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rossy



Member Since: 29 Nov 2010
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Ireland 2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 CSW Stornoway Grey
the other day I noticed that once you have driven for about 10 minutes and then stop, if you have the heating on at full blast while idling the engine you can see the temperature gauge drop to between normal and cold (after a few minutes stationary). This soon goes back to normal when you start driving again. It must be that the heater pulls so much heat from the coolant that idling isn't enough to maintain it. Never noticed that in other vehicles
Post #121156 4th Feb 2012 10:12am
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JWL



Member Since: 26 Oct 2011
Location: Hereford
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England 2002 Defender 110 Td5 SW Coniston Green
Drive a TD5, you can get cold air blowing in the cabin on tick over and the needle on the guage right down Rolling Eyes PITA when you've just got it warm and then hit traffic
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johnnyturbo2002



Member Since: 21 May 2009
Location: Poniente Granadino
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Spain 2008 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 CSW Java Black
The 110 is a hell of a lot better than the BMW heater lately...but my wife and kids are in the defender, so it is parka and ski gloves for me in the bimmer... 2008 Defender 110 60 year Edition (sold unfortunately)
IN the hunt for another Puma for the wifey!
2008 Kia Sorento LX 😠2.5crdi
Post #121234 4th Feb 2012 4:53pm
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Kraut



Member Since: 28 Dec 2011
Location: Westphalia
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Germany 2010 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SW Santorini Black
Thanks to Webasto no more cosy Defender, after pressing the remote this morning in combination with only short driving distances during last days the battery went on strike. Was one hour late for ice-scating with the kids after the clip of the jump lead broke in half due to the low temperatures. After that I was cursing when i had to remove the console of the scheelmanns to reach the battery for charging with my icecold hands.

Kraut
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ZeDefender



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Location: Munich
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Germany 2011 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SW Baltic Blue
Kraut wrote:
Thanks to Webasto no more cosy Defender, after pressing the remote this morning in combination with only short driving distances during last days the battery went on strike. Was one hour late for ice-scating with the kids after the clip of the jump lead broke in half due to the low temperatures. After that I was cursing when i had to remove the console of the scheelmanns to reach the battery for charging with my icecold hands.

Kraut


I was a bit worried about Standheizung (aux.heating) for precisely this reason. I killed 2 batteries in one winter in our VW T3 Bus because the Eberspächer heating kept running them down (plus it needed a new glowplug or something every year). I also did a lot of short trips but I think it was a crappy design anyway (as was much of the earlier T3s).

Hope you get it sorted.

Matt Tell someone you love them today because life is short.
But shout it at them in German because life is also terrifying and confusing...
Post #121495 5th Feb 2012 3:03pm
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Kraut



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Germany 2010 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SW Santorini Black
yeah, she is allready running again thanks to the battery of my farther-in-laws T3 !
Post #121496 5th Feb 2012 3:13pm
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