Hey spike you feeling OK? These are Aluminum pans Like I said for $20 buy a katz stick on pad heater just don't go too big because they can scorch your oil easily.

 

Do you DII guys have aluminum oil pans?
The DI oil pan is steel.

 

Yep a big honkin' cast aluminum pan.

 

Yup. More money for recycling. Aluminum is 55 cents per pound.

Eric

 

Smack that on a rock and you are D-U-N...DONE!
At least with a steel pan you can dent it and keep going (unless you crush the oil pickup of course)

 

You can drive this off-road? (as said to me earlier today by the jeep tj owner parked next to me as I was looking at the long arm suspension setup he was bragging about spending 3g's to have installed, I said yes, and it's an awful shame you spent all that money to make your suspension look like the factory long arm system on this rover....)

 

THANKS FOR THE INPUT!
I live in east central Minnesota, just north of Mpls/StPl. I realize I may not need the heater----but--I only drive a mle or two to work and this 120 volt post sits 3' from my bumper. My previous vehicle was a 454" Chev and the block heater warmed the engine much quicker than without it. I was unaware of adhesive heaters. I have several Katz magnetic heaters from years past. THANKS Dave

 

what benefit does the passenger get from a block heater?...does it warm up the coolant enough to use the heater from a "cold"start?...if so, how long does it need to be plugged in?
I just noticed an electric cord in the engine bay the other day, so looks like i have one.
Never used one before so any advice......

 

A engine block heater does just that, it heats the engine block by heating the engine coolant.
Depending on the heater it will heat the coolant to 150*F or so, it only heats the coolant in the block and not the radiator.
When I drove truck we plugged them in as soon as we parked the truck for the night.
But you only need a couple of hours, so if you put it on a timer, like a light timer and have it set to come on 2 hours before you leave for work you will reduce your warm up time.
You wont have immediate heat but it will be quicker than if you did not have one.