For engine preservation, definitely heat the oil first. But, if the car is going to be warmed over night, a coolant heater is best. Many OEM engine block heaters are just a heating element pressed into the freeze plug. Over the course of a whole night, the whole system will be warm enough to save the bearings and make starting easier.
@thatguyontheright1
6 ай бұрын
Why not warm both? @karlwithak.
@IvyMike.
6 ай бұрын
Thank you for the upload Garage 54, you rock. Big up BMI Russian for the translation and voice over.
@dodgydruid
6 ай бұрын
In the 70's, my father who was a British Rail signalman was given a paraffin fuelled point motor heater as the cold in them years was grim winter time. It sat under the sump like a toad under a stone and just kept the engine and box warm, not hot but just warm enough to enable good cranking. He even got his paraffin for free and once a month he would get a huge barrel of the stuff, the heater even 24/7 didn't use a fraction of that and our paraffin heaters indoors were fairly frugal so he sold the surplus for quite a nice profit. Our house we never paid for light bulbs as they came from British Rail, toilet paper was free, soap, tea and tea bags, powdered milk and even cloth material to cover chairs and stuff was purloined off of British Rail and bearing in mind everyone who worked for 'em did it no wonder they were unable to make a positive economy back then lol
@volvo09
6 ай бұрын
Nice! Good positives of the job!
@creepingjesus5106
6 ай бұрын
There certainly was a barter system on the go, of which BR's tradesmen were an integral part! Certainly round my way, where I'd a relative who worked in a massive BR works. Benefited me, because I got an instrument flight case made by apprentice chippies, which was beautifully made, and 30+ years later, despite a few scratches and dings, it would probably still shrug off a direct hit from heavy artillery!
@themancalledx1342
6 ай бұрын
There was a saying in communist Russia. “If you’re not stealing from the boss,you’re stealing from your family.
@GrantJohnston-dr9rt
6 ай бұрын
It s called theft!
@ronaldwarren1267
6 ай бұрын
Wonder why British rail never makes a profit you guys done similar shit to your car industry wow
@davidjernigan8161
6 ай бұрын
Heating the oil would be faster for being able to crank the engine over, but for warming overnight heating the coolant would warm the oil and make it quicker to defrost the glass and warm the cabin.
@averagecarguy420
6 ай бұрын
Heating the coolant would also more effectively warm the engine since the coolant passages run around the cylinders. It is the superior option for winter starting which is why block heaters (which heat coolant) are so popular.
@Kissamauhau1
6 ай бұрын
@@averagecarguy420 For the making the engine last as long as possible warming the oil is better, but nobody cares about that when its -30 in the cabin lol.
@01mustang05
6 ай бұрын
The colder it gets, the less effective a tiny heater in the anti-freeze is. Engine damage occurs most often during cold startups; if you care, you would heat oil at those frigid temperatures.
@averagecarguy420
6 ай бұрын
@@01mustang05 the most important thing is piston to wall clearance and when you have warm coolant in the cylinders it brings the piston to wall clearance closer to correct spec. If you’re using the correct oil it will flow perfectly fine, especially in an engine warmed up by a block heater.
@Kissamauhau1
6 ай бұрын
@@averagecarguy420 Piston wall clearance gets looser as the engine warms up. Piston rings however get tighter but piston rings only effects compression and not engine wearing.
@TheJeremy5599
6 ай бұрын
I run a oil pan heater (glued on), transmission pan heater (also glued on) and a coolant heater (plumbed to the lower radiator hose) on my 3L toyota. Not only more comfortable for me to get into it being mostly warmed already, but i imagine the cold-start wear is drastically reduced aswell,which is my main hope.
@chieftain8638
6 ай бұрын
is it 2.8 3l diesel
@TheJeremy5599
6 ай бұрын
@@chieftain8638 1mzfe soon to be swapped for either a 3mzfe or a 2grfe. Petrol.
