Welcome to the North American Subaru Impreza Owners Club Tuesday March 19, 2024
Home Forums Images WikiNASIOC Products Store Modifications Upgrade Garage
NASIOC
Go Back   NASIOC > NASIOC Technical > Normally Aspirated Powertrain

Welcome to NASIOC - The world's largest online community for Subaru enthusiasts!
Welcome to the NASIOC.com Subaru forum.

You are currently viewing our forum as a guest, which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our community, free of charge, you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Registration is free, fast and simple, so please join our community today!

If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us.







* As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. 
* Registered users of the site do not see these ads. 
Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 11-09-2000, 05:51 PM   #1
tomrichardson
Scooby Specialist
 
Member#: 2672
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Lakewood, CO USA
Vehicle:
1973 Porsche 914
Porsche Red

Question Subaru Engine block heater

I have an MY00 2.5RS and I ordered the Subaru engine block heater from my dealer. I was wondering if anybody has this and could tell me how to hook it up to the engine? I looked under the hood and couldn't see anything apparent that I would hook it up to. I also looked in the car manual, and it didn't have anything to say.

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks,
Tom Richardson, Jr.
* Registered users of the site do not see these ads.
tomrichardson is offline   Reply With Quote
Sponsored Links
* Registered users of the site do not see these ads.
Old 11-09-2000, 09:04 PM   #2
Avenger
Scooby Specialist
 
Member#: 1234
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Vehicle:
2000

Post

The block heater will fit into one of the frost plug holes, little circle plates. Inorder to put the block heater in you will have to knock out the frost plugs and remove them. Oh besure that the coolant is drained and not too hot. Then put the block heater. I suggest that if you do not really need it, don't put it in. This is because they always leak in the future when they rust out.
PS I suggest you let a mechanic install it if it sounds to complicated.
Avenger is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-09-2000, 09:32 PM   #3
tomrichardson
Scooby Specialist
 
Member#: 2672
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Lakewood, CO USA
Vehicle:
1973 Porsche 914
Porsche Red

Post

OK, thanks. I think I'll be able to figure it out now.

Oh, I need it. Today when I went out to start my car it was 15 degrees F. I live in Hailey, Idaho. It gets pretty darn cold here in the winter.

Thanks!

Tom Richardson, Jr.
tomrichardson is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-10-2000, 04:59 AM   #4
LUME
Banned
 
Member#: 2641
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Bethlehem, PA
Vehicle:
2000 Impreza 2.5 RS
Dirt and Bird Poop

Have a Nice Day?

15 F????

You call that cold???

I'm still wearing shorts until it hits single digits. Hell, my carbed isuzu pickup would even start first try at 15F

--Roy
LUME is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-10-2000, 06:07 AM   #5
Peaty
Techno Sapien
Moderator
 
Member#: 449
Join Date: Oct 1999
Chapter/Region: MWSOC
Location: Lawrence, KS
Vehicle:
2019 Impreza Sport
Lithium Red

Post

There is an engine coolant plug on the drivers side bottom or the engine. You'll need a 14mm allen wrench to get it out. It's not a freeze out plug but something that needs to be unscrewed. Obviously you'll have to drain the coolant first. That plug is in there really tight. I tried using a 14mm bolt with 2 nuts jammed together but I still couldn't get the bugger out. The nuts kept moving. If you want to see the exactly what the plug looks like go here: http://www.azscooby.com


and look at the OEM oil cooler mod. I had to remove the same plug but on the oppisite side.

Peaty


[This message has been edited by Peaty (edited November 10, 2000).]
Peaty is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-11-2000, 12:30 AM   #6
Eric Gagnon
Scooby Newbie
 
Member#: 46
Join Date: Jun 1999
Location: Saratoga Springs, NY
Vehicle:
2001 Jetta 1.8T
White

Cool

Tom,
Get one installed before the winter gets too bad. It was -4F today and the car fired up great. I have the engine block heater and a batter heater. Any ?'s e-mail me.

Eric

PS - Don't forget to unplug the car before you drive away.
Eric Gagnon is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Subaru engine block heater install - need HELP! Peaty Normally Aspirated Powertrain 3 11-13-2017 09:49 PM
Question: Reparing engine block heater cord John Callahan Alaskan Impreza Club Forum -- AKIC 14 11-21-2005 01:32 AM
Engine block heaters, do they work? SOneil0387 General Community 18 01-03-2005 11:19 PM
SOA engine block heater darioc Interior & Exterior Modification 4 12-07-2004 06:56 PM
Subaru Engine block heater brand new Bear Private 'For Sale' Classifieds 1 09-15-2003 10:18 PM

All times are GMT -4. The time now is 07:57 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.0
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Powered by Searchlight © 2024 Axivo Inc.
Copyright ©1999 - 2019, North American Subaru Impreza Owners Club, Inc.

As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission
Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.