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I understand you because I live in Laval...
Check to make sure you arent's putting the pwr cord connector in the snow, of course that would short out and cause your breaker to fall. If your cord is outdoor type and without breaks in it, having it in ice should not cause a short at all... Another thing you can try is to spray WD40 (water dispersant) on the cord connectors and even where the wire connectos to the block heater at the block. WD40 will push away any humidity which might be causing your short.
Also, try another outlet on a different breaker of your house. Maybe that line has a low current breaker and the high current drawn by your block heater just makes it fall.
If none of this work, you need a new block heater.
As for the oozing coolant, you have a leak that you need to fix ASAP. No joking around here, unless you want to overheat your block, which you don't.
Both my bricks start up awesome in theis cold (but I do actually have the 240 plugged in sometimes). They are made for this weather, just give them continuous TLC.
Let me know.
Greg
Laval, Qc.
240 DL sedan 1989
940 GLE 16V 1992
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