@vg3430
6 ай бұрын
Not sure I understand why they did this….stick-on oil pan heaters have been available for decades. Can also stick them to your transmission pan. When I lived in Alaska, I had a block heater (coolant) + oil pan heater + transmission pan heater + battery heater. All were on a timer to come on approx 4 hrs before I left for work. Truck always fired right up with no hesitation and I had cabin heat very quick. Tranny was happy as well. Happy New Year to all!
@kalmaar125
6 ай бұрын
but your heaters not induction. thats the point of this video.
@markchapman2585
6 ай бұрын
My old 2001 Ford F-250 with 7.3 I had to plug in my block heater. But that was a awesome truck. Had to scarp it with 650.00 km. It rusted away on me. Joys of living in the rust belt. Happy new year guys.
@fredwooding599
6 ай бұрын
I was a small boat engineer in the US Coast Guard and in the winter the boats had what was called a Hot Start connected to the cooling system. it kept the Diesel engines about 65 degrees all winter.
@aslerunarborgersen5175
5 ай бұрын
Most Norwegian electric engine heaters heats the water, and we have never problems starting the car in cold weather. Even my old tractor starts without any problem. The water is circulating inside the engine and heats the whole engine much faster. Greetings from Norway.
@2koolchris291
6 ай бұрын
I think heating oil would be better because of the fact oil thickens with the temperature drop. Coolant works but is mostly heating the top of the engine. The oil being thick in the bottom can cause it to be hard to turn
@bobbywardle5375
6 ай бұрын
I love your winter antics, keep up the good work fellas.
@UberLummox
6 ай бұрын
A fellow musician friend of mine had a VW diesel. Winter, he would stick a hibachi under its oil pan on a break before the end of the nite at a shows he played. 😁
@richiesrestorations4883
6 ай бұрын
I can't believe how fast that works. But think it took longer outside on the actual car due to a couple factors. 1 there's more oil in the pan and 2, lower ambient temp.
@3dartstudio007
6 ай бұрын
Another good reason to have an induction cook top in your travel gear when visiting Canadian friends. I can just use a jack to keep it up against the oil pan. Great idea guys!!!
@busyguy7479
6 ай бұрын
this is a good idea not near as messy no smoke and it works. thanks for the video guys and your right its to cold to stand around out there.
@jaxjackson4100
6 ай бұрын
Both, would recommend a dual loop heat exchanger 1 for oil, 1 for coolant, and the heat source in between them. I.e.. two small radiators with the induction heater in the middle.
@romaincognard1369
6 ай бұрын
Try using a dishwasher heater and its electric pump so you can connect them directly to the coolant system, should be faster
@shaneeslick
6 ай бұрын
🎉🥳Happy New Year to the Garage54 & BMI Families, Great idea, just gotta be careful you don't make Deep Fried Lada 😂
@488ci
6 ай бұрын
That is a excellent idea, and if I forget to plug the vehicle in when it gets to -30 and the engine is frozen I will try it. a propane cook stove takes to long and I always think I'm going to set the vehicle on fire. Great video 💯
@DjukaWZMechanicGamingComedy
6 ай бұрын
What legends you are, I've been following you for a long time on several YT channels, I'm a mechanic and your clips are very interesting to me, congratulations, keep it up and many greetings from Serbia
@1marcelfilms
6 ай бұрын
serbia strong
@djdoo
6 ай бұрын
Cheers from Greece! The oil is better because it will flow warm inside all of the engine's moving parts and defrost them as well as lubricate them. The cooling system is designed to just dissipate heat from the engine from lets say an outer layer of the motor but oil is well deep inside the guts of the motor. And furthermore water has very large heat absorption capability meaning that it will take way more time to warm up than oil does.
@msmith5030
6 ай бұрын
Vlad. How about installing a kettle element direct in the sump. Drill a hole in the side and put a small kettle element in. That way only have to plug the lead in.😀 Anyway you come up with some brilliant ideas. Keep the videos coming. Michael UK😀
@erikhenriksson455
6 ай бұрын
You need a heat exchanger that heats the oil and coolant simultaneously. Maybe some tubes through the oil sump that are connected to the cooling system then try an induction heater directly attached to the radiator. It should work on both brass and aluminium.
