Aux / Booster Heater

[Saif Rehman]

p.s. I am waiting for some Newbie from North Wales to come on the Forum saying that the Gal he has bought seems to have a missing booster heater....is this normal.? ... :P

 

You can always turn round and say that it was an optional extra! :P

[mike99]

no probs kev,

I think the reason there wasn't more people bidding on this was because they too probably thought it could be faulty.

 

I px'd the car in manchester, so hopefully no one local will come knocking to see if there should of been a heater!

[aaronp]

Hi all, as I'm new member and can't create new topics, so I thought this is right topic for my query :

Anyway, I've started on new project on my 03 Galaxy TDI, where I've decided to bypass on board computer

that turns my aux booster on , when it thinks its cold enough, but I'm not happy with that! so after spending one week on this project, its basically done !

and it was easier than I thought, I bought this item of ebay EBERSPACHER COMBINATION TIMER WITH FAULT DIAGNOSIS

to control my aux heater, not as much use of it, as I thought but will be good to reset faults.

Well it took me some time to figure it out what wires exactly do and what happens in one or another instance, finally last Sunday I

made it work 100%, but the problem is that me galaxy got climate control which made much harder to integrate, basically now as soon as timer turns it on ,its like

turning car key in to II position, where everything is activated, and of course that

[raymac]

8.5 c yesterday morning after my nightshift and my aux heater never kicked in :D now am i right in thinking that this should kick in at 10c or below, only replaced the glowplug in it last octoberish and it went sweet as a nut all last winter, is there anything i should be doing to make it kick in? i'm sure i read on here somewhere that it might need a bit of a good rev to get it to kick in,all possible ideas considered or am i going to stripping it down again :D

[marinabrid]

try bridging the sensor on the wiper linkage, also do what i did last year, i gave it a few taps with a rubber mallet just after starting the car, it burst into like with a cloud of smoke and worked fine.

if that fails, check the wires to the metering pump in front t of the fuel tank havent rotted , mine had a few years ago. i cut out the old wires and replaced and off it went fine.

[marinabrid]

jeeeeeez doesit never stop, after i bought the booster heater from mike99 it worked fine until a few days ago when i put some diesel with water into my tank. drained out the tank and changed filters , now ive got the car running fine again after a few spluttering mornings the poor wee heater is playing up.

it fires up as normal but after running for a few mins it starts popping and you can hear inside it like a backfiring noise, then it goes into shutdown mode, runs a few more mins then stops. if i restrt the car it goes thru the same sequence again.

can the residual water cause this popping in the heatrer, anyone know out there.

im hoping it will clear as the fuel thats in the tank get renewed over time.

Edited October 18, 2007 by motorcareman

[Ex-Galaxy person]

I've bridged the sensor on mine this year, as it rarely fired up before. However, even though it now always fires up when cold, it also always cuts out after about 10-20 seconds; then it fires up again about a minute after that, and runs OK until the coolant temperature gets up to normal, at which point it shuts down as it's supposed to

 

Anyone know why it might always cut out initially? It's not a huge problem, 'cos it always fires up again and stays on. Just curious really.

 

Phillip

[aaronp]

Its fine, my does the same ! its like quick self test

[Biscuit]

Please help!!!

Yesterday Booster heater threw loads of white smoke out! thought it was glow plug,

checked it, it was working fine!

This morning white smoke again! then cleared up but every so often smoke bellows out and i can smell diesel

does anybody have any clues as to why this could be?????

thanks

[Smilge]

Gents ...sounds to me as though people are having problems with either glow plugs, metering pumps or they need to be removed and de-coked. There is a good post on removing the booster heater and changing the glow plug somewhere on here. Good luck.

[whitty]

ok it's 8.5 degree's outside

 

 

new glow plug fitted

vag com show's no faults

 

meetering pump can be heard ticking when vag com is running self test

and so can the fan

 

but the heater doesn't fire up

 

ggggggggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

 

 

any ideas before i start flicking matches on the seat and speaking to the insurance, this sodding galaxy i hate vw!

[adrianf.]

Dont hold me to this but i seem to remember reading somewhere that some heaters kick in at 10 degrees and other at 5.

Depends which model you have.

As i said dont hold me to this, i may have had too much cheese before i went to bed one night.

 

Adrian.

[whitty]

ok so wheres the temp sensor on a 2002 mk galaxy anyone got a picture?

[raymac]

ok so wheres the temp sensor on a 2002 mk galaxy anyone got a picture?

 

No picture ,but as you stand in front of the car it is on your right hand side just under the trim where the wiper arm is fitted iirc :angry2:

[whitty]

i have just looked under the skuttle and can't find the sensor anywhere i really am @ a loss i can't find the darn thing do i need to take all the skuttle off i took the center part out and couldn't see any sensors only wiring i can see is for the heated washer jets

[NikpV]

there was some talk about them repositioning this behind/near one of the headlights IIRC offside I think Edited October 31, 2007 by NikpV

[whitty]

i found it !

 

 

and

 

 

shock

horror

 

 

 

 

 

the galaxy dissapered in a ball of smoke for a couple of minutes and then it cleared all is well the heater works

 

oh joy of joy's another job done for now !

 

 

thanks for help guy's !

[mos]

After fitting a new glowplug, and making some new brushes for the after run pump last year, mine fired up no probs this morning.....gives you a nice warm feeling! :-)

 

Don't forget, if your gal is more than 4 years old and you have trouble getting the heater going then make sure your after-run pump is working. With the hood open, you should hear it running for a couple of minutes after you turn the engine off. Its

[big_kev]

change the glowplug last weekend,fired up today and no smoke woop peeeeee.one less job to do .can i say thank for all the comments and help from the forum.mos

 

Your only a couple of clicks up the M1, fancy popping down and doing mine... ;)

[Rusty Nail]

Can anyone explain why my aux heater will choose its own start up temp?

Two weeks ago, 12.5 and its going, last week 7.0 and nothing, today 11.0 and working - does it get the weather forcast from the internet? The one thing I can say is that it always fires and works well.

Its not a great problem as when it is cold it does the job, I am just intruiged,

 

Cheers

[galaxyman]

Well following a large service which included investigation of white smoke coming from the rear

I was advised I needed a new glow plug.

[gregers]

Well following a large service which included investigation of white smoke coming from the rear

I was advised I needed a new glow plug.

[nige]

[help mine is smoking like mad lol thought it was on fire, is this normal

[gregers]

take a look in the faqs section in technical im sure theres a video of one that had the glow plug change and that smoked so i would say its normal.

[gregers]

right an up date on my booster heater saga.finally received a phone call from the dealer who i bought the car from today(after various visits and shouting rather loudly)

 

well the firm who carried out the first repair LO AND BEHOLD went into liquidation :lol: :lol:

but they still had my heater and have started up again with a slight change in there name,they contacted the dealer today to say THEYVE FINALLY put it on the bench to do a test and basically the brains inside are FUBAR'D and that it was going to cost(the dealer)over 200 quid,NOW THATS ON TOP OF THE 204 POUNDS THEY CHARGED THEM TO CARRY OUT THE SO CALLED REPAIR IN THE FIRST PLACE so my reply to the dealer was perhaps in FUTURE he should listen to his mug punters for once when they try to give them a bit of advice,

so the dealer has refused to allow them to FIX IT and is now trying to source one from his contacts(ME THINKS FORDS ARE GOING TO GET A PHONE CALL)part suppliers and bear with him F**K ME BEAR WITH HIM ive been bearing with them for the last 6-7 months,he has assured me they will sort it out and give me a working booster heater.i wait with baited breath.