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coolant / sump / block heater

  • 23-12-2012 2:34am
    #1
    paddyp
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    Anyone got a coolant sump or block heater fitted to their ducato? Just wondering if theres an oem solution or do you have to cook your own. I have a glow plug coolant heater from a vw I could bodge in but it would be nice if there were something made to fit.


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  • #2
    Aidan_M_M
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    to do what Paddy? heat the coolant , or heat the boiler?


  • #3
    paddyp
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    Aidan_M_M wrote: »
    to do what Paddy? heat the coolant , or heat the boiler?

    To heat the coolant, we make a lot of short trips to local lakes, woodlands I'm getting conscious of all those cold miles. The jtd is so efficient its only starting to warm up by the time I get to the local harbour then its stone cold again when you're ready to go home. My brothers suggestion was to stop driving like a granny but i like getting 33mpg too much for that :-p Our passat has a triple glow plug coolant heater and I have a spare one from an old block.

    Looking at those plugs they are 12A each so 500W total so probably won't make that much difference given the 6l of oil, 9l of coolant, 180kg engine and enormous radiator and heater matrix that need to be heated.

    Actually I just worked out that ignoring heat loss just to raise the temperature of the coolant, oil and engine 1 celcius with the coolant glow plugs would take about 4.5 mins overall a 5% faster heat up - pretty pointless.


  • #4
    JoeySully
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    what you need is one of these engine pre-heaters.

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/KENLOWE-ENGINE-PRE-HEATER-/150970182798?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item2326862c8e

    they are much more powerful than a block heater.

    Its a lot more expensive but it will always be worth €200 so it an investment.

    There are cheaper version out there too.


  • #5
    Aidan_M_M
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    When I used to work on the Valmet tractors , they had an electric hook up to heat the coolant. Might be worth looking into


  • #6
    paddyp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,927 ✭✭✭paddyp


    A friend said to check out swedish company defa, they have a mains operated one looks dead simple to fit: http://www.carandcamp.com/DEFA-SafeStart-Vorwaermelement-Nr-585-A411585_p12748_x2.htm


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  • #7
    Mikko Mallikas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 170 ✭✭Mikko Mallikas


    http://www.defa.com/en/fp/
    http://www.calix.se/consumer/index.asp?lang=UK
    http://www.webasto.com/int/home/


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