Uhm... Did I install the EBH correctly?

When you are under the car(feet sticking out the front), the hole is on the side/end of the engine(driver's side) up very near the exhaust manifold. The EBH will be parallel with the ground.

 

What is EBH?

 

Engine Block Heater.

Yes, it goes on the driver's side near the top of the engine just below the cylider head. I'll see if I can get a picture. The problem is that you can't actually see the hole for the EBH. It seems to me that Wayne(FireEngineer) found it by just feeling for it blindly. It probably helps that he has done a few hundred of them.

Hobbit does his installs by removing the cowling and installing it from in the engine bay from above.

 

Here's a pic that helped me. The proper hole is circled in yellow. It is above the transaxle, in the space between the inverter and block. I too, installed mine from the top. Removing the cowl, you can see it and reach it, (not easily, but do-able).

 

Facing the car, it slides in driver side to passenger side. You can just see the hole from the top side, it is below the metal coolant pipe seen in the pic. Locate that pipe on your car and that should help orient you. That pipe faces toward the rear of the car. Look down between the engine and inverter assembly. Don't give up, once you see find it, it will be an 'AAAHHH, OK' moment.

 

Congrats! You're going to find that it was well worth the effort. Do you have a timer for it? It seems that 3 hours is about the right amount of time to get it up to as hot as you can with the EBH. After ~3 hours, the engine doesn't warm up much more so the EBH is running at the rate of 400W/hour with little or no additional benefit. Happy warming!

 

Where did you find yours/how much? Mine is a mechanical one that is not entirely accurate and I can only set it in 1 hour increments. Also, I only have 1 outlet.

 

Thanks! I may need to make a trip over to Lowe's. The timer I have is a little beat up. Here's a small tip: Don't forget to unplug before you leave. I have adapted a new technique to remind me to unplug. I take a loop of the cord and stick it under the wiper blade where I can see it before I take off.

 

Ah, glad to see you got it in.

I got my timer at Home Depot. I wanted a manual.

Next: pipe foam for grill blocking.

 

I just finished installing my EBH. I wouldn't have got it done without the install instructions on this forum and this thread really helped too. Wow
!, what a job. Once I finally found where it goes, I didn't think I'd ever get it in. And like putting grease on the thing makes it easier to hold on to! Not!

Thanks to all of you for the help.

 

from the bottom. I was afraid to take parts off. I probably set some kind of time record. I did it in a quick three hours!! But glad I have it installed. I don't know how much grease I had on the thing by the time I got it installed, but it seems to be working. I'll need it this week; it's supposed to be cold.