus not allowing...
Yeah, I've never used one of the dipstick heaters either... just saw it in a JC Whitney catalog... don't know how hot they get... someone earlier today said...
Well, hmmmm.... if the heater is in the lower hose, it should warm the coolant in the radiator, and on both sides of the of the (closed) thermostat... maybe...
I can't picture a 400 watt heater getting the water to the 180 or so degrees required to open the thermostat, but that really doesn't matter for the block...
I thought about the magnetic one, but with an aluminum engine, you're stuck putting it on the oil pan. I'd rather warm the block itself, since it could ...
Think about when the car is warming up. No flow through the radiator, but the engine can be just short of the thermostat opening, yet the radiator is ice...
Wow, only $25 bucks for an OEM factory soobie part?!? Sounds pretty inexpensive compared to other parts I've priced or purchased from a dealer... [Non-text...
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