Engine Block Heater

I searched for this and didn't find anything. I was wondering if an Engine Block Heater is a factory option? I just noticed my car has one...lol

my husbands 2004 svt focus has one from the factory.

i always wondered what those plugs were for!!!

i guess it is for you guys who get some really cold weather!

It's not a factory option, but it's a dealer installed accessory.


it's one of those things the dealer tries to sell you after you buy a car, like undercoating, another alarm, block heater, a bra , or gay wheels.


My '88 5.0 came with a block heater. It's a replacement freeze plug with a 120V power plug in the grill. The window sticker does not reflect this option at all.


EDIT: there may be other cars that do have them as factory features, but not on the mustang

I was purchased in Canada, so maybe that's why? I don't think I will ever use it.

yeah its a cold weather thing (like canada eh).

Yes, block heaters are a necessity in "da colt nort"

I bought my GT in Canada before I moved to Ohio, so it has a block heater.. Everyone always asks me what the plug is for.. Some people even think my car is electric.. I'm not sure if it's an option.. In Saskatchewan, it's just expected that you get a block heater.. That would be like not getting tires..

Like Mustang5L5 said, it's a replacement for one of the freeze plugs. It has what looks like an oven heater element on it. The cord runs from it to the front of your car.. On a cold night you plug it in and listen for what sounds like a coffee pot starting and go inside..

I bought a focus in Ohio and it doesn't have a block heater..

Riley

mine has one but the motor came out of a 99 f150.. and the blew the bastard out at the track... if you want to install one of these, use one of them stick on lil guys.. them work good

They are standard equipment on all fords (and most other brands too) purchased in canada.

It says in the owner's manual where the block heater is standard equipment. I think it Canada and all of the northern fringe of states, like Montana over to Wisconsin, Michigan and some of the New England states.

Mine came with one, but it's never been used. As soon as there's salt on the roads, she sits until it's gone.