Block heater cords.

Does anyone here know anything about block heater models and the cords they use?

My car seems to be mysteriously lacking a block-heater cord. There's a two-prong square plug sticking out of the back of the block, so I'm pretty sure that's where the block heater is. I went down to Canadian tire, but they only have replacement cords with 3-prong rounded plugs. Internet searching has been pretty hopeless (I couldn't even find the 3-prong plug cords), and the technical manual for the car doesn't seem to have anything to say.

Could anyone give me some tips here?

Does anyone here know anything about block heater models and the cords they use?

My car seems to be mysteriously lacking a block-heater cord. There's a two-prong square plug sticking out of the back of the block, so I'm pretty sure that's where the block heater is. I went down to Canadian tire, but they only have replacement cords with 3-prong rounded plugs. Internet searching has been pretty hopeless (I couldn't even find the 3-prong plug cords), and the technical manual for the car doesn't seem to have anything to say.

Could anyone give me some tips here?

heh heh, I use em on my diesels here in the states but thats about it. I have never even heard of a metro block heater so it must be a canadian option.....however what prompted me to write - make sure from a dealer it is in fact a block heater and not some unplugged knock sensor or something....cause if it is, the results could be electrifying

Heh... good advice. And here I was just going to take an old cord and solder the wires right onto that plug, plug it in, and see if it warms up the engine.

I went down to Canadian tire, but they only have replacement cords with 3-prong rounded plugs.

Wierd, since I work at Canadian Tire, and we have 3 prong cords and soem 2 prong ones, all with different configurations.