Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 15:38:50 -0500 From: "g c" <nbtrownopsamet.on.ca> Subject: re: in-line block heater for 92 900T
hello all! I'm looking at installing an in-line block heater (tank type) between the engine block and the cabin heater core. The "local" Saab dealer (long distance phone call away) after discussion between service rep and tech, advised that the top hose line into the heater core is the one in which to install the heater. The block heater instructions require it to be installed as low as possible so that it is always flooded and the thermosyphon effect works strongly. This will mean extending the heater hose down to wherever I install the tank, and then back up again to the heater core. Has anyone any experience with this type of block heater, and does the advice to cut it into the top hose into the heater core sound correct? Any problems foreseen with routing a hose down to the tank and then back up again to the heater? Thanks in advance ps. the reason I'm looking at the in-line type is that they have a higher capacity = quicker warm up when switched on, and warm up the whole engine block and heater core, not just the rad.