Vehicles were driven on the same route after a cold start, after pre-heating with an engine block heater, and with the engine already warmed up by driving. The route represented a typical commute ...

Learn more. Ford is recalling 410,289 full-sized pickup trucks due to a risk of fire from an engine block heater. Water and contaminants may get into the block heater cable's connector and cause ...

Less oil flow means more friction — and that means engine parts wear faster than they should. A block heater warms the engine coolant, which warms the engine block and the oil. In the winter ...