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"Guys.... 50 below wind chill may be 10/20/30 below depending how hard it blows. The real deal is the Dakota doesn't care about wind chill. Nor does anything else that isn't a living breathing thing of some sort. Yup. only living things are effected by wind chill. Far as the truck is concerned, the real temperature is all it sees."
That's not completely true and very misleading. Wind chill has a tremendous impact on our vehicles, just not in the same way. Wind chill directly affects how quickly your vehicle cools down. The rate at which you loose body heat is mucy the same as the rate an inanimate object loses heat.
While a 20 below wind chill will not lower the temperature of your vehicle from an ambient temperature of +10 down to the -20 wind chill temperature it will drop from it's operating temperature to ambient temperature far more quickly than if there were no wind. This is one of the reasons a vehicle starts so much easier if it is garaged even if the garage is unheated and is the same temp as outside. It takes far longer for you vehicle to drop to ambient temp.
I know my truck starts much easier in the morning after being garged for twelve hours than it does after sitting outside at work even though the daytime temp is higher.
More to the point of this topic, it is not only a good idea to install some sort of block heater but also a good idea to install a tranny heater. They will save you both wear and tear on the engine and tranny and save you a little bit on your gas bill.
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windchill factor on mechanical components..
any Canadian will tell you there's a differences
if you park facing the wind or not (battery)
and windshield washer fluid will freeze when sprayed at speed but not while waiting at a stoplight.
btw, I remove the fan on my 4.7 in the winter,
running the heater is enough to cool the engine.
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911mike, I do the same thing and no electric fan to back it up. At constant temps below 70 degrees I don't need a fan at all. Even at higher temps it will run right a normal all day long at cruise speed.
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With all due respect, Cars parked in a garage do start easier even if the temp is the same as outside but there protection from the wind is NOT the reason. Yes in the wind the engine cools off faster but no lower then actual temperature. Going with that the real reason a garage makes a big difference is FROST. yup. once the engine cools frost starts to form outside the engine but more so in the inside of the motor. There for it is the combination of cold and frost that makes things worse outside. I really believe soft plug heaters are bad for motors. They DO NOT warm the oil and in fact only warm one side of the motor. This is a very lopsided combination. The oil pan 250 watt patch mounted on the bottom of pan heats the oil which in turn heats the intire engine as it should be. There is a heater that installs in the lower radiator hose in the area that turns up towards the engine. not bad but no oil heat. Same with a tank heater. In Alaska, the oil pan patch is the only heater to use simply because oil stops flowing when it gets cold enough. We in the states can get by with any type but if your going to do it, whay not do what's best for the engine. My opinion.....I wouldn't even consider using anything other then the patch even if I buy the car with one of the others on it.
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I just happen to buy one of those 250W stick-on heat pad, and planning to install it this week.
The stock 'frost plug' block heater never worked properly since new, could barely feel any heat even right next to it.
will give some feedback as cold weather is coming..
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"Yes in the wind the engine cools off faster but no lower then actual temperature."
That's pretty much what windchill does. The same could be said for the human body. Your body will never cool below the actual temperature either.
A garage is no guarantee that you won't get frosted. Many times I've checked my oil on a cold morning and found a coating of frost on my engine. After some thought I found that the humidity inside the garage was much higher than outside due to snow that had melted off the car. This actually cause the dew point inside to rise higher than outside.
Most heaters are not designed to warm you vehicle up but to keep it warm. This would be especially true of ones like frost plug heaters.
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I need to install a block heater on my 2003 Dakota slt quad
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