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This cartridge heater clips into the cavity of your engine block and submerges in the coolant to keep engine fluids from thickening. Results in easier start-ups, faster heating of your cab, and less wear and tear on your vehicle in cold weather.
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Benefits of a Heated Engine
Start your engine easier and warm your cab faster in cold weather with this cartridge-style engine block heater. Heating your engine coolant keeps it from thickening and freezing, resulting in more reliable start-ups and smoother operation altogether. It also lessens the workload and extends the life of your vehicle's battery. And because starting your engine when it's warm creates less condensation in the engine block than starting it when it's cold, your engine will get better initial fuel vaporization, which causes fewer emissions and less pollution.
Cartridge-Style Heater
This cartridge-style heater simply clips into the cavity of your engine block. There is no need to remove the core frost plug. The power cord on the heater is removable so that you won't need to buy a whole new heater if the cord gets damaged. The cord can be routed through your grille for easy access to a 120-volt outlet or extension cord. Make sure the heating element is fully submerged in the coolant before plugging it in.
Average Customer Rating: 4.2 out of 5 stars (104 Customer Reviews)
This cartridge heater clips into the cavity of your engine block and submerges in the coolant to keep engine fluids from thickening. Results in easier start-ups, faster heating of your cab, and less wear and tear on your vehicle in cold weather.
The heater was easy to install, there was a indent on the engine block that the heater fit in and was held by a clip, routing the cord to the lower grill and holding away from moving parts with the tie wraps took some care as the cord was just long enough. My GMC Acadia spent the winter parked outside in Wyoming so the heater was good on those cold nights especially when I had to leave for work at 5 am, The apartment complex has plugs at every parking space so was very convenient, on very cold nights left it plugged in all night, not sure if it was designed for that but had no problems. Looking forward to another winter.
80% perfect fit! The only thing missing is 90 degree angle for the power cord at the heater(like GM original) also the power cord is not long enough for 2017 Canyon!
Otherwise excellent for the price!
jean p - 10/03/2020Shipping was very fast (2 days) from Florida to Boise..
I have not installed the block heater yet. I'm driving home to Alaska soon and I'll have my mechanic install it there. Required in Alaska for even for gas engines
Robert - 05/17/2021 Robert M - 05/18/2021Très bon service
Avec un suivi .
Très satisfait
Merci à votre équipe !
You Folks are alway helpful, accurate and fast. Thanks again
The GMC Canyon did not have a block heater, and I wanted one that was exactly like the OE heater. etrailer was able to provide the heater I needed, and especially in this part of the country starting a car at -20f without preheat is very hard on the engine. This works perfectly.
After the wild goose-chase of finding where it goes, It never worked once.
Took a minute to install, cost a fraction of the oem part, and it works like a dream. I live in Winnipeg Canada and things get real cold up here. When it reaches -35 a good block heater is a must and this us a good block heater.
Great product, perfect fit.
Installed the heater -- easy schmeasy! Waiting for cold weather to see how effective the heater will warm the car.
fairly easy to install, works great.
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I cannot rate the product (which may be really fine) since there is no instructions given on installation so I'm stalled. Well the so called "instructions sheet" says to put the heater in the "cartridge" but doesn't give the slighlest idea where it is other than stating that for my car its situation is " LF" whatever that means.
Not on par with etrailer's business practices !
Jenny N - 03/01/2022Review from a similar Cartridge Style in Vehicle Heaters
2014 Dodge Ram 5.7L uses Kat’s 11816 cartridge heater. Perfect fit. Must remove the two starter bolts and slide it out of the way. Don’t disconnect starter wires. Just slide starter out of the way. Easily done with truck on ramps. Clean out hole. Find a correct size retaining screw. Not sure what size or If hole is threaded. Too much rust. Just be able to jam some screw in there to retain the cartridge, until silicone dries. Smear about an inch wide layer of high temp silicone around the base of the cartridge. Insert cartridge, twist back and forth to spread silicone, and hold in place with retaining screw. Route wire straight forward. I used 1 1/8” spade bit to drill a hole in black plastic in bumper, but my bumper was already messed up, so I didn’t care much. Plug hangs out grill about 3”. Use zip ties to secure cord to square tubing frame post inside bumper.
