Anyone install or use a Block or Battery heater in winter on the 3.6L?

[stickshifter]

I hear you on Vegas, but up here in northern WI the temps are much different than Indiana. We get that cold arctic air at least a few times a winter and last winter it lasted almost a week which completely killed my battery that was not even 2 years old and had an additional 120CCA compared to stock. I tried 3 different fully charged jump packs and none of them could even get the car to turn over once. We certainly don't need a block heater every day, but when we do it is a life saver.


I feel your pain brother. Our coldest days in northern WI are usually -30 to -50 degrees before the wind chill. It looks like the record is -55 degrees a touch further north than me when I was in high school. I remember that time as we had wind chills approach -70 and they only delayed school 2 hours. Nice temp. gauge, by the way. LaCrosse is in WI so it figures that our gauges could read that low. lol

That's cold! I thought we had it really cold once: We go to Ouray, Colorado about twice a winter to ice climb. One morning we woke up (while camping in a ground tent), and it was -40. Needless to say, we opted not to fire up the camp stove and cook that morning, and instead we headed into town for breakfast. I was with my girlfriend at the time, and instead of dumping me, she married me! The cold must have damaged her brain. But when it comes to cold, Wisconsin doesn't play around!

P.S. tell your neighbors thanks for making my temp gauge!

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[Mr._Bill]

These are aluminum engines that use 0w20 oil. There is no where in the lower 48 that you "need" a block heater.

Even if you move to the coldest states, it would only be a couple of days per year that is would be worth the money or the hassle.

Remote start will give you heat in about 5 mins in all but the coldest temps.

Use a block heater in Vegas for when it gets below 40? To get heat? You would have heat in 2 mins. That makes no sense whatsoever.

A block heater. In Las Vegas. Still wrapping my head around that one.

Block heaters are for places like the Yukon.

Diesel maybe in Minnesota for ease of starting. A gasser? No need.

You need to learn to read better. I used a block heater with the diesel truck. Just because we have hot summers doesn't mean it's warm in the winter.

 

[YayMud!]

That's cold! I thought we had it really cold once: We go to Ouray, Colorado about twice a winter to ice climb. One morning we woke up (while camping in a ground tent), and it was -40. Needless to say, we opted not to fire up the camp stove and cook that morning, and instead we headed into town for breakfast. I was with my girlfriend at the time, and instead of dumping me, she married me! The cold must have damaged her brain. But when it comes to cold, Wisconsin doesn't play around!

P.S. tell your neighbors thanks for making my temp gauge!

I've never gone camping in -40 degrees, but I am glad it worked out for your marriage.

 

[YayMud!]

I ended up getting the Mopar block heater for my Jeep. Along with having heated seats and for the first time- a heated steering wheel, and remote start- this thing is going to be nice this winter.

 

[Mr._Bill]

I ended up getting the Mopar block heater for my Jeep. Along with having heated seats and for the first time- a heated steering wheel, and remote start- this thing is going to be nice this winter.

Please let us know when it is installed, and the Mopar part number for the kit used. I would like to know just how difficult the installation is. I would like to install one, but have delayed due to the perceived difficulty.

 

[YayMud!]

I already had it installed at my local dealer. It turned out to be easier than we thought as it only took 1-1.5 hours. It should be available from any Jeep dealer. Hopefully, I don't have to use it for a while.

 

[texanjeeper]

Not living in Texas. But, after our record breaking cold winter, if we have another one like it, I'd sure take a look at it.

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