mickpa

A very valid point , there are too many reported electrical problems, so whilst breaking into the wiring on the relay panel would save me having to find a way of running cables into the cockpit to put the switch in the cabin, I guess it could be asking for trouble. Next opportunity I get I'll have a look at the sensor end.

Yes thats correct, but that would mean breaking into the wiring at or near the sensor up by the wiper assy, which means, I think disassembling the wipers etc, and then running a cable into the cockpit to a switch OR breaking into the wiring inside the cockpit as I said earlier. However, having looked at a number of wiring diagrams for the galaxy, none of which I beleive are for my model, one end of the sensor goes to the Aux heater controller and the other comes into the cockpit to one of the relays on the relay panel and there are a lot of cables/connectors on the back of that panel and I'm not about to go messing about on the back of the relay panel without the correct diagram.

That was my preferred choice to put a switch in the temp sensor circuit inside the cockpit, but I'm struggling to find a suitable wiring diragram. I do agree that this may not be whole problem, but considering this would be a simple mod, I thought it wold be worth a try if only to confirm just what effect it does have. At least I would be able to control its operation and therby get more reliable observations.

Your right Insider, if it was faulty I could take it to a local Dealer, But the Aux heater is working ok but I want to mod the wiring so I can control when it comes on. I spend most days doing very short journeys and the booster heater is really screwing up my fuel consumption without any benefit as by the time Iit warms up, I,m getting out, sometimes for several hours. For example today the heater was on all day as the ambient temp was ~9 degrees, my fuel consuption has falling from about 43 mpg to 32mpg for the urban driving I'm doing. I need to know it location and how to get to it OR preferably, a wiring diagram of the 2006 model so I can mod it.

Can anyone tell me the exact location of the ambient temperature for the booster heater and how to get at it on my 2006 Galaxy? I seem to be getting confused between the different models and I dont really want to start stripping down my car without being sure of its location. Thanks

Cost of the conversion is

Hit the search engine..been covered before..also search for bio diesel i think it is..id search for you but its bed time for the kids so havent the time. :D Why on earth woyld you want to convert a brand new car?? I'm not interested in Bio-diesal, but have investigated a number of kits from various companies that claim to have converted the PD engine sucessfully to run on SVO, mostly in europe. I was contemplating taking the car over to Germany to have it converted by Elsbett (http://www.elsbett.com/gb/about-us/introduction.html) but would prefer to have it done in this country is possible. The reason? : Straight Vegetable Oil (SVO) can be bought for approx. 45p/litre or less, the duty payable is 27.1p, giving a grand total of 72.1 pence/litre.

Has anyone had their car converted to run on vegetable oil and if so what are your experiences? I've done some research on the subject and believe the 130 PD I drive can be converted using one of the several 2 tank systems available, but would like some first hand advice/experience before committing to it.