Thread: Block heater for Td5

I doubt if anyone in Australia has a block heater fitted to a TD5 as it rarely gets under 0C except in the mountains..

As a coincidence I yesterday got an email from Ali Express for what looks like a 'stick on" sump block heater and it was quite cheap.
Regards PhilipA

Originally Posted by TD50below

Hi. I’m in the process of buying a 90 with a Td5 in it (my first LR in 30 years), and due to where I live I’m going to need some form of engine heat to ensure that it will start (it was -44c this morning, -55c with the windchill. Do you have any idea how many cups of tea it takes to keep warm in those temps?)

My first choice is a simple block heater, but the problem is that no-one makes one. Not LR, and I haven’t been able to find an aftermarket one either. I’ve just heard of a friend of a friend who has a 300tdi (for which there is also apparently no such thing as a block heater), but he found one from a Ford tractor that fits and, he says, melts the snow off his bonnet.

The core plugs in a TD5 are 28mm and 46.5mm, apparently. I can find a 28mm block heater on Amazon for $100 and it may fit, but I’d love to hear from someone who found one that did for sure fit – tried and tested.

I’m aware that there are alternative options (e.g. Webasto), but that will be $3000 fitted whereas a block heater is a fraction of the cost and I can fit it myself. If I can find one. Someone somewhere makes a block heater that will fit. It won’t have been designed for a Td5, and whoever makes it may not know what a Td5 was if it fell on them out of a tree, but it will still fit. Can anyone help? Thanks!

You could contact Mike from Britannica restorations. Google him, he’s in Canada, but recently did a video on installing a block heater in a 300Tdi.

Originally Posted by travelrover

You could contact Mike from Britannica restorations. Google him, he’s in Canada, but recently did a video on installing a block heater in a 300Tdi.

Better still, subscribe to him. he's my favourite yter.

Originally Posted by travelrover

You could contact Mike from Britannica restorations. Google him, he’s in Canada, but recently did a video on installing a block heater in a 300Tdi.

Thank you for this, travelrover. I spoke to Mike a couple of months ago and he did not know of a block heater that would fit the Td5. I'm determined to find one that will fit, though!

Originally Posted by PhilipA

I doubt if anyone in Australia has a block heater fitted to a TD5 as it rarely gets under 0C except in the mountains..

As a coincidence I yesterday got an email from Ali Express for what looks like a 'stick on" sump block heater and it was quite cheap.
Regards PhilipA

There are a couple of types of oil plan heater that I'm aware of, one being magnetic and the other a heater 'pad' that you silicone on, but I'm looking for something that will heat the coolant. I appreciate the help, though!

Google says Atlantic British

Engine Block Heater For Land Rovers (roverparts.com)

Fits

• Discovery I | 94 - 99
• Discovery Series II | 99 - 04
• Range Rover Classic | 87 - 95
• Range Rover 4.0 (P38) | 95 - 02
• Range Rover 4.6 (P38) | 95 - 02
• Defender 90 | 94 - 97

They be V8s all.
Regards PhilipA

Originally Posted by TD50below

Thank you for this, travelrover. I spoke to Mike a couple of months ago and he did not know of a block heater that would fit the Td5. I'm determined to find one that will fit, though!

I found a few here.. 8 results found for 'block heater' - Find Land Rover parts at LR Workshop





Cheers - Simon