@cartoonelladefrasz7568
6 ай бұрын
The radiator is isolated from the engine until reach 90°C
@erikhenriksson455
6 ай бұрын
@karlwithak. well you are allowed to be wrong so keep going!!!
@erikhenriksson455
6 ай бұрын
@@cartoonelladefrasz7568 very easy to bypass the thermostat if you want.
@erikhenriksson455
6 ай бұрын
@karlwithak. maybe your imagination needs more training!!!
@Alienking01
6 ай бұрын
There are adhesive heating mats for oil pans ready to buy. This together with a electric coolant heater would be the best option.
@WCKD.
6 ай бұрын
At least here in the nordics (Fin, Swe, No) almost every car has a block heater, a heating element inside the cooling hose or a diesel-powered heater (webasto or similar). It's a must thing to have if you want your car to start in freezing temperatures (-20C to -30C) and the engine to last.
@stevenwithanS
6 ай бұрын
Block heater in the coolant, 107%.
@volvo09
6 ай бұрын
I think that's the way to go. Makes cranking easier and when the frozen oil hits the warmer block it will thin out fast compared to a full on cold start.
@markysspotlight2472
6 ай бұрын
Happy new year guys
@simonallan9941
6 ай бұрын
Remember that your oil stays at about 240°f once your cars warmed up and you're driving normally, and it does most of the cooling, so it wouldn't hurt to let it heat up to 180° to begin with, and then it will circulate up throughout the oil galleries right?
@operator8014
6 ай бұрын
The oil won't circulate through the engine until the engine starts. The oil pump won't let anything push through unless the gears inside are spinning.
@Blu3mrln
6 ай бұрын
To answer the question, if i had to choose what to warm up before starting the engine it would be the oil, the coolant warms up the engine true, but the coolant isnt actually circulating around the sump therefore the oil still be frozen and it will still cause this cause oil starvation.... Sump headting pads available in all shapes and forms, 12v battery powered, 220 powered with a normal plug, or even 12v with an adaptor. Years ago i worked at a reed harvester company as a driver we had a Hanomag f series (late 1960's) on site with a modified sump, it a had an agricultural disc around the sump of an agricultural disc harrow, allowing the operator to simply make an actual fire underneath the sump in order to warm the oil. -15 it used to start like a brand new van😂
@creepingjesus5106
6 ай бұрын
Don't block heaters, heat the cylinder block so it warms both up? Maybe try the induction heater against an iron block?
@Monni95
6 ай бұрын
Just needs a thermostat to shutdown the induction cooker when oil temperature goes high enough... Would be fun to combine with battery charger/heater to make sure battery doesn't get drained while trying to start. You could combine coolant heater with battery heater by circulating the coolant under the battery. You could even use the hot oil to heat both the coolant and the battery using heat exchanger, but the oil circulation should be short enough to not cause fire hazard if something breaks.
@FuckGoogle502
6 ай бұрын
Heating the coolant is better because it heats the cylinders evenly, causing less wear during startup. That's why factory block heaters go in the coolant jacket. It's because the oil is sitting in the pan while the engine is off, but the coolant is still surrounding the cylinders.
@shawnclement8394
6 ай бұрын
Heating the oil will also heat the block , the thermostat stays closed until the engine is up to temp so heating the coolant wouldn't do anything unless it was circulating in the system warming the engine and therefor heating the oil before trying to starting. So heating the oil would be more beneficial
@mmllmmll22
6 ай бұрын
But. Most of the oil is still in oil pan. Which is at 99% cars on bottom. Which would let it cool.
@shawnclement8394
6 ай бұрын
@@mmllmmll22 thermally heat rises and is also transmitted thru contact. Ofcourse the block would never get as warm as the oil this way but it's better than heating the coolant in a radiator that is designed to disapate heat not being circulated and is isolated by the thermostat and rubber hoses. If you could heat only the coolant in the block then maybe but it still doesn't help the oil viscosity until it is circulated and warmed.
My truck has a block heater. It is installed in the freeze plug hole, heating the coolant. In the morning everything is warm, I think the heat makes its way through all the parts. I would say heating the coolant is best because; The coolant is in more contact with more areas throughout the engine and everything warmed up.
