Bill, block heaters fit into the engine block so they are in contact with the engine coolant. On Ford Motor products, they fit into the space where a freeze plug would go. If the freeze plug or the block heater, in your case was missing you would have a coolant leak. It sounds like you were given a bogus answer to your issue.
-----Original Message----- >From: Bill <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: Diesels > >On 12/15/2016 10:36 AM, Gonz wrote: >> Yes, its possible that there is a short somewhere that is getting hot, >> but not in the right place to function as a block heater. I would >> suspect that something else is going on, like maybe the oil viscosity >> is too high. This would make it very difficult to start in cold >> weather. >> > >We have an answer. The poor thing had to be towed to the dealership last >night. They checked it over very thoroughly. >The block heater was functioning perfectly, the problem was, it hadn't >been installed correctly at the Cummins factory, and when the engine had >been installed it had fallen out. >So, they are getting me a new one. Unfortunately, they are on back order. >They are also checking on the oil viscosity to see if a lighter oil >might be needed. >Meanwhile, I have a 2017 Rogue, which is a cool little car. >If the block heater is going to take more than a few days to arrive, >they have offered me another truck until mine is fixed. >This is why I have driven Nissans for a quarter century. >Any company looks good when things are going well, it's when the >inevitable happens and something goes sideways that you see what kind of >company they are. >When my self destructing Pontiac was going in for repairs every other >day, GM blew me off. >Which is why friends don't let friends buy a GM vehicle. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
