Masked Marauder

Some Audi diesels have these, two or three in a metal housing in the cooling system.

The way the basic heater works is as follows: Power from the ALTERNATOR is fed to the unit. When it detects this power it sends power down thought the ambient temperature switch and the coolant temperature switch. If this current returns through the switches to the unit then the control unit checks the fan can spin and the glow plug is working. If these conditions are met the fan spins up, the glow plug glows and the unit turns on the fuel metering pump and the heater lights. All of this happens over a few seconds. As you can see the basic unit needs the engine running. This is not only because the engine has to run to work the water pump, but you also need the fans running and it all uses power. So what I looked at was a home-made version of the timed heater unit that is available as an option on some models. This has an additional electric water pump, a battery, a split charging relay and a timer. The timer is the hard bit. I was struggling to find a 12V clock/timer. I spoke to a friend who suggested a cheap digital alarm clock with the output set to trip a miniature relay, but the problem is that you want something that will stay closed for a timed period, typically a digital alarm will only sound for a minute. My friend then went off to work on an in-car HUD for a client and the spring was upon me and the impetus was lost. Since then I have given it some serious thought and have not given up on the idea, I just have to check a few things. It may end up that it works by remote control rather than a timer though. But first I have to get my own heater working, it has a dead glow plug and won't talk to VAG-COM even though it attempts to start before it finds the failed glow plug.

Idler/tensioner pulley faulty? Although my money is on the water-pump being goosed.

I looked into this and discussed it with an electronics designer. You need a water pump, timer and some relays. You may also want a sealed battery under the front seat and a split charge relay to make sure the heater does not flatten the main battery. My research stalled with the nicer weather in the spring..... It may resume some time soon. And the heater unit on that web site does indeed look identical to the VW item.

Alternator diode or winding would make the battery warning light glow, not the brake warning light. And a calcium battery that has gone fully flat will never recharge properly again unless you use a very expensive pulse charger.

Could also be the secondary air pump. That need specialist kit to test it though.

Is there not a known problem with carbon canisters filling up with water?

I have heard loads about aftermarket lambda sensors and none of it good. Personally I would never trust one.

No, they stay on.

The best place to start is to do a quick search on the site with the search button. I found this which should help you. http://www.fordgalaxy.org.uk/ford/index.ph...8&hl=six+seater

But I think we can all agree, the Kia Sedona is a piece of shit.....

If you had the features then: 1. Automatic Sound. Uses the speed pulse for the speedometer to know how fast the car is travelling and turns the sound up or down as required to help counteract road noise. 2. Radio Mute. If you have a car kit that uses it's own speaker you connect the mute wire from the kit to this connection and when the phone rings it mutes the radio. 3. Sub Out, for a sub-woofer I think. As for the reverse of the power wires, the thick red currently on pin 7 is the permanent live and should indeed be swapped with the ignition-on live on pin 4. If you get a hold of a power feed adaptor for the aerial booster then the feed for that comes from pin 5.

It is a general grump round here, not anything personal.

AKA the "Gala wire," "automatic sound lead" etc.

Funny how the Galaxy and Alhambra get different scores for the same items! lol! The survey is about peoples perception of what they have bought, and not actually about the product! That is why cheaper cars score higher, because the buyers pay less and expect less.

Give these guys a ring first for your leads requirements. They do everything from brake discs to wishbones. I'm not affiliated with them in any way Express Autoparts Tel: 01536 516060 Fax: 01536 411500 http://www.expressparts.co.uk They are the people who also do K1 Racing Leads, which are the plug leads I would recommend. http://www.k1racing.uk.com

Anyone else noticed how jokes for Americans always have to have a "full stop" line after the punch line so they know when to laugh? The example above is classic, in this case "The pharmacist fainted" It regularly is someone fainting, but there is another above about a golfer. When told in the UK it simply ends "I lifted the cows tail and said to the wife, "This looks like yours!"" The US version has another line tagged on "I don't remember very much after that!" So whats funny, The fact he can't remember much? Or the joke about the cows flange?

Oh! We've got a live one here Kenneth! Oh, suit you sir? Oh! Suit you?

Aye, all the adaptor does is shoot 12v down the aerial lead in a safe way. It plugs onto the radio output for an automatic electric aerial. Have you rewired the plug so the permanent live and the ignition live are reversed? With a Blaupunkt it won't forget the settings as they are stored in EEEPROM, but the clock will be wrong every time you turn it on and the radio won't work with the key out if you press the "on" button. If this is happening then you are drawing all the power for the radio through the low amperage ignition feed instead of the 10 ampere radio feed. http://www.bluespot.co.uk/stock_image/vw_kit.jpg http://www.bluespot.co.uk/stock/vw.asp You can also buy an adaptor from there that lets you use your steering column remote if you have one. Everything they sell is genuine Blaupunkt. Edit: I have remembered you have fully rewired yours in, so the lead above won't be what your after, all you want is the silver bit!

I fitted a Nokia kit the same way on Friday. No display on mine though, Mic on the driver's A pillar, button next to the heater controls, speaker hidden in the driver's footwell behind the crash padding and the control unit behind the glove-box. No holes made anywhere!

If you put your location up then I am sure that someone with VAG-COM may be willing to help if required.

I have a Woodstock 54, it has the same CD mechanism I would guess, and it NEVER skips. I also have an older Casablanca in my other car and it never skips either.

Two cables I think, one for up and down and one for left and right.

CAP & Glasses still says 10K a year as average mileage.