Ogben Schmutzel

Ok, ta. So judging by that it should be going lower!! But isn

A few days of warm weather and the paranoia sets in. Having bought the motor at 3 years old I don

VR6 - is that yes you have to remove the arch covers or yes you can do it from under the bonnet? :lol: Sorry!

The Italian tune up being a quick burn up?? What do you reckon that requires, will a couple of miles at 70 odd do it? :lol:

I intend to but he is on holls at the mo! Cheers. Oggy.

Thanks Martin, I really don't whether mine is right or wrong except that I am pretty sure that the Aux heater is not working!! But even it that is fixed, given that it only should work at 5 C or thereabouts this will be the worst car I have ever had for heater performance on short runs!! Which unfortunately is 90% of my driving ;) Regards. Oggy

I recall something in my old V40 (with climate control) handbook about the aircon disconnecting (not word they used) when the ambient temperature is below a certain value and it may well have been 5 C. The light didn

I needed a track rod end to get through the MOT at 3 years and 43,000 miles. I don

My SEAT doesn

What do SEAT call it?? Do the 115 engones use that same as the 130's? Also, dare I ask, what do the other oil companies call it. Can a suitable oil be purcahsed from, say, Halfords? :( Cheers. Oggy.

Had the car three weeks now and I have not heard the jet noise yet. :lol: Car is just out of warrantee but the local SEAT dealer is going to look at it on a goodwill basis. Hope that goodwill extends to fixing it as well as looking at it. :D

Hi, Sorry for not getting back sooner but I am away a the moment and opportunities to get on line are limited. Jus thought that I would let you know that I took the advice to have a word with the dealer being as the car was only just out of warranty and they have agreed to look at the

Having read the other Aux Heater thread top to bottom, do I take that all my efforts to identify and resolve my Aux Heater fault will be in vain if I don

Jeff115, Many thanks. Hopefully I will be able to see what is lifting the bit of trim that, in ignorance, I was trying to remove!! Regards. Oggy.

Thanks Jeff115 - you are a god ;) Try this! http://img183.exs.cx/img183/6293/dscf3980b8kz.jpg

I can't upload it! Its a 72KB JPEG, any suggestions please?

Bear with me - I can't get the image to upload!!

Further to the directions by GSMGuy in this post (Page 3) http://www.fordgalaxy.org.uk/ford/index.ph...wtopic=3623&hl= on how to test the aux heater sensor, I have discovered that I do not have the required nimble fingers to get at the sensor, or in fact the confidence to know that what I can see under there is in fact the sensor. To get at it better after removing the wiper arm I tried to remove the bit of trim indicated in the attached but could not get the studs unclipped with the force that I was prepared to exert. I have horror thoughts of breaking the trim and finding the sensor is fine!!! You can see that through my effort the trim is still lifted slightly and won

A colleague with an Audi TT tells me that it is possible to use the Climate Control display to view live data regarding engine temperature, road speed and such. Is that possible with the Alhambra?

Crikey

Just out I'm afraid. Picked up the car from an auction a week ago. Do you reckon that I'm in with a chance of the SEAT dealer fixing it free then? :lol:

Yeh - I don't understand that either Jeff115. Thanks for all the answers. I have concluded that the Aux Heater is not functioning. There is no smell, no noise, just nothing!!! Could that still be the glow plug or is it worse?? :o Also ... in my manual it says that with a diesel engine the aux heater will function when the engine is running AND the ambient temperature is less than 5 C OR the coolant temperature is below 75 C. The key here is the AND/OR statements meaning that for the aux heater to be running I reckon the following must be satisfied. 1) The Engine must be running :( AND one of the following must be satisfied 2) The ambient temperature is be less than 5 C OR 3) The coolant temperature is below 75 C. Thus it should run on start-up

Ivor, but according to Jeff115 it would not have been working as the ambient was 9 C but it only cuts in at 5 C :lol:

Also .... (I must stop doing this) .... if it does turn out to be the aux heater how do I test it if the weather is mild and the temp stays over the cut in threshold :lol:

Jeff115 - I know that its not posible to be exact but in your opinion should I be seeing some sort of movement of the temp gauge after 3 to 4 miles and ten minutes stop start motoring when the ambient temp is 9 C?