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NeilWilson:
--- Quote from: "George" ---How does the Pre Heater work then? :?
Off the battery? If the battery is weak then surely its all gonna go boobs up? :?:
--- End quote ---
The Webasto I fitted burns diesel and has a small pump to circulate the warmed coolant. There is a battery drain associated with it, especially as it turns on the cabin fans when the water temperature is hot enough. IIRC Webasto reckon that if you have a 30min journey then the burner should only be on for 30min max to allow the battery to recharge. I have not had any problems yet since fitting this last year, I use the preheater twice a day normally. Was well glad I had it when heading off to work at 6am yesterday. Cheers.
Neil
seph234:
just put a new battery on mine it starts perfect now :D
hobbit:
I doubt if your system is in good working order with a decent battery, it would kill it, even with a normal car I have left sidelights on for 12 hours and when I got back to it, it still started, and that was 4x5 watt bulbs
Trucks run night heaters all night and still ok in the morning to start.
My mates leaves his heater on low all weekend in this weather, and has no probs on monday starting it, they have a very low power drain on them
Benji:
My 300 TDi wouldn't start the other morning. It was the day before I picked up my TD5....typical eh?
Anyway I had about an hour before my first client so I tried to warm the battery up with an electric heater but that didn't work. Re-scheduled my first client and put the battery charger on for about 30 mins. It was much better but died after the second crank, then my neighbour popped over with his little booster pack. Hooked it up and she turned over fine and started with no problems!
Definately worth the £30 for a booster pack if your car struggles when cold, especially if old Mr Fish is right about being a cold winter!
Range Rover Blues:
" batteries fitted in ours, make sure you've a good starter too and plenty of big cables for the earth. Hoping it will continues to start well as the weather worsens.
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