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Installed this on my 2019 Toyota Tacoma. Haven’t really tested it out yet as I installed it before it got seriously cold. Installation was easy. Just follow etrailers super helpful video. I did have to file a slight flat on the heater to clear the bell housing overhang. Not a manufacturer issue on the heaters part. Just normal variance on Toyota’s end.
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Does your company do any type of quality control before you send these out? I was wondering what everyone was talking about in the reviews when they said they had to file these down to get it to fit. Indeed I did have to significantly grind/file the circumference of the plug to get it to fit. Now I’m not confident that it’ll stay in the block because I had to modify it so much; something that should have been made right from the factory, who does this for a living. (3rd Gen Tacoma)
Jenny N - 11/05/2021Review from a similar Cartridge Style in Vehicle Heaters
Very well made, easy to install on Hyundai Elantra GLS 2016 with 1.8 engine. Lightning fast shipping at an incredible price of $[x] from USA to Canada. Very pleased doing business with Etrailer and will do again for sure!
Michel - 09/02/2021Review from a similar Cartridge Style in Vehicle Heaters
Easy installation once we found the hole in the engine block where it goes, that is the hard part. Worked fine last winter, have not needed it this year.
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I am very satisfied with this product!
Reiner - 04/15/2022Review from a similar Cartridge Style in Vehicle Heaters
This is the second Kat's heater in this car. The first lasted 5 years or so and worked well so decided to replace with same.
Terry A - 02/27/2022Review from a similar Cartridge Style in Vehicle Heaters
I live in northern Ontario, Canada. Average temp is -20 but has gone as low as -30/-35. This heater was installed in a 2016 Hyundai Elantra GLS 2.0 engine. Installation was easy once the battery box was removed. Slipped in the cavity real nice. The heater was plugged in for 4 hours at -20c. I then tested the engine for warmth. To my surprise the engine block was warm to the touch and the snow had a small circle on the hood where it started to melt. This surpassed my expectation, and I highly recommend this heater. Uses 350 watts per hr. That's less than a frost plug heater at 550 watts per hr. Shipping, packaging and instructions all great.
Daniel V - 01/21/2020Review from a similar Cartridge Style in Vehicle Heaters
I bought this a year ago and installed it myself. It was a fairly simple and quick install. The heater works great and I recommend it for the Tundra.
Bill C - 12/30/2021Review from a similar Cartridge Style in Vehicle Heaters
2015 Hyundai Sonata 2.4 install. Have to remove air intake, very tight to get it in just enough space. Had to trim a little bit to make it fit but nothing ever fits perfect. Picture say it all.
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I bought the car in Winnipeg MB with NO block heater when I got it home!! Luckily Etrailer had the heater I needed. Installation was a breeze and it works like a champ.
Ron R - 11/14/2020Review from a similar Cartridge Style in Vehicle Heaters
Great quality and price of the product! I have used it for a year now and everything works well.
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Attempted to install into a 2014 Tacoma. After removing the bracket the blocks the hole for the heater, the cartridge would not go in all the way. I discovered that the thickness of the cartridge where the plug connects to makes contact with the engine below the hole. I had to sand a flat part onto the heater in order for it to slide in flush.
The clip barely holds the heater in to the point where I couldn't trust it. I attempted to make the bend further down the clip so it could securely hold the heater in but the clip was fragile and snapped. Attempts to contact Kats/Five Star Manufacturing was a waste of time, they never respond. I resorted to making my own clip with stronger metal and a bend at the proper length and it can be trusted to hold now.
Do not purchase Kats/Five Star Manufacturing products with the expectation that they have your back if the product is faulty in some way. Purchase OEM block heaters, yeah they may cost a little more ($18 in this case) but you can expect the product to perform as expected.
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