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Biggles



Member Since: 26 May 2005
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Pre Heater.

Started the car this morning -3 degrees.
As I was running late and had forgot to pick up my phone and office keys i had to go back unto the house. When I came out I noticed plumes of what look like exhaust smoke coming from under the left hand side of the engine. Now either my car is breathing very heavily, or could this be the fabled engine pre heater at work.
I wonder if like the disco 3 boys that this could be enabled at some point so as on these cold mornings you could stoke the heaters before you get in the car to get it all nice and warm before you set off on your journey.
I would have orderd a pre heater if that was one of the options and it is on mornings like this that I think about finding some kind of remote cabin pre heater.
But then again with the ENGLISH weather we could all be out sunbathing this weekend. Its out there somewhere. Second V10 Treg on the drive at the moment.

Post #5406 Fri Nov 18 2005 8:42am
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Pelyma



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Look at BNs posts on the other side! It has long been a bone of contention, but the problem may be near resolution.

Post #5410 Fri Nov 18 2005 11:56am
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Biggles



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Pelyma
I have been watching BNs post all the way and spent some of this morning messing around under the bonnet of my colleagues D3 which has the settings menu. The sport has not got this option in the menu
I must admit on these cold mornings it would be nice to have it warmed before sitting in side. I could turn it on before walking the dog and it would be lovely and warm ready for the slog to work. Its out there somewhere. Second V10 Treg on the drive at the moment.

Post #5411 Fri Nov 18 2005 12:54pm
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tasmod



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Post #5415 Fri Nov 18 2005 2:16pm
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Pelyma



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Tasmod, beware your car won't be insured if some @*&% nicks your pride and joy.

Using the radio trick is great with the FBH but it can lead to problems as I found out Crying or Very sad

Post #5417 Fri Nov 18 2005 2:35pm
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tasmod



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NeilR



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Pelyma.

Big Problem the RRS doesnt have the timer setting in the dash menu so you cant use the radio trick, the only option is to start the car

Neil 2010 RRS TDV8 Overfinch GTS

Post #5432 Fri Nov 18 2005 3:59pm
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Biggles



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NeilR wrote:
Pelyma.

Big Problem the RRS doesnt have the timer setting in the dash menu so you cant use the radio trick, the only option is to start the car

Neil


Crying or Very sad Crying or Very sad Crying or Very sad Its out there somewhere. Second V10 Treg on the drive at the moment.

Post #5433 Fri Nov 18 2005 4:16pm
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NeilR



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Im sure wabasto will have the answer soon.. when i had the D3 I was working with them on a solution, we had a prototype working but after that i think they hit problems.

figures crossed

Neil 2010 RRS TDV8 Overfinch GTS

Post #5435 Fri Nov 18 2005 4:34pm
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Pelyma



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BN is working with them I believe. I presume the fix will work for RRS as well though as I don't think it will use the settings menu - but I could be talking a load of @*&% of course Laughing

Tasmod it sounds like you have a great place - fancy having another son and daughter in law Shocked

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Tim in Scotland



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Well either SE's don't have the fuel burning heater or it wasn't cold enough here for it to cut in, it was only -9 this morning when I went out to to the car and on start-up there was no small exhaust plume from anywhere like I used to have on the Freelander and the TD6. Sad Sad
But at least the bum warmers work well - has anybody found out yet just how hot they get before the thermostat cuts the power supply, mine seem to get uncomfortably hot even on the low (1 red light) setting and I have to switch the driver's seat heater off manually to avoid burning my backside Laughing 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

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bigdwarf



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This preheating business is getting enormously confusing Rolling Eyes
Here's what my dealer tells me:
1) RRS HSE has a fuel heater (SE's dont);
2)the fuel heater serves two purposes - quick heating outside of regular channels (I assume this means without affecting performance in anyway) and pre-heating;
3)Conveniently though, my ordered car will not have it since LR dont offer it in parts of Europe Shocked (this is not the sunny Med I'm talking about here);
4)Dealer insists the lack of preheating is fixable through a software update and in any event is available elsewhere as standard.

Reading through posts here, I think he's having me on. Only one way to find out - does anyone with an RRS HSE TDV6 have preheating functionality available????

Post #5490 Sun Nov 20 2005 8:23pm
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Biggles



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Not me Sad Sad Sad Its out there somewhere. Second V10 Treg on the drive at the moment.

Post #5493 Sun Nov 20 2005 11:21pm
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No me neither... I'm not sure it's even available on RRS, regardless of model. It would be great to be proved wrong Wink 

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Post #5505 Mon Nov 21 2005 10:42am
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Pelyma



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Look on Disco 3 site lots of info there about the state of play, but I don't think LR will be fixing it for years yet, the best hope is that Webasto fix the problem, but this isn't as easy as it would seem.

Post #5507 Mon Nov 21 2005 10:55am
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