aux heater service

[Madbaz]

After my gal started to become a very effective fog maker, I decided to tackle the glow plug etc.
I ordered the glow plug (threaded with 2 wires attached 7M3 963 319A) from the local VW stealer for Ã,£70 inc vat and got the gauze n gasket from ebay (Angliapostalparts2012).
Disassembly went without a hitch, after prising out the old gauze I cleaned excess crud with a squirty can of Wynns carb cleaner. The only tip I can add to Mirez's pdf is when installing the new gauze try to ensure the seam is at the top (as per advice from my friendly truck mechanic). Reassembly  went well with only one scraped knuckle.  I took the opportunity during testing to permanently place a jumper wire in place of the ambient temp switch as I have a separate switch & 7day timer in the cabin. I also lagged the aluminium coolant pipes under the car.
Testing proved excellent with the burnr firing immediately and then going into pause mode after only 20 mins from an ambient temp of 10 degrees & with the engine off. Todays top tip: remove stands from under car before firing up the heater, the exhaust gets a bit hot

[SirDavidAlhambra]

Iââ,¬â,,¢ve yet to see a car with that aux heater thing actually working