Does anyone know if Audi makes a block heater for the Allroad? I have one on my Volvo and my truck and they work great to help start the car below 0 degree. I will be spending a lot of time in northern MN this winter and need a block heater to make sure the car will start at -30 to -40 below.

Any insight?

 

What do you mean block heater?
I can take a stab at what you mean, our heater cores have coolant runing through them at all times, which means it takes longer for the car to heat up on cold starts then lets say a chevy.

 

Hello,

I am looking for a block heater. Typically this is an electric heater that replaces a freeze plug in the block. The electrical cord for the heater typically hanmgs out of the grill.

Thanks.

 

I don't think that I have ever seen one on a gas powered auto. I thought that they were for diesels only.

Have you seen one on a "gas" vehicle?

 

Yes to the gas question. I have one on my Volvo XC90 with a turbo T6, one on my gasoline Chevy 4x4, and I've had them on gasoline Ford trucks, Toyota 4Runners ,and Land Cruisers as well. Most cars in northern Minnesota, Maine, North Dakota, and definitely Alaska have block heaters (and maybe even a battery heater and oil dipstick heater). From what I remember most Subarus sold in northern states came with them standard.

When I went to college in Fairbanks all of the parking lots had electrical outlets to plug into.

Here is a picture of my 4Runner along with my neighbor's cars all plugged in:



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Thats a good question, im not sure really. Im sure someone could tap into a freeze plug and custom make you one, most freeze plugs are the same size.

 

Thanks. I'm really surprised that they don't offer one given the fact that this car just begs to be used in harsh winter weather. Audi's competitors definitely have them beat in this area. No wonder I haven't seen many Allroads in Alaska or Minnesota.

Thanks.

 

Hi,

I've got a 2001 Audi Allroad, in British Columbia. I fitted an oil pan heater and battery heater that I purchased from a company in Ontario. They are also able to supply from offices in the US, so you can either be billed in $CDN or $US.

http://www.dieselproducts.com/proheat/padheater.html

I bought the model 16 pad heater for the oil pan, the battery warmer and heater thermostat in a kit form that worked out a little bit cheaper than buying them individually. The company was very helpful, and their products work very well.

All you need to do is remove the engine undertray, and then use a sandpaper block to remove some of the black paint from the oil pan and then stick the pad heater to the oil pan. The hardest part is routing the power cable to appear at the front of the car near the headlight! I also suggest doing this work inside, as i did get a little cold doing it outside in -20ºC!

The Allroad now starts much better, and warms up almost instantly. I like the fact that you don't need to modify any engine parts to fit this.

Hope this helps

Andrew

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i needed a heater for my 1963 chevy truck although not sure whether any particular model might fit as it is not in a very good shape right now.

 

i got som links for you, and you can instal it your self or a work shop

http://www.webasto.com/home/en/homepage.html

http://www.eberspacher.com/

this is the ultimate engine warmer

you can always instal a sheper solution defa warm up

http://cor.defa.com/

so god luck