# 240sx Block Heaters

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/240sx-block-heaters/119989>\
**Category:** SON240sx Automotive\
**Created:** [November 19, 2008, 1:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/240sx-block-heaters/119989 "2008-11-19T13:26:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Rb26dett\_s12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rb26dett\_s12](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Rb26dett_s12)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 1:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/240sx-block-heaters/119989/1 "2008-11-19T13:26:12Z")

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Just a question.

Did the KA 240sx come with a block heater in 1991?

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**Author:** ![Heatw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cdc98d/32.png) [@Heatw](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Heatw)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 1:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/240sx-block-heaters/119989/2 "2008-11-19T13:36:47Z")

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they don’t come with them factory, but i’m sure dealers sold them with it as an option, why bother with one?

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**Author:** ![87s15lt1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/87s15lt1/32/5706_2.png) [@87s15lt1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/87s15lt1)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 1:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/240sx-block-heaters/119989/3 "2008-11-19T13:38:48Z")

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block heaters make easier cranking in colder weather. keeps the coolant relatively warm in which keeps the oil some what thinner than it would be in - degree weather

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**Author:** ![Rb26dett\_s12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rb26dett\_s12](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Rb26dett_s12)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 1:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/240sx-block-heaters/119989/4 "2008-11-19T13:44:22Z")

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sooo a 1991 doesnet have one from the factory??

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**Author:** ![spanks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@spanks](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/spanks)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 2:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/240sx-block-heaters/119989/5 "2008-11-19T14:01:47Z")

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no you will have to put one in, remove one of your frost plugs and that were it goes

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**Author:** ![Heatw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cdc98d/32.png) [@Heatw](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Heatw)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 2:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/240sx-block-heaters/119989/6 "2008-11-19T14:24:22Z")

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i know the reason for using one but honestly were do u live lol in the gta using one is basically pointless, if you have trouble with startign a 240 i nthe winter somthing else is wrong.

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**Author:** ![Rb26dett\_s12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rb26dett\_s12](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Rb26dett_s12)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 5:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/240sx-block-heaters/119989/7 "2008-11-19T17:11:40Z")

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There are no issues with the 240 starting.

I am storing the car the entire winter, and figure a block heater is a better means of keeping the car healthy when its not being used.

> [@Decreasing the ingress/egress of my daily driver to lotus proportions](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/decreasing-the-ingress-egress-of-my-daily-driver-to-lotus-proportions/18002/122):
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> i know the reason for using one but honestly were do u live lol in the gta using one is basically pointless, if you have trouble with startign a 240 i nthe winter somthing else is wrong.

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**Author:** ![87s15lt1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/87s15lt1/32/5706_2.png) [@87s15lt1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/87s15lt1)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 9:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/240sx-block-heaters/119989/8 "2008-11-19T21:29:09Z")

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^^^

if it’s gonna be parked and not started until spring/summer. plugging in a block heater is a waste of electricity imho.

there is only one benefit to a block heater as i said earlier…easier cranking in negative degree weather. that is it.

not saying it’s bad to have it plugged in all winter…but hey. etho.

just hope that nothing shorts out for whatever reason.

gl