@jodicobb6382
6 ай бұрын
For sure! Coolant!
@peterantonopoulos2572
6 ай бұрын
In my area,(montreal) the factory installed block heater does the job, but i can see where an oil pan heater would be a good supplement in extreme cold. Nice vid, keep them coming
@TheLemminkainen
6 ай бұрын
Same in Finland and Sweden. We have also heathose heaters with pump :)
@ronaldwarren1267
6 ай бұрын
You cook eggs in a pan a sump is the oil resiover
@StevenSmith-su8fq
6 ай бұрын
I think heating the oil is better .I do think putting a induction heater on the side of the block as well may be better still.
@ASDASD34RDFS
6 ай бұрын
In this case it would probably be more effective to have a small fire underneath. Be it some bigger type of candle, smoldering logs, hot rocks that you have had in a fire, or a small campfire. Put a blanket over the engine bay to keep the warm air in and you will heat up oil, coolant, power steering fluid, brake fluid and all the hoses and etc.
@simonallan9941
6 ай бұрын
Apparently the oil actually does up to 70% of the engines cooling, so I think it's a better place to start warming, also the oil circulation through the galleries would heat the block head and coolant.
@Heve62
6 ай бұрын
@@karlwithak. The water has twice the heat capacity as oil and usually theres more water than oil in a car. So most of the heat has to be go to the water thus cooling the engine down more than oil
@SLAVA577
6 ай бұрын
always the best videos
@Aleks_Mechanics
6 ай бұрын
Notification Squad!🔥🔥🔥 Happy New Year y'all!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
@GHOOGLEMALE
6 ай бұрын
9:19 - heat the oil because it thins reducing drag on starter. Water wont stop it rotating if it has antifreeze
@travismoore7849
6 ай бұрын
Great idea better then the bbq grill under the car. I guess if you had those heating wires for water pipes in winter you could have used resistive heating of the block or water pips?
@stuarth2184
6 ай бұрын
I’ve looked into the idea of installing a diesel heater to my work car for heating the cabin but using the exhaust from the heater through an EGR cooler then connected to coolant system with a small auxiliary pump for the water! Bet that would work a treat for you
@flowinbliss33
6 ай бұрын
I have an idea for an episode!!! Make an outdoor heater from a Lada car 😄 harness the heat of the engine and make. Might be as simple as flipping around the engine fans to blow the heat towards the front end of the car which would be a sitting area 😄🐕
@teardowndan5364
6 ай бұрын
Oil has 1/10th the specific heat of water, no surprise that it heats up really quick when you dump heat about as directly into it as is possible to do so short of putting a resistive heater inside the oil pan.
@volvo09
6 ай бұрын
That's how people get into trouble when frying turkeys and whatnot.... If it takes 15 minutes to boil water your oil (if not watched) will be smoking and near the flame point in the same period of time.
@anibalbabilonia1867
6 ай бұрын
Lmfaoooo!👋🤣👉♥️👍I love it! This guy’s are never short of ideas!💡 that was awesome!👏 I would say motor oil and a fully charged battery!😂
@ianlevine273
6 ай бұрын
For quick heating, I think heat the oil. Better to let it warm up with good lubrication than let it slowly gain lubrication while takes heat from the coolant.
@Energikar
6 ай бұрын
Think about what is happening. It is actually heating up the metal/steel and then heating the oil. Would have to have a steel rad. but you can have the system setup anywhere on the engine that has an "iron" content of metal.
@TimoSund
6 ай бұрын
As one having around sub -30C outside throughout this week will find comments which one to heat just amusing debate of theoretical issues. As long engine gets even slightly warmer than surroundigs it starts easier than one without heating. As long battery and rest of electric parts are pristine. And engine oil is recommend for cold weather. My var lost half dashboard yesterday cold start. After 15 minutes even heat was coming from vents and breathing had stopped smoking.
@jimsvideos7201
6 ай бұрын
What you need then is a drive for the oil pump; with nice warm oil and some pressure before you crank it, you'd have a much happier engine.
