One of the tips for starting your diesel engine in the cold is to use an engine block heater. This is an electrical device ...

The Navistar/Ford 7.3L Power Stroke is highly regarded as one of the best diesel engines ever built ... required repair involves replacing the block heater on the 7.3L Power Stroke.

For diesel engines, new, and especially older oil burners ... the new cell heated while your truck is parked (similar to a block heater). Fresh batteries and accessories like warmers bring ...

All have GM's 6.6-Liter diesel engines and an optional engine block heater used to keep the block warm in extremely cold temperatures. GM is asking customers not to use engine block heaters until ...

Also, there was no discernible impact on particulate emissions from diesel engines. Furthermore, the study didn't account for fuel or electricity use to run engine block heaters, which could ...

Ray: For those of you lucky enough not to live in the great frozen north, a block heater is an electric heating element that's installed in your engine block. You plug it in overnight with an ...

When in use, the block heater may blow vehicle fuses ... Sierra 2500/3500 pickup trucks with the 6.6-liter diesel engine and optional engine heater, built from July 18, 2016, to May 10, 2019.

DETROIT - General Motors is recalling more than 331,000 diesel pickup trucks in the U.S. for a second time because the engine block heater cords can short circuit and cause fires. The recall ...

2017-2019 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra 2500 and 3500 trucks equipped with Duramax 6.6-liter diesel engines and an optional engine-block heater, including 324,000 U.S vehicles. The engine ...

The earlier recall was meant to fix a problem with the truck's engine-block heater. In December 2018, Ford recalled 410,289 full-sized pickup trucks in the U.S. because of a risk of fire from the ...

By comparison, the 7.3L Power Stroke Turbo Diesel engine often ranks as one of the ... One commonly required repair involves replacing the block heater on the 7.3L Power Stroke.