Time To Check Your Boosters Boys And Girls

[marinabrid]

after having the wifes unplugged for the summer i popped the mini fuse back to test the old booster heater ready for the chilly mornings that will soon be upon us. maybe im lucky this year, it fired straight up., so just a thought to all, test it out b4 the winter does come.

and dont forget if you need a booster heater glowplug pop into my online shop for one.My Webpage

[Goofygolfer]

Cue 2000 posts about strange wooshing noises and clouds of white smoke from wheel arch <_<

[adrianf.]

No need to check mine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It wasnt working last year <_<

[wonkydog]

Mine is just extra weight as well. It blows but that's about it. Might have play in a couple of weeks.

[mumof4]

Booster heater......have i got one of those?????

[mike99]

after having the wifes unplugged for the summer i popped the mini fuse back to test the old booster heater ready for the chilly mornings that will soon be upon us. maybe im lucky this year, it fired straight up., so just a thought to all, test it out b4 the winter does come.

and dont forget if you need a booster heater glowplug pop into my online shop for one.My Webpage

I tried the mini fuse on my mk2 alhambra but it has different connections to the mk1 so won't fit. I had to use a thin piece of wire - and it works!!

[iainkirk]

Booster heater......have i got one of those?????

 

Yes!

[mumof4]

is that the same as aux heater?

[marinabrid]

yes mum the aux and booster are the same thing

[mumof4]

Ah right..i got told the glow plug was naffed in it

[Guest HairyPlateEater]

And Q us gas guzzlers with 2000 posts gettng our own back for the 45mpg ....

 

I have no booster heater, nor ALL the complications and costs that come with them. My car is lovely and warm in the winter. I have no smoke from the wheel arch. Enjoy your diesel (economical *bleeps* lol) :blink:

[Vanbursta]

Errmm maybe I'm wrong but I thought the BOOSTER heater was the one fitted to the cars cooling system, and the AUXILARY heater was an extra heater that runs on diesel (and hence is only fitted to diesels), or am I incorrect?

[seatkid]

after having the wifes unplugged for the summer

 

How can I unplug mine for the summer?

 

p.s. I've only got one wife.... :blink:

[NikpV]

Errmm maybe I'm wrong but I thought the BOOSTER heater was the one fitted to the cars cooling system, and the AUXILARY heater was an extra heater that runs on diesel (and hence is only fitted to diesels), or am I incorrect?

you're right but some get their worms muddled up :blink:

[Steveenduro]

Could someone remind me how to check operation of the aux heater when the ambient temp is above 10

[mumof4]

So...booster is not same as Aux heater????..that little exhaust thingy under the car is the aux yes???...that needs a glow plug...wheres the booster heater then?

[tim-spam]

The booster heater has a glow plug and exhaust, and the auxiliary heater contains engine coolant and is used to heat the rear of the passenger compartment.

 

My booster heater fired up this morning as it always has on cold mornings.

[Guest CheemaD]

how do you fit a mini fuse and test the booster heater in 10+ deg C. I have face-lifted X reg 1.9 SHaran TDi.

I tried looking for a sensor ner the pasanger wiper arm under the bonnet and could not see anu sensor of any descript.

 

 

Many thanks

Dal

[NikpV]

how do you fit a mini fuse and test the booster heater in 10+ deg C. I have face-lifted X reg 1.9 SHaran TDi.

I tried looking for a sensor ner the pasanger wiper arm under the bonnet and could not see anu sensor of any descript.

 

 

Many thanks

Dal

 

 

no help but one day I'll try and take a picture of this little b*gg*r :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[raymac]

Right then let me explain about my booster heater and then you fine people can tell me if it's bollocksed :D :rolleyes: :wacko: i have had the car since may and recently found the wire to booster had been disconnected so i have reconnected ,having read this thread i am under the impression that once the ambient temp is 10c the booster heater should kick in , well this morning it was 10c and nothing , now is it faulty do you think or does it need to be a bit lower temp for the heater to kick in :) any advice will be greatfully accepted and before anyone says use the search i already have and have not got the time nor the patience to read 17 pages on the booster heater in the faq section :rolleyes: :D :D

[NikpV]

kick in temp does seem to vary - read some reports of as low as 5C up to 15C :rolleyes: as for the disconnected wire - possibly it has smoked (older type glowplug) in the past and rather than sort it someone just removed the wire :rolleyes:

[Guest MATT]

We had an unusually cold morning the other week, and it fired up fine, just like last year.

 

MATT:)

[NikpV]

We had an unusually cold morning the other week, and it fired up fine, just like last year.

 

MATT:)

 

 

oh so it worked fine :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :wacko:

[Guest MATT]

Ermmmmmm, yeah :rolleyes:

 

MATT

[Marky]

Could someone remind me how to check operation of the aux heater when the ambient temp is above 10