Anybody out there have any idea what this part is called? This part is located by the fire wall on the passenger side. It has two hoses connected and it looks like some sort of canister where coolant flows through and it has an electrical outlet at the bottom to plug in to house electricity and the plug is just hanging without being connected anywhere.

 

Welcome to the forum! If you post a pic of the part we may be able to help.

 

Thanks for the welcome and I sure will take a pic. I probably should have done that from the beginning.

 

Where did the 82 come from ? from up North ? Up hear in Minnesota, we install various types of water heaters to warm up the coolant to permit the engine to turn over easier when it gets down to 15 - 20 degrees below zero.

 

Are you talking about the heater coil and fan assembly?

 

Minnesota man knows.

 

Oh ok it might be that then cuz the manager where i work at told me the same thing. I'll try to post a pic.

 

Here is the part

 

I believe 2 Go Snake gave you the answer.

 

Well thanks a lot for the info. And since I live in california I'm assuming I don't need the part do I? If not, would I just be able to bypass it? Or will it affect my cooling system?

 

Apparently, that part was attached to your heater hose. Were there heater hoses on each end ?

I have used four different types of engine heaters over the years. They were:
1. A heater element installed in place of a frost plug in the block. They had a tendency to leak.
2. A heater in the lower radiator hose. The lower radiator hose was split and the heater was placed inline in the radiator hoses.
3. A heater was connected to the heater hose. One of the heater hoses was cut and the heater was placed in line with the heater hose. They worked quite well and were easy to install.
4. The heater I liked the best had a strong magnet that was attached to the oil pan to warm the oil overnight so the car would start in the morning when it was the coldest. The only problem was I had to attach the magnet/heater every day and remove it before I drove the car, but I did not have to do any installation other than to attach the magnet to the oil pan.
You should be able to leave off the water heater and replace the heater hose and be okay.

 

Yea. One as you can see in the pic is at the top and the other was on the side. The top hose was connected to a heater hose that went directly into the firewall and the one that was connected at the side was connected straight into the engine block. But yea i'll try to remove the hose or bypass it and see what happens.

 

All should be good. Just make sure your coolant level is at the level it needs to be .

 

Alright cool and thanks a lot for the help