@user-wc3et4pp7n
6 ай бұрын
I think the engine oil should be the better way to heat the engine because it has less restriction to the crank shaft on startup. Make sure to have a good DC voltage at the battery too in this temperature
@GrantJohnston-dr9rt
6 ай бұрын
Used to do this with my Honda 4stroke dirtbike for winter riding!PS,its the only way it would start... kick start!
@powerbuilder0510
6 ай бұрын
This would work quite well with a steel engine block or heads if you got the room to place it around somewhere😮🎉
@wrpaulw2063
6 ай бұрын
Heating either will work, if low heat is applied for long enough. But to heat more quickly and with a higher heat, the heater needs to be supplemented with a circulation pump. Heating the pan alone results in slow heat transfer to the block thanks to gaskets etc. and localised hot spots in the fluid which can be detrimental to the oil.
@marvinschleicher5542
6 ай бұрын
My brother in law used an electric blanket covering the engine. He put it on top and draped it down the sides. It worked
@anewstarttoabrokenlife8662
6 ай бұрын
I used magnetic block heaters on tractors in the winter they work well
@2stage90
6 ай бұрын
Coolant is the way to go.I seen farm equipment fired off kerosene dipped corn cob thru the airbox but they were not happy for sure.
@pufek52
6 ай бұрын
Here in Canada it`s called (block heater) pretty much all the vehicle have one, it is attached on the engine block and it does exactly that heating up the block aka coolant and oil.
@operator8014
6 ай бұрын
I haven't seen a 1500W block heater before. I think that's the point of this thing, they definitely have block heaters and oil pan heaters in Russia, the weird part of this is how fast it heats the oil up.
@pufek52
6 ай бұрын
@@operator8014 Garage54 Style, as usual very entertaining. P.S. The average block heater use around 3.7A = 407W give or take so yeah 1500W you fry eggs & bacon no problemo. 🤣
@operator8014
6 ай бұрын
@@pufek52 The biggest I've ever seen is 1kW, and it only runs at that temp for a moment when plugged in, then thermally limits itself down to about 500. Damn near false advertising.
@pufek52
6 ай бұрын
@@operator8014 yup
@wally7856
6 ай бұрын
Block heaters screw into a frost/drain plug on the block and heats the coolant. The oil in the pan doesn't see any of that heat.
@peles73
6 ай бұрын
If you heat the coolant up the oil still can remain freezing cold and thick as tar - so I think it is better to warm up the oil than the coolant.
@craigr6186
6 ай бұрын
You guys are the best
@Mprikiman
6 ай бұрын
BRILLIANT THINKING!
@Surms41
6 ай бұрын
Would be super cool to see how you could power this without a plug. Such as a reduction geared hand-cranked alternator. Probably coolant would be better, but then you'd need a way to make the coolant flow a little bit.
@samohraje2433
6 ай бұрын
At some point, it is better to use both options, pre-heating water and oil at the same time. But in this case i think this method is a little bit better than pre-heating a water. In winter, our tractor Zetor 7245 has a hard times to start so the best idea is to pour all water out in the winter and when you need that tractor you can just pour hot water inside a cooler and it will warm up a bit faster. But warming up the oil pan seems to be a bit better option because you can run it how long you need or how cold it is outside. Below -35 i will consider to use both method, you can run the motor a bit longer when is so cold outside without the water it will not overheat immediately and when you start an engine, just pour hot water in in the cooler and it will be warmed up in just like 15minutes.
@terryrogers357
6 ай бұрын
A dipstick oil heater and a frost plug coolant heater and you are good to go in the worst winter weather.
@dannydaw59
6 ай бұрын
Video idea: Get the pistons/cylinders to fire all at once. Modify the crankshaft and timing. Attach extra engine mounts to keep the engine in there. I bet that would be funny to watch.
@CarNerd
6 ай бұрын
they already did that. you're a bad person for being too lazy to check.
@dannydaw59
6 ай бұрын
@@CarNerd They've got so many videos. It would take hours to check.
