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Dave (NE) 
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Posted: 26 Dec 2016 at 10:52am |
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I have an Allis one-eighty diesel I acquired a few years ago. It has a block heater on it and also a heater connected to the water hoses. Why would there be two heaters on it? I have used the block heater, and it does heat the engine up. Just wondering if there is a reason to have both and to use one over the other. Thanks, Dave
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SteveM C/IL
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Posted: 26 Dec 2016 at 10:57am |
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usually tank heaters were used when no place for a block heater. Don't see advantage one over the other. Maybe a low watt block heater VS a 1500wt tank heater?
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HudCo
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Posted: 26 Dec 2016 at 12:24pm |
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bet at one time one whent bad and a differant one got installed and the old never got removed or the cord on the block heater whent bad and the other got put on until a new cord came or back up just thinking like some of my customers
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Krazy Karl
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Posted: 26 Dec 2016 at 7:49pm |
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Could be an old timer that didn't like block heaters. 1 Reason I've heard was they thought would cause pitting on the two cylinders thats next to heater. 2 reason i heard tank heaters heat whole cooling system uniformly because they make coolant flow
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DSeries4
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Posted: 26 Dec 2016 at 8:11pm |
 Dave (NE) wrote:
I have an Allis one-eighty diesel I acquired a few years ago. It has a block heater on it and also a heater connected to the water hoses. Why would there be two heaters on it? I have used the block heater, and it does heat the engine up. Just wondering if there is a reason to have both and to use one over the other. Thanks, Dave |
You would have to ask one of the previous owners. Some of them do pretty strange things...
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shameless (ne)
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Posted: 27 Dec 2016 at 3:59am |
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maybe with both of them, they could get it heated quicker in the mornings , instead of having them on all night?
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