In my other post someone suggested a heated oil dipstick. How do they work? That wasn't answered in my other post. I live in Wyoming and it was 1 degree this morning so it might be a good idea. What do you guys think?

 

The only experience I have with a heated dip stick is the kind you plug into a 110V home electrical outlet and it had burned oil on it.
I don't know how well engineered they are but i suppose they have to get warm enough to slightly warm or get the chill out of the oil during overnight or say 6 hours of down time without at all burning the oil.
Back in the 1960s and 70s when carburators were used cold, dampweather definitly had a negative effect on cold start then staying running. But nowadays with sensors and computers all you need are the basics ie. fuel, spark, O2,and all occuring at the right time then all you need is to spin the engine. If you can do that it should run!
Shouldn't it?

 

I have seen them used in tractors of all things, but this is mainly due to the thick oil pans which wick heat away very quickly in the cold. The heating element needs to be fully bathed in oil to keep from getting built up with oil crud.

If you have a sheet metal oil pan, I would get a glue on heating pad. I have used these in the past on some of our farm trucks and they have worked good. My K5 came with one on the engine and transmission pans, but there is something wrong with them as neither of them produce any heat. I have not had a chance to look into it much though.