My runner is too tall to fit into my garage, and I live at 9000 feet, so needless to say she gets pretty cold overnight. I purchased a block heater from the stealership and need to figure out exactly where the freeze plug is that needs to be removed and what it looks like. I can't find any diagrams showing it.

After talking to the dealer it is apparently up against the firewall on the back of the engine, but there's a few round holes on the block back their and I'm not sure which one is right.

Anyone attempted this before and taken pictures?

TIA

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the round plugs below the exhaust ports

 

Are you having trouble starting it?
Mine starts in -40 with no trouble at all.
Unless you see -50 or less then I wouldn't bother.
If you pop out a freeze plug and don't get the heater in right, you'll leak coolant.

 

BruceTS,
Do you know if the freeze plugs just pop out or screw out?


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I haven't had any real problems starting it yet, but we haven't had the super cold weather like we've seen in the past (luckily it all went to the upper midwest!)

I would just like to minimize the wear and tear on the engine as much as possible. Not to mention it would be nice to get into a warm truck in the morning.

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There are 3 plugs on each side of the block, they are pressed in. The easy way to remove them is by punching a hole in the middle and pulling it out. If I get time tomorrow, I'll pop one out of the block in the picture, so you can see how they look.


Why can't you tap into the heater hoses to route a block heater?