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I know a guy who in the midwest to keep his horses warm in the barn during the coldest days and nights uses couple of the oil filled radiant heaters.
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When I lived in Edmonton, AB for a while, I used a heater that was placed inline with the radiator hose.
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I had to replace the ckt breaker that was defective.
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If the car is parked in an enclosed space, like an unheated garage, I like Wickedgood911's suggestion about the utility light if you can find one that still uses an incandescent bulb.
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Although technically not a heater, growing up we would use a utility light (within a cage) and place that next to the block overnight to radiate heat into the engine.
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Although technically not a heater, growing up we would use a utility light (within a cage) and place that next to the block overnight to radiate heat into the engine.
There must be some sort of blanket or device which replaces the dipstick and warms the oil internally out there in the world of car accessories.
I hope this at least gets your thought process moving.
Some owners who live and use their Porsches in the cold regions report the engine is fine with no heater. Be sure to use Mobil 1 0w-40 though.
I do not recall if there is a factory block heater option for the car that could be retro-fitted.
There are aftermarket heaters, ProHeat and Wolverine IIRC, that might meet your needs if you want to fit something to the engine. There are some issues with these types of heaters though. They need proper fitting to do their job and not subject the car to an engine fire.
If the car is parked in an enclosed space, like an unheated garage, I like Wickedgood911's suggestion about the utility light if you can find one that still uses an incandescent bulb.
Another possibility would be to use a radiant electric heater in the garage, in effect heating, well, warming the car by heating the garage. I know a guy who in the midwest to keep his horses warm in the barn during the coldest days and nights uses couple of the oil filled radiant heaters. (I gave him a pair when I moved away from the midwest.) These heaters have no moving parts, but put out quite a bit of heat due to their large surface area. There are various sizes. I have two in my apartment and use them instead of the built in heater. The brand name is Optimus.
Here's a link:
http://www.optimusent.com/_oil%20filled%20heaters.html
Back in my day of piston aircraft we had plug-in electric heaters that were bonded (epoxy maybe?) to the bottom of the oil pan, worked well in the cold north Canadian winters. I believe the manufacture was Tanis.
