Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 23:22:26 GMT From: "Duane Dostie" <ddostienopsamnline.net> Subject: Re: in-line block heater for 92 900T
Why not just install the SAAB block heater into the engine block under the exhaust manifold? It does the job quite well with no cutting involved. Not sure what the part number is, but it's pretty cheap. > I'm looking at installing an in-line block heater (tank type) between the > engine block and the cabin heater core. The "local" Saab dealer (long > distance phone call away) after discussion between service rep and tech, > advised that the top hose line into the heater core is the one in which to > install the heater. > The block heater instructions require it to be installed as low as possible > so that it is always flooded and the thermosyphon effect works strongly. > This will mean extending the heater hose down to wherever I install the > tank, and then back up again to the heater core. > Has anyone any experience with this type of block heater, and does the > advice to cut it into the top hose into the heater core sound correct? Any > problems foreseen with routing a hose down to the tank and then back up > again to the heater? > Thanks in advance > ps. the reason I'm looking at the in-line type is that they have a higher > capacity = quicker warm up when switched on, and warm up the whole engine > block and heater core, not just the rad. > >
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