Masked Marauder

Mmmm, that would be nice to have.........

If you use gas as the main fuel it will be considerably cheaper than a diesel to run.

One of your brake light filaments has broken and is shorting onto the tail light filament in the bulb.

Mist-X even! <_<

Circled in the picture. It simply unclips from the arm. Also in the picture to the right is the connector that is plugged into the back of it with a 10A mini-fuse in it! http://www.bigtrucker.co.uk/images/heaterswitch.jpg

There are different fan control units for different applications, such as hot climates and towing trailers etc. So what temperature should it come on at? Your guess is as good as mine!

I doubt the stat is dodgy, but you never can tell. I am at a loss here though, everything that I can think of has been covered....

The radio aerial is in the back driver's side window. Perhaps when the window was tinted they disturbed the connection at the top of the window. The aerial also needs a 12v supply down the aerial cable using a special adaptor. It is built into the factory spec units but may not be present on your Kenwood.

Beg to differ, You DO NEED to remove the two 4x10mm sunken 'bolts' at the top of the control unit plus the two 'socket head screws' (5x15mm + 5x65mm) at the bottom and you will need a torx screw driver or socket to do this. The control unit is attached to the side of the booster heater and covers access to the glow plug. In my case the 5x65mm socket head screw plus one of the 4x10mm bolts was seized and required a lot of teasing to get it out. I believe that you can get a service kit incl. the gaskets bolts and screws from VW or Ford for only a few quid so I'd recommend this if you're already going to buy a new glow plug. I understand that the glow plug for the booster heater was revised - you could mail Beru? Regards, Jeff. On mine there are only 4 torx screws on the top cover over the fan. The side has two counter-sunk cross head screws and one long and one short hex head bolts. When people talk of removing the torx screws I presumed they meant the 4 screws on the top cover, however I notice that the two small screws on the side are described on the EPC as "fillister" head so may well be torx on later versions.

I noticed that if I just start the engine that sometimes it does not start, I give it a good rev and the alternator charge rate must rise because that starts it!

Well I bought the one that I mention the part number of above, not 3 weeks ago, and it was available from VW and cost about

That would be a typo on my part, it is of course 963

The model code can be shared with some parts, if it is then the designator is for the first vehice that sub assembly was fitted to, so perhaps it is from there, and some other parts have their own model number such as engines etc. Although further investigation does show the heater assembly for them is 7M3 819 So the glow plug was fitted into something else first.... I am lost too now......

VAG use a structure for their part numbers. The first 3 letters/numbers are the model number. The next 3 digits are the assembly number and the 3 after that the part number for the assembly. Any letters after are revision numbers. So: 7D0 is for the Sharan & Alhambra 819 is the aux heater 319 is the glow plug There are no other revisions. So the item is a glow plug for an auxiliary heater, but there is no revised version listed on the parts catalogue and the model number is not for your car. This may seem minor but a model where the heater is nearer the engine will not need as low a voltage plug as 8v because of the shorter wires to the heater. I will keep looking and see if I can identfy what model it is from, but I can't find a "search by part number" function on ETOS.......

I can't even get my Aux heater to talk to VAG-COM and that is with a proper VAG-COM lead.............

Quantum semi-synthetic.

The interface is the cable between the car and the PC. If you don't buy an officially licenced cable then you will have limited functionality unless you then pay for the full version of VAG-COM software.

C312 connects to the pump, I know that much.

That is handy to know.

Mine failed and it was six months old. Check your brake lights!

What was causing the problem?

Fuse 12, 25 amp and fuses 3 & 19, both 5 amp.

EDIT: Further investigation shows several scenarios for the heater to come on. You need to drop the heater from it's bracket and see what model number it is.

EPC show all heaters after Y2000 with pumps. TIS shows this http://www.trevor.dynip.com/gifs/auxheater.gif The extra pump in inside the car by the look of it.

I thought the 5 speed gearbox was not introduced until the facelift in late 2000? Your thinking of the Six Speed