No electric blanket but I like the thought. I see they have magnetic oil pan heaters though. I might try a couple of those and see if I can get it warm enough to drain then refill with synthetic compressor oil. I should come up with something to flush the goo out when I drain it. Anybody know of a flush to get the moisture out?

How about a heating pad??

Wrap this around it.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Frost-King-6-ft-Electric-Water-Pipe-Heat-Cable-HC6A/202262328?MERCH=REC-_-irg_aic-1-_-100032792-_-202262328-_-N

I talked to the compressor folks about cold weather start up. After some discussion they decided the big problem is the water emulsified in the oil. What is in the crankcase looks like vanilla ice cream at 0 degrees. I found that if I put power to it for a few seconds then off and a few seconds later back on it will kick over with all pressure off of it (tank at 0 psi). The big question I have is how to get the "ice cream" out of the thing and get some synthetic oil in it which Curtis recommends. Looks like I may get lucky with 40 degree weather the next couple of days. I had on of those head cables in my hand yesterday at Home Depot, but the numbers say it is not enough watts. I dug through my stash and found a heating element out of a seal jaw for a wrapper and I have a big rheostat that I can control surface temp on it since the element has a built in thermocouple. I think I will remove the drain plug and insert this heat element and set the rheostat for 250 to 300 degrees. Should thaw it out in a while then flush with fresh oil a couple of times to try to get the moisture. Does anyone know of an oil additive that would help flush the moisture?