Aux Heater ? And Other Noises

[Guest JIMSTDI]

hi steve

 

gal sounds very nice indeed my friend,hope u get the sender or float sorted

lets hope its something daft :lol:

 

yre interior must like very nice steve,

it took me a little while to get use to the parking sensors myself,the sales bloke said after a while u wont even turn around or look in your mirrors that much he was right,i was so happy them,that i went and bought some after market ones for the wifes focus work a treat...

 

what u got lx,zetec or ghia

 

i did post some pics of mine on the forum with the kit on it

 

here is a site u might like

 

cc motor sport

 

all the best james :)

[Guest steven.tunnicliffe@lineone.net]

Cheers Jim. Aye, I've done 40 miles and it still hasn't dropped, so it looks like I haven't disturbed it filling it up again.

 

I forgot to mention she's a Zetec, like the last one I had.

 

You're right about the sensors. The last Galaxy I had I gave up reversing into parking spaces, it was hopeless, especially after the first two weeks where I went up the garden wall!! I just used to drive in fwds.

 

I'll look for your pickies and the site just now.

 

Cheers Jim.

 

PS The aux heater started off this morning.

[Guest steven.tunnicliffe@lineone.net]

Thanks fredt.

[Jeff115]

Hi folks,

Thanks a lot for the info. regarding the Aux. Heater. Must check it out further except that it has not kicked in over the last few days - is'nt this weather marvellous, for October?

 

Later,

J. :lol:

[Guest JIMSTDI]

hi jeff

 

yes m8 the weather has been ver nice B)

i went out in my gal tonite for a change it was blo ody nice to :lol:

 

all the best james

[Jeff115]

Hi James,

 

We're just back from a short break in the 'sunny south east' (of Ireland) and neither the weather nor the Galaxy disappointed...

 

The sweet little 115 tdi is great for tacking along @ 60-70 mph with loads in reserve when the need (or the inkling) for more arises.

 

I recently took two U.S. colleagues on a business trip to Belfast - they would not believe that the Gal. only had a 1900cc engine :lol:

 

Sure why would you bother with a petrol?

 

Later,

J.

[Guest JIMSTDI]

your right j

 

i could not belive the power in the old gal for a 1.9

did enjoy the drive last night was very nice

 

all the best

james

[Guest ANDY FITZGERALD]

:lol: HAD MY AUX HEATER CUT IN ON SATURDAY NIGHT, 4 DEGREES REGISTERED OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE...

 

IN BIRMINGHAM, ITS GETTING PRETTY NIPPY LATER ON... TIME TO GET THE THERMALS OUT SOON, I RECKON...

[Ivor_E_Tower]

Quite bizarely, my aux heater cut in this afternoon (ambient air temp on display was 12 deg C) on way to garden centre. Didn't cut in for return journey. Very odd...

[Jeff115]

Yes, the aux. heater on my gal. has cut in during the afternoons too when temp. was easily 12-15 degrees. However the car was parked in the shade - where's the outside temperature sensor?

 

RW - from your previous post...

"I'd be very interested to know if you don't get the clicking noise, because that might imply Ford's found a way to stifle it"

 

I have not heard this clicking noise at all...however Steven seems to be getting it on his now Zetec diesel?

 

Later,

J.

[Guest JIMSTDI]

not sure on the galaxy

 

but on older fords bottom frame,below the front bumper

just cliped into place in to the frame....

 

my heater came on yesterday also gal was in the garage temp was about 11.5c

 

james

[Ivor_E_Tower]

Maybe it has something to do with the water/coolant temperature rather than the ambient temp?

[Guest steven.tunnicliffe@lineone.net]

Thanks fredt, I'll give them a go. I had a look at some of the lighting available in Motorworld the other day...I must say I'm a bit tempted, however a duster and chamois leather will do for now!

 

Is the picture you've got on your posts your Gal? Have you got any bigger ones to post? It almost looks like an open top one from the picture I can see B)

[rwtomkins]

Hi Jeff115, it's very strange you're not getting the tick tick tick noise from the aux heater fuel pump. Anyone else with a new diesel galaxy not getting it? All I can say is lucky you. Though if I remember right from last winter, if you stop and switch off the Gal for a while, then fire her up again, the ticking is often a lot quieter than before.

[Jeff115]

Hi RW,

No - definitely no clicking noises from the aux heater fuel pump.

 

The heater is firing up regularly now.

 

Let me see if I have the workings of this unit right - essentially because the PD engine runs quite cool then when the ambient temperature is less than 5 degrees (10 per manual?) and the coolant temp is less than 75 degrees the aux heater fires up to heat the coolant. Coolant is pumped by a seperate water pump to the aux heater and back (to the heater matrix?) so that the cab can get warm air through the blowers.

