Note: Various «boilers», which supposedly heat up the thickened oil in the engine crankcase, do not provide any practical effect other than premature failure of the battery.
One of the options for solving this problem is to install electric devices for heating the engine cooling system fluid (pre-heaters).
The main disadvantage of electric heating of the coolant is that you need to have a special panel with a socket at home or office. An autonomous heater on liquid fuel will help you out of the situation, which is also built into the engine cooling system and works on the principle of a hot water boiler. The fuel for it is gasoline or diesel fuel, depending on what your car's engine runs on.
Another benefit of heating systems is that their use increases the engine life, since each cold engine start at a temperature of -20°C is equivalent to a run of 800 km.
Warning. The autonomous starting pre-heater is a complex high-tech device. During installation, the heater is connected to the electrical system, cooling and engine power systems. Therefore, the installation of the starting pre-heater of the engine cooling system should be carried out only in a specialized technical center.
Note: According to modern views, the engine will reach operating temperature faster and its wear will be less if after starting it is warmed up not at idle, but during movement, avoiding, of course, excessive load on the engine.
The procedure for starting an engine without a pre-heater in severe frosts is practically no different from the usual one. We can only recommend performing the following preparatory operations to facilitate starting a cold engine.
1. If the car has been parked for more than one night, after turning on the ignition, wait 3-5 seconds before starting the engine so that the electric fuel pump has time to increase the fuel pressure in the fuel system to the operating pressure.
2. The capacity of the battery in severe frost decreases, and the energy consumption for turning the engine crankshaft with thickened oil is much higher. In order to increase the service life of the battery, before turning on the starter, turn on the high beam headlights for 30-60 seconds, using the steering column switch in the light signaling mode. Due to the passage of a small current in the battery, chemical processes begin and its ability to give off energy increases significantly.
3. If the engine does not start on the first try (the starter worked for 5-10 s), the second can be done no earlier than 30 seconds later. If the engine does not start on the third attempt, it is necessary to look for faults in the power supply and ignition systems.