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17th Oct 2010 10:23 am
crwoody
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Looked out the window first thing this morning, frosty roof & windows on car and thought - FBH, I wonder if it works? (sad or what?)
Anyhow, went outside and started engine, OAT shows +1°C - no FBH action
Came back in and did a quick search on here and found some debate as to whether the air-con needs to be on or not, went back out and pressed the "Auto" button, then switched off/on and started the engine again - lo and behold - the lovely smell of a manky old paraffin heater accompanied by the usual noise of the pump and burner and a hot FBH exhaust.
So it appears that the air-con does need to be on for it to work in auto mode, I assume that the after-market timer or GSM options override this?
Odd thing was though, there was no smoke at all, I guess that's an optional extra too Clive
17th Oct 2010 10:47 am
MacLeod 313
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Clive, mine never needed to be on AirCon before my GSM.........I am sure of it TBH
17th Oct 2010 10:55 am
buellbeast
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This is what the FBH looks like under the bonnet just in front of the battery box.
Mine worked last night when we went out at about 8pm, reading was 5 degrees on the OTG. Bit of smoke, not too bad.____
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17th Oct 2010 11:14 am
crwoody
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MacLeod 313 wrote:
Clive, mine never needed to be on AirCon before my GSM.........I am sure of it TBH
Well, as I said, there was some debate about it, perhaps it depends on the year of the car and/or the software revision in whatever bit controls it.
Not really a problem anyway, just need to make sure the AC is active when shutting it off when anticipating cold the next day.Clive
17th Oct 2010 12:03 pm
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17th Oct 2010 12:40 pm
buda
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I never seen this in 3 and a half years of d3 ownership. do I conclude mines has never worked? I can see how some folk would think your engine was on fire BTW.
I only just recently started reading up on thr FBH and think its now time to do the Mod to manually switch it on.
Ill wait first for a frosty morning and look for signs of life in it first though....
17th Oct 2010 12:42 pm
buellbeast
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It shouldn't normally smoke at all maybe just a wisp of smoke if anything. My system was primed and some jiggery pokery added to make it do this
17th Oct 2010 12:49 pm
DiscoDunc
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mine worked this morning at +5c. I wouldnt have noticed if it wasnt for the little RED LED light that I have on the dashboard.
The operation of the FBH isnt always noticable as the pump can run at variable speeds and you dont always get oodles of smoke.Duncan
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17th Oct 2010 12:53 pm
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How did you make it smoke so much then - or is that a secret ,,SOLD - 23my Range Rover Sport D300 Dynamic SE
17th Oct 2010 1:59 pm
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Primed it first using the Faultmate this fills the unit with excess fuel then started the burner. It's cleans all the sticky residue which can occur through little use. It can be fun in Tesco car park
Mine kicked itself into life this morning at 1 degC. The bloody thing stinks like a lorry. Why did they not exhaust it through the engine exhaust system? SWMBO was moaning about it smoking out the tintent, so being an obedient husband I turned the engine off Run silent, run deep!! HM Submarines Conqueror, Churchill, Renown, Ocelot, Porpoise, Onslaught.
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17th Oct 2010 2:17 pm
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You only have to look at that avatar, you know he would do some sort of trickery.
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