Do civic's come with block heaters???

[civicandcamaro]

Brief introduction:

I own a 1991 Honda civic, 4 door DX with a 5 speed, it has 378,000km on the clock, and with wind-chill factor, the temperature is about -41* C here in Nova Scotia. We have a lot of corrosion around here so the previous owner undercoated the car like mad so under the hood is a greasy-oily mess.

I know my way around under a hood pretty good but I can't find a plug in for a block heater. I was wondering if Honda even equipped these car's with one (If they did its hiding under some undercoating). The car still manages to start, but with such high milage I want to put a little less strain on the engine.

Thanks.

 

[Tom]

no they do not come with block heaters, im not even sure you can still get them from teh honda dealer, they are an accessory item, and after about 9 years we tend to stop selling accessories, im not sure why but we do.

 

[Beelzebubba]

If you can't get them from Honda you should be able to pry out a freeze plug and install an aftermarket heater. Or get one that just drops into the dipstick tube in place of the dipstick.

 

[Tom]

i'll check it out when i go to work in the morning, if we don't or can't get them we have another source

 

[SiGSR]

Block heaters... what are those??