@dannydaw59
6 ай бұрын
@CarNerd Theres 1 video from 2 years ago but they couldn't Rev the engine to get torque out of it. They need to redo it so that the engine can Rev up.
@CarNerd
6 ай бұрын
LOL took you less than an hour to find it. It was a silly idea but they still did it for you.@@dannydaw59
@72polara
6 ай бұрын
We had coolant heaters on our standby generators. When they started there were almost immediatly put under full load. However, we were always replacing hoses in the cooling system. Seems being hot all the time causes them to fail. Probably should have used silicone hoses.
@dkannegi
6 ай бұрын
0w40 Shell Rotella T6 still pours well in super cold (expensive though at near $70/4L), all my high mileage engines get this put in... I cold started my vans last year -42°C on the dashboard no problem (battery kept topped on a trickle charger). Combustion stability on start is a different question (lots of unburnt gasoline fires out the exhaust). Why the craziness? Not every parking spot has easy access to 120V for the block heater, but the battery worst case can be pulled, warmed, charged, and put in.
@themetalslayer2260
6 ай бұрын
pre heating systems warm both the oil and the coolant while making those fluids moving (but cost a fortune and need gasoline to work)
@simonallan9941
6 ай бұрын
I think if you wanted to preheat the coolant, you could use a radiator from an automatic vehicle, and using the transmission fluid cooling system in the bottom of the radiator as a heat exchanger, which you can pump through hot water or oil, with some other crazy contraption, that turns on when the first rooster farts or from an alarm clock ⏰️, I use to leave my 68 Corolla in drive with park brake on when warming it up, because the heat from the transmission (Toyoglide) would bring up the cooling system temperature faster 😉.
@twocvbloke
6 ай бұрын
There is another option of course, just leaving the car running, in some places it gets cold enough that even block heaters have a hard time being any good, so, they just leave their vehicles idling overnight, uses more fuel, but keeps the engine nice and toasty... :P
@Z_732
6 ай бұрын
To leave a comment, ive used oil heaters and coolant heaters both. Ive had the best luck with coolant heaters. I think its mostly because in a coolant system, the heat rises, so it will cycle itself through the engine. The oil doesnt seem to be as quick, i think its due to the fact you have to cycle the oil in order to warm all the separate parts. Jmo
@sergeantpeppers8858
6 ай бұрын
When I was a mechanic working on big trucks, in the winter (if needed) I would tell the drivers that they needed new coolant. Then i. The summer, i would tell them they needed antifreeze. A few understood that it was the same thing, but most would flip out, hollering and cussing, asking why they needed coolant when it was 20°F outside (Georgia, USA), or why did they need antifreeze since it's been 100°F for 3 weeks. I'd let the shop forman explain things to them, if the driver would listen.
@Bill-wz6tw
6 ай бұрын
I think ideally you should heat the entire engine with a electric blanket or heat source for the whole engine compartment or you could heat the oil and the coolant but the oil should also have a pre lubricator pump installed to circulate the hot oil through the engines oil galleys after it gets warmed up some.
@michaelhayes588
6 ай бұрын
With more refinement and maybe a second induction heater against the block, you could sell this as a pre heater kit
@will891410
6 ай бұрын
Please, make an Tu 144 out of an Lada.
@sethnonya8566
6 ай бұрын
I would love to see them fit a sprayer and spray some crops with that Lada of theirs it's the Lada row crop model 😂
@dski9030
6 ай бұрын
Need to try on the radiator next. 👍
@patrikfranic1724
6 ай бұрын
I have a great idea for some of your next videos. You should try to convert 4 stroke diesel engine into 2 stroke. It needs to have some kind od turbine pushing the air in cilinders, it needs to inject diesel 2 times faster and the hardest part is to get the valves to open every time when the piston is at bottom dead center, exhoust one even little bit earlyer. I don't know if ti is possible, but if it is you are the guys who can do it.
@dadandkids5028
6 ай бұрын
Best to heat the block as that prevents it from freezing.
