how do you check the oil & how much is required?
No I tried it and definitely NO. The good news is that the heater isnt destroyed....you remove all the vegtable oil and fill the heater with diesel it will still work.
If you were thinking that your oil heater needs an oil change of some sort, you were wrong. The oil is a form of mineral oil and is diathermic and is permanently sealed inside the heater. This means it never needs to be refilled.
how much an hour to run a oil filled heater
The motor oil, in your 1998 Ford expedition, should be put in the oil fill tube. The oil fill tube should have a That labels it as the oil fill tube.
Kerosene
diathermic
No.
block heater on a ford diesel is actually not a block heater but an oil heater this heater is located on the back right side of the oil cooler on side of engine under the exhaust manifold a block heater in an engine actually is in the block
If your kerosene heater has a wicker which will carry the fuel additive (kerosene or oil) up towards the flame then you may put oil. However, if the heater works on hydrocaron compression-combustion priciple, then oil may not work as a fuel additive
Fill The Crack With Oil Carefuly
There are different types of block heaters. You can place a magnetic heater on the engine block, transmission pan, or on the oil pan. A hot pad heater can also be placed on the oil pan or transmission pan. An external engine oil reservoir heater is plumed into the oil supply and pumps the oil through the heater and keeps it at a set temperature. A freeze plug type heater is installed by removing one of the freeze plugs and replacing it with this heater. It then heats the coolant, thus keeping the engine warm. Then there is the lower radiator hose heater that also keeps the coolant warm. And there is also the dipstick tube type heater that you simply install by removing the engine oil dipstick and replacing it with this type heater. There are multiple variations of all these type heaters.
An advantage of an oil free heater is that it is more efficient and it will heat up faster than others.