Kat's Heaters Custom Fit Engine Block Heater - Cartridge Style - 120V - 400 Watts

Install was a little tricky given the location for my vehicle 2012 F150. But other than that pretty straight forward. Packaging was good and product seems well put together. Only time will tell if it works well. I'm not in the cold climate yet. It also does come with the 3 prong as advertised. 466588

Erik

1/11/2019

Product has held up very well in the frigid North Dakota winters! Very happy with purchase!

Erik

1/11/2019

Thanks for reaching out. I had just recently sold that truck about a month ago. But wanted to let you know that it has held up very well up here in ND. I had a question. I have recently upgraded my vehicle to a 19 F350 6.7. I wanted to know if you have anything available and if I could get one sent out. For whatever reason, my truck didn’t come with a factory block heater and now with the Ford recall on them. They aren’t in stock anymore and are WAY more expensive then what you guys have. Please let me know, look forward to response

Heather A.

1/15/2019

We do not carry a block heater designed to work on a 2019 Ford F-350 6.7 at this time.

Product is fine but, the installation instructions are terrible. Even contacting the manufacturer for the mounting instructions, terrible. Found the mounting place on YouTube. What's up with this? 448504

Block heater gets hot when plugged in not installed. It will burn your hand. The battery wrap does heat up nicely. I have not installed them but assume they will work just fine.456272

This is the second Kat's heater in this car. The first lasted 5 years or so and worked well so decided to replace with same.969386

Terry A.

2/27/2022

The second heater only lasted for 11 12 months and failed at the wire to heater connection. I returned it and a replacement has been sent under warranty.

Product was delayed, but paid same shipping cost.310221

Roy

10/24/2017

fair

by: John M02/18/2020

Seems to be ok it was easy to install but I’ve only used it a couple of times. 756161

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It's a fairly tight place to get into on a Tacoma to install, but once the heater is installed, the fit is good and snug. The heater works great, I have heat coming through the vents less than 3 blocks from my house.

I would recommend this product to anyone.1723031

by: Spencer11/02/2023

Had to modify it to try and get this to fit as other people showed. Wouldn't fit and because it was modified it can't be returned. It would fit but you would be taking apart the engine cooling system because of rigid metal tubes and their brackets would have to be modified as its right infront of the hole, just to fit this into the slot of the block. Not worth the effort or time unless you want to pay a large amount of money to get someone to install it. Or if you have all the tools and a lift to install it yourself, since you will be going from underneath as well as above.1689030

Well this item installed on my 2020 Toyota RAV4 did fit but it is not as easy as with earlier models and located on the front left hand side (down low) instead of on the right hand side bank. I used the factory block heater installation instructions as a guide but found some of the steps unnecessarily (for example removing the air box). In any case be prepared to do a lot of it by feel because you cannot see the hole it slides into in the block unless you use a mirror and flashlight. The installation process took me about 2 hours.1688697

My Vehicle: 2021 Toyota Tacoma TRD Off-Road (4.0L 6cyl Auto)

This item is good quality but does not fit properly. It’s as if the circumference is a millimeter or two too-wide to fit in the engine block; it stopped itself maybe 3/4 of the way from a full install.

I bought this item before back in 2021 and had to remove my previous heating element due to it almost “melting” out of its socket because of the same issue I mentioned above; the clip would not secure no matter how hard I tried (“hammering” it in with a breaker bar *I made sure to not damage the electrodes* or even freezing it so the metal would hopefully shrink that extra millimeter or two).

Issue seriously needs to be resolved.1687757

It did not fit the vehicle……don’t know why….1725346

2014 Dodge Ram 5.7L uses Kat’s 11816 cartridge heater. Perfect fit. Must remove the two starter bolts and slide it out of the way. Don’t disconnect starter wires. Just slide starter out of the way. Easily done with truck on ramps. Clean out hole. Find a correct size retaining screw. Not sure what size or If hole is threaded. Too much rust. Just be able to jam some screw in there to retain the cartridge, until silicone dries. Smear about an inch wide layer of high temp silicone around the base of the cartridge. Insert cartridge, twist back and forth to spread silicone, and hold in place with retaining screw. Route wire straight forward. I used 1 1/8” spade bit to drill a hole in black plastic in bumper, but my bumper was already messed up, so I didn’t care much. Plug hangs out grill about 3”. Use zip ties to secure cord to square tubing frame post inside bumper.724978

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Installed this on my 2019 Toyota Tacoma. Haven’t really tested it out yet as I installed it before it got seriously cold. Installation was easy. Just follow etrailers super helpful video. I did have to file a slight flat on the heater to clear the bell housing overhang. Not a manufacturer issue on the heaters part. Just normal variance on Toyota’s end.
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Fast acting and effective engine block heater1692048

Received in excellent condition ahead of scheduled date... definitely recommend1742439

Works great on my 09 Tacoma, takes about 6 hours to heat entire head and block to about 100 degrees Fahrenheit1682763

Expensive shipping getting to canada(Quebec) but it was fast enough.1746341

Part came as order and fits perfectly. 1718477

by: Martin02/07/2022

Easy installation once we found the hole in the engine block where it goes, that is the hard part. Worked fine last winter, have not needed it this year.1260307

Got product in a timely manner.thanks 1716187

by: Pat 11/04/2023

Works great. Very happy with it. 1689856

by: Gord 02/07/2023

Fits like the factory one. The only issue I had is that the electrical cord is a bit on the short side. Other than that the heater works great.1514131

You had a product that was very hard to get.1692143