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Old 4th October 2018, 02:50 PM
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my A8 has one of these fitted
are they standard
and what does it do and when ?
I thought you ordered your car from new? If you've never run it it prolly won't work now anyway. These type heat your coolant to around 60 degs so it's all warm before you start the engine. I think you should of had an extra key fob type thing that controlled it.
Also possible to get a timer unit from Webasto and a 7 day programmable type too i think
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IIRC most if not all D3 tdi's had an auxilary heater - meaning it runs together with engine to aid warming the coolant quicker - you can convert to parking heater by adding receiver and remote control + some coding required probably.
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IIRC most if not all D3 tdi's had an auxilary heater - meaning it runs together with engine to aid warming the coolant quicker - you can convert to parking heater by adding receiver and remote control + some coding required probably.
And a pump
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Old 5th October 2018, 05:33 PM
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IIRC most if not all D3 tdi's had an auxilary heater - meaning it runs together with engine to aid warming the coolant quicker - you can convert to parking heater by adding receiver and remote control + some coding required probably.

oh...
next time i start her up i will check the tiny exhaust underneath see if i feel any heat..
mind you that might be december time as it sorn for the winter on trickle..

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