# Block heater placement

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/block-heater-placement/110179>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Tags:** gmc, 2500\
**Created:** [December 10, 2017, 1:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/block-heater-placement/110179 "2017-12-10T13:05:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![badbearing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/badbearing/32/10683_2.png) [@badbearing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/badbearing)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2017, 1:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/block-heater-placement/110179/1 "2017-12-10T13:05:48Z")

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Where the heck do I put block heater in 1994 454. I can’t find info anywhere. Which frost plug do I remove

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**Author:** ![asemaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@asemaster](https://community.cartalk.com/u/asemaster)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2017, 3:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/block-heater-placement/110179/2 "2017-12-10T15:52:16Z")

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Whichever one you can get to.

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**Author:** ![badbearing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/badbearing/32/10683_2.png) [@badbearing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/badbearing)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2017, 4:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/block-heater-placement/110179/3 "2017-12-10T16:03:15Z")

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Is it that simple? Surely you don’t want it on an outside corner

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**Author:** ![asemaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@asemaster](https://community.cartalk.com/u/asemaster)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2017, 6:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/block-heater-placement/110179/4 "2017-12-10T18:07:15Z")

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It doesn’t make much difference where in the block you put it. After all, you’re only putting it in one side of a V8 engine, right?

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**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2017, 8:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/block-heater-placement/110179/5 "2017-12-10T20:56:38Z")

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If two were readily accessible and one was lower than the other, I’d go for the lower one on the basis that there might be a slightly better benefit from convection.

But in reality it may not matter. Mine is just a thought.

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**Author:** ![badbearing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/badbearing/32/10683_2.png) [@badbearing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/badbearing)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2017, 9:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/block-heater-placement/110179/6 "2017-12-10T21:07:48Z")

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That’s my thinking