The "Grid Heater Bolt" Nightmare: How to prevent engine ingestion.

[DieselPatriot]

I’ve been reading about the "jiggle pin" or the nut on the grid heater vibrating loose and falling into cylinder #6. This seems like a catastrophic engine failure waiting to happen. Who has deleted their grid heater, and how do you handle cold starts in the winter?

 

[PistonPower]

It’s a real threat. You can swap to an aftermarket intake plate like the Banks Monster Ram; it completely eliminates that failure-prone bolt design.