An aux fuel pump (suspect clicking noise source) sucks diesel from a seperate feed off the tank into a combustion chamber which is fired by a glow plug?

 

Exhaust gases (Esso blue smell) are emitted by seperate exhaust.

 

So what's the turbine noise anyone? :D

 

Apart from my misgivings the unit actually seems to work well - definitely a lot cosier first thing a.m. than my previous Passat and a lot more than previous Vauxhall Cavalier!!!

 

Later,

J.

[Fordy]

Hi folks, My latest 115ps Galaxy (5 weeks old) doesn't seem to tick when the booster heater comes on. Previous 115ps Galaxy registered December 2000 did tick, although this did not annoy me! Page 76 of the latest handbook explains all and says temperatures of outside 10C and coolant 75C before booster activates. My one came on at 12C the other morning but I guess that the temperature of the coolant was below 75C, so I reckon that there could be a missprint and instead of 10C AND 75C they mean 10C AND/OR 75C. With regard to the noise being annoying, if the diesel was a noisy engine like some, we wouldn't hear it, I expect someone in a Rolls Royce complains about the clock ticking too loud. Just drive the Galaxy and enjoy it, it's a great car - I've owned three now, one petrol 2.3 and two diesel 115 ps'.

I am certainly glad that the booster heater is there, not only for quick heater warmup, but for general engine heating which reduces wear. The other alternative is to fit a heater into the coolant hose as supplied by Kenlowe which is an excellent product, but these are only useful when at home, not when you return to the car in a carpark on a freezing night.

Regards, Fordy.

[Guest elj]

If you do not have a tcking noise so lucky you, but if you have you just cannot ignore it as it is very obvious and annoying. Mine is 2002 deisel 115bhp and apart from the ticking I am very happy with the car.

 

I've been back to my dealer several time and they aparently changed the pump but that never solved the problem. I was then told that Ford is working on a fix which should be ready in a few months. That was in April. Last week I was told that this is not the case. No fix, you just have to put up with it.

 

Well, I'm not. I will contact contact ford directly and request that they do something about it. I will laso contact Watchdog and see if that would encourage them to fix the problem. After all we pay a lot of money for these cars and I do not see why e should just accept it. I certainly would not have bought the car if I'd known about this problem.

[HJT]

The ticking doesn't bother me either, I can think of worse things that need to be addressed by Ford/VW. The bad design/weakness of the aircon system, the consistent failure of MAF sensors and the general poor performance of the Ford dealers.

 

Howard

[rwtomkins]

Well noise is a very subjective thing so we can't expect everyone to be equally annoyed or even annoyed at all. I'm one who does find it a bit annoying - it seems a bit daft for Ford to go to all the trouble of making a quiet car and then allow the clicking to spoil it. Anyway, it sounds from what Fordy and Jeff115 say that Ford have found a fix, so the only question is, will they retrofit? I'll be interested to hear how you get on, elj.

 

By the way, Howard, I entirely agree with you, they should damn well fix the more serious things! But that doesn't mean they can't fix the little things, too!

[HJT]

Mind you I quite like the turbine noise as it spins down after you shut down the engine, the number of people that have asked me what the noise is and I tell them with a completely straight face that the Galaxy is powered by a small jet engine and it's that shutting down they can hear. You can see some people thinking "is he serious?", some people thinking "yeah right" and others who are really impressed and are going off to tell their mates :blink: :D :D

 

Howard

[Guest Turbo]

Think yourselves lucky - we`ve had it down at -3c in Carlisle and the ice alert symbol stayed on `til 11am last Saturday, then we hit 5c......and I havn`t got an aux heater !!

Turbo

[Guest elj]

The problem is not whether the noise is annoying or not, fact is it shouldn't be there. We are not talking about engine noise, heater, fan etc, this is noise that is not part of the expected 'noises' that come with mechanical parts. The fact that some have it and some don't indicate that there is either a problem with manufacturing or fitting. Either case it is Ford's obligation to fix it.

[Tim Lucas]

If anyone finds a solution to this ticking sound when the auxiliary heater kicks in I would really appreciate knowing about it. This noise is the only gripe have have with an otherwise beautiful car!

 

Thanks

[smon]

I have a 99 110 Tdi. Despite the recent freezing weather, I neither hear the ticking nor the turbine noise. Does this mean that the booster/aux heater isnt working, or was it only fitted to the later models?

 

Simon

[Guest daddycool]

On my Gal, when it is cold an electrical whirring noise can be heard starting up after the engine is started. It seems to come from the engine and when the car is stopped it runs down after the engine is switched off.

Is this the same thing?

 

Also where can i find out the original spec for my car, ie did it come with alloys or cd changer? Im guessing i've got to go and see the useless idoits at fraud.