Re: Engine Block Heater for Alfa 155

[Jaap Bouma <j.h.bouma@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 09:40 PM 10/29/98 +0100, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I am planning to go to Sweden for the Christmas holiday and as temperatures
>are expected to drop very far, I am planning to prepare my car thoroughly. I
>am now looking for a good but cheap (I know, contradiction) engine block
>heating system. Are there any suggestions around? I have checked on the web,
>but there doesn't seem to be much on this subject.
>
>Car in question is a '94 155 2.0TS, running regular petrol and an LPG
>system. Who has pointers on where to go and what to do in order to get the
>right stuff on my car?
>
>Harald van Santen
> 

Hi Harald,

I'd recommend the Kenlowe engine heater. I put one in my dad's Misubishi
Pajero (sigh), and it has worked very well for two years now. In fact, it's
so good, that my dad uses it summer and winter, as the Pajero has a biiiggg
diesel engine that's very slow to heat up from cold. 
It consists of a heater element, a thermostat and a small pump, all in one
body. It's quite simple to fit, the only possible pain in the you-know what
is priming the pump and getting all the air from the system. 
Before the Kenlow system he had a swedish system, which was said to be
fitted to volvo's (obligatory volvo content) by the factory and was three
times as expensive as the kenlowe hotstart. This consisted of a heater
element only, relying on thermosyphoning to get the hot water to the engine
block. It failed after about one year through serious corrosion. Guess
which system I'd recommend.

Contact Kenlowe at:

Kenlowe LTD
Maidenhead, UK
Customer Service Dept
fax (from netherlands):  00 44 1628 823451

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Best, Jaap Bouma (Netherlands)
'87 GTV6 2.5 Grand Prix

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