Engine pre-heater?
Well since we've been down in the 20's I thought this would be a good time to see if the pre-heater works. I'd tried it previously when temps got down in the 30's but couldn't tell if it made any difference when starting the 8v92. Yesterday I booted up the laptop, started VMSPC and turned on the ignition. The engine temp showed 58, hmmm, it was about 28 outside. Rebooted the laptop, still showed 58. Figured maybe a sensor might be bad. Today I tried again, engine temp showed 60, outside temp was about 32. Engine fired right up. Thought maybe the preheat light was burnt, nope that works. Maybe the solenoid is stuck on to the receptacle where the Kimstart is plugged in. Nope, no power there. Makes me think that maybe there is another pre-heater that has a thermostat to only turn on when temp is below freezing? Guess I'll have to look around more to try and find it. I do have the 3 electric heaters in the coach and the 1 in the water compartment running.
Any ideas? Guess I shouldn't worry when something seems to work right, but I just like to know.
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