@BruceLyeg
6 ай бұрын
A heated battery blanket, a heated oil pan and a coolant heater should get it started
@1marcelfilms
6 ай бұрын
I used to put a floodlight under my oil pan. This is much more efficient
@demphanbreman5998
6 ай бұрын
I heat up both oil and coolant nowdays. I used to only be heating up the coolant but anything below 0 degrees and it could take a few seconds before the oil pressure light would go out. At around -20 it could take somewhere around 10-15 seconds witch did not feel good at all
@TiborRoussou
6 ай бұрын
block heater for coolant is the way to go.
@cheesecake9336
6 ай бұрын
Smart. That would work in cold environments
@urbanbengtsson2500
6 ай бұрын
I have a hyundai h-1 . One morning it was 40 degrees below and the engine cranked but didnt start . I took my heatgun and put it on the engine so it blowed on the cylinderhead .not particulary long time . Then it started pretty easy. But it probably wear the engine with oil thicker than honey.
@nousername.4831
6 ай бұрын
What about installing a 12v kettle element inside the sump wired through a timer relay to warm the oil that way? Also add a oil temperature sensor in the sump as well and a gauge in the dash to monitor the temperature with.
@markcdeyoung3118
6 ай бұрын
I guess you could heat The oil and add a heater in the carburetor float bowl That seems to work pretty good in a Yamaha Big Bear ATV You probably do something similar with fuel injection
@pezza1923
6 ай бұрын
i think for the sake of not wearing the engine by running it with frozen oil, heating the oil is a good idea to get good quality oil flow through the engine nice and quickly.
@BigDipper907
6 ай бұрын
Try both. Oil heater and water heater. U guys use engine block heaters there?
@mike-drums-maine
6 ай бұрын
Almost -60*f ? That is pretty damn cold. I thought -20*f was bad here in Maine, USA
@Colorado_Native
6 ай бұрын
My Jeep has an oil preheater. That makes more sense because the oil will get thicker as it gets colder. The antifreeze doesn't get thicker. The oil would be harder to push through the small passages and oil lines making the starter motor work harder.
@larsjrgensen5975
6 ай бұрын
Heating the water is best because there is 2-3 as much water in the engine then there is oil. Oil is only around 3-4kg and it does not touch anything other then the pan until the engine is started, so the engine is not really heated when the engine is off. Water in the cooling system is 10kg and touching the engine block (100kg) and bypassing the water pump or power it with a electrical motor is easy compared to the oil system. Use stove to heat pipes connected to the cooling system and use a electrical drill or something to run the waterpump on the engine.
@01mustang05
6 ай бұрын
Induction heater eh; you know I wouldn't have thought about that because I haven't had a steel oil pan for quite some time. And this doesn't work with aluminum. This also doesn't heat up the freezing oil in the oil filter. Video was still interesting though and it did work on this car. Don't forget that the oil is the lifeblood of these types of engines. And freezing oil doesn't lubricate metal parts spinning on metal parts very well; so naturally, heating the oil is most important at those temperatures.
@roygunnargranmo4641
6 ай бұрын
For engine health heating the oil is good. Very possibly better. Then heating the coolant. For passenger comfort. Heating the coolant should help making the cars interior warmer faster
@reinekewf7987
6 ай бұрын
i have a vw t4 tdi. They have a diesel powered coolant preheater and also has an water cooled oil cooler that is use in this case for heating the oil. so i think heating it that way is the most effective becuse you could use the heated coolant for heating the interior too.
@bgd73
6 ай бұрын
that is clever I liv e in maine usa, -20s F is beyond count memory. my most memorable is a broken mercury thermostat.---30s F. Todays vehicles start great, but the top end warms up real fast.. best to let the oil warm up to avoid cold snapping rods/internals under throttle. That is where I joke of the oil cooler attached internal to radiator.. the radiator becomes the oil warmer in those times.🙃
@dimmacommunication
6 ай бұрын
A lot of systems have spit cables to warm water and oil simultaneously :)
@ramongonzalez2909
5 ай бұрын
Put a electric servo on clutch and the switch on the shifter handle that way you can engage and disengage the clutch with a switch.
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