DUDE!! Change your avatar, please! lol
I forgot to add, next time your truck wont start pull a spark plug and check for spark.
No spark=bad crank sensor.

 

Don't you have Eberspachers/ Webastos over there? After having had one I would not wish to be without even in UK winters. 30 minutes pre-heat resulted in instant warm air from the heater, defrosted windows and a warm engine start. Well worth the cost!

 

Yes we do have engine block heaters, but you need a place to plug it in and you need to make sure that your extenstion cord will not be run over by a snowplow.

 

The original AK Rover has a space between AK and Rover.

 

The "original", HA!

I had noticed the space, but at first glance...

 

The ones I was referring to are not electric heaters. They use the vehicles own fuel (gasoline or diesel) to heat a small boiler plumbed into the coolant cicuit via the heater hoses. There is a factory fitted option on diesel D2s for cold climates which supplements the engine heating.
You could try a web search on the two manufacurers names.

 

I have heard of those type of heaters, did not know the brand names though.
Still sounds like it is easier to install a remote starter and let it warm up for 15 minutes.
If you had a garage or a assisgned parking spot then a block heater would be the way to go, plug it in when you get home, unplug it after you start the car.

 

UPDATE:
Well Spike555 you were spot on! Took the vehicle to the dealer, told them what I thought was the problem (CKP Sensor). An hour after dropping it off, I got the call that the sensor was bad. 3 hours later I got a call to pick up.

Thanks Spike555 for your help,and thank you to the original AK Rover for stepping into the fray about the remote starter although it really should not have been necessary, but thank you none the less.

Have a Happy New Year!!![/align][/align]

 

No problem. Glad you got it fixed although I'm surprised you had such a good experience with the dealer.

HAppy New Year

 

I am glad to see you got your start issue resolved.
As for me ridiculing and lecturing you, I wasn't. I was trying to get a point across regarding your prolonged cold idle times and the effect of our engines.
Next month, your engine will be 50 years old, in 1959 when it was built it was never intented by GM to be revised as many times as it has been by Rover. The current version is poorly matched and does trash the oil very quickly when allowed to idle for prolonded times.
I understand your truck starts and runs, just consider a block heater and save yourself some potential costly iussues in the future.
Have a good New Years.