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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 (123 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.Install was a little tricky given the location for my vehicle 2012 F150. But other than that pretty straight forward. Packaging was good and product seems well put together. Only time will tell if it works well. I'm not in the cold climate yet. It also does come with the 3 prong as advertised.
Erik
1/11/2019
Thanks for reaching out. I had just recently sold that truck about a month ago. But wanted to let you know that it has held up very well up here in ND. I had a question. I have recently upgraded my vehicle to a 19 F350 6.7. I wanted to know if you have anything available and if I could get one sent out. For whatever reason, my truck didn’t come with a factory block heater and now with the Ford recall on them. They aren’t in stock anymore and are WAY more expensive then what you guys have. Please let me know, look forward to response
Heather A.
1/15/2019
Product is fine but, the installation instructions are terrible. Even contacting the manufacturer for the mounting instructions, terrible. Found the mounting place on YouTube. What's up with this?
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.
2/27/2022
The second heater only lasted for 11 12 months and failed at the wire to heater connection. I returned it and a replacement has been sent under warranty.
Block heater gets hot when plugged in not installed. It will burn your hand. The battery wrap does heat up nicely. I have not installed them but assume they will work just fine.
Product was delayed, but paid same shipping cost.
Roy
10/24/2017
fair
Seems to be ok it was easy to install but I’ve only used it a couple of times.
Well this item installed on my 2020 Toyota RAV4 did fit but it is not as easy as with earlier models and located on the front left hand side (down low) instead of on the right hand side bank. I used the factory block heater installation instructions as a guide but found some of the steps unnecessarily (for example removing the air box). In any case be prepared to do a lot of it by feel because you cannot see the hole it slides into in the block unless you use a mirror and flashlight. The installation process took me about 2 hours.
Fast acting and effective engine block heater
Works great on my 09 Tacoma, takes about 6 hours to heat entire head and block to about 100 degrees Fahrenheit
Had to modify it to try and get this to fit as other people showed. Wouldn't fit and because it was modified it can't be returned. It would fit but you would be taking apart the engine cooling system because of rigid metal tubes and their brackets would have to be modified as its right infront of the hole, just to fit this into the slot of the block. Not worth the effort or time unless you want to pay a large amount of money to get someone to install it. Or if you have all the tools and a lift to install it yourself, since you will be going from underneath as well as above.
My Vehicle: 2021 Toyota Tacoma TRD Off-Road (4.0L 6cyl Auto)
This item is good quality but does not fit properly. It’s as if the circumference is a millimeter or two too-wide to fit in the engine block; it stopped itself maybe 3/4 of the way from a full install.
I bought this item before back in 2021 and had to remove my previous heating element due to it almost “melting” out of its socket because of the same issue I mentioned above; the clip would not secure no matter how hard I tried (“hammering” it in with a breaker bar *I made sure to not damage the electrodes* or even freezing it so the metal would hopefully shrink that extra millimeter or two).
Issue seriously needs to be resolved.
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.
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.
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.
Works great. Very happy with it.
You had a product that was very hard to get.
Fits like the factory one. The only issue I had is that the electrical cord is a bit on the short side. Other than that the heater works great.
Installation was surprisingly not dramatic…and everything is working as promised. Thanks once again for also the constant checking with me to make sure I received the product; very appreciated.
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 !
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.
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.
I installed this unit on my 2017 Tacoma when it had less than 10k on the odometer. Even with the engine bay clean and in like new condition, the heater was really difficult to install. The fit was really tight. I could not get it in the whole way and I did not want to tap on it with anything in fear of damaging the unit. With that said, it's in there and pretty much stuck. I have plugged it in during the cold months. When I fire up the truck in the morning getting ready to leave for work, I really can't tell if the Oil or Coolant are any warmer than if I didn't have the heater plugged in. Warm up times are about the same and the truck heater starts to warm up at the same time. I also don't know if it's ok to have the thing plugged in all night or if it should be on a timer. The instructions did not say. So all in all, For me I think it was a waste of money. The only thing it has done is spark up conversation when people see an extension cord plugged into the front of my truck. They say "I didn't know the new Tacoma came in a diesel?" Oh, one more thing. They sure could have made the electrical cord a few feet longer. I like doing a nice job of routing wires in my engine bay. The cord provided is so short you basically need to make a straight shot from your firewall to your grille.
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.
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Erik
1/11/2019
Product has held up very well in the frigid North Dakota winters! Very happy with purchase!