Does anyone know of any device that can get the engine of my furby vRS up to optimum temperature quicker? apart from slapping a 5 litre v8 under the bonnet?

Not really why would you want to do that ?

Maybe its cold inside the car on these winter mornings

MPG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! its 20 when i get in but at optimum about 50

I agree the diesels all seem to take forever to warm up compared with petrol. Is that because they have bigger capacity cooling systems? Thus on shortish trips the vRS never gets warmed up and is not running economically.

I agree the diesels all seem to take forever to warm up compared with petrol. Is that because they have bigger capacity cooling systems? Thus on shortish trips the vRS never gets warmed up and is not running economically.

Walk then

Mine is nice an warm by the time I hit the motorway.

Kenlowe make a cooling system preheater. It fits in the engine bay and interupts one of the hoses from the heater matrix to the engine. You plug it into the mains some time before you need the car and it heats the cooling system to running temp. They work really well, but I don't know what the cost is.

I agree the diesels all seem to take forever to warm up compared with petrol. Is that because they have bigger capacity cooling systems? Thus on shortish trips the vRS never gets warmed up and is not running economically.

I think it's to do with diesel engines being more thermally efficient and as a result for short journeys will be running much richer for the whole journey and use more fuel.

Chris

Does anyone know of any device that can get the engine of my furby vRS up to optimum temperature quicker? apart from slapping a 5 litre v8 under the bonnet?

Not quicker, but if you have a Clifford Concept alarm, you can get the auto-start feature which will let you start the car while you're having your breakfast so it'll be nicely warmed up by the time you're ready to leave

Chris

my trip to work is only about 4 miles so i never see more than about 24mpg :(

Looking into the clifford alarm now

by the way your car wont have cat 1 status with the prestart on it as it invalidates it

Yepp and total closure believe it or not also voids it, don't know why though !

don't you diesel boys have to leave a candle under the engine to warm the diesel up in the winter?

don't you diesel boys have to leave a candle under the engine to warm the diesel up in the winter?

Had to light a fire under my mates 306 diesel one christmas in Aviemore :eek:

The engine had froze.

Kenlowe make a cooling system preheater. It fits in the engine bay and interupts one of the hoses from the heater matrix to the engine. You plug it into the mains some time before you need the car and it heats the cooling system to running temp. They work really well, but I don't know what the cost is.

I'm looking at adding a Kenlowe Hotstart to my Furby vRS. Having made up a full-size wooden dummy of the preheater and pump units, it looks as if the only place to put the preheater is inside the passenger comparment, next to the car heater. - Anybody got any experience/suggestions?

The pump could go under the bonnet, but there isn't room for the preheater unit (esp. if you want to fit an Ibiza air intake).

The price quoted by Kenlowe is

The company below also makes engine preheaters for most if not all of the Skoda range, including the Fabia vRS.

http://www.defa.com/

I had a Kenlowe in my Series 2 A landy years ago. Very good bit of kit.

my trip to work is only about 4 miles so i never see more than about 24mpg :(

as is mine but i get close to 39mpg which isnt bad as i was getting 20 mpg:eek: with my escort gti

A few years back i had a 1990 volvo 240 petrol which had a cooling system pre heat system fitted, you plugged it into the mains and it did the biz, i think my 1963 amazon 131 had a similar system,as it has a socket in the engine bay. never used it though.

anyone know one for the Fabia?

A cheap and cheerfull way that works is to get some dei radiator relief from demon tweaks or agreimach. Use this in both my fabia's. You need to take the top hose off the expansion tank, then put in about 1/3 of the bottle (approx 320ml) into the expansion tank. Next run the engine with the top pipe you removed earlier positioned over the measuring jug. Once you have approx 320ml in the jug stop the engine. Adjust level in jug and replace top pipe back onto the tank. Replace all caps. My TDI will goto fully warm on a 1-5oC day in under 2 miles of town running and about 50% warm in left stationary running for 5mins!

See

http://www.designengineering.com/products.asp?m=sp&pid=35&tid=1

http://www.agriemach.com/product_info.php?products_id=441&osCsid=cc0bab57fe5eb780ce1af591cb8ae12e

Diesel engines run cooler than Petrol engines, so they take longer to warm up, AND the exhaust pipes last longer. Because petrol engines run hotter, the exhaust pipes tend to corrode faster from inside.

Walk then

Mine is nice an warm by the time I hit the motorway.

Im not talking about 1/2 mile or so. If I compare my petrol vRS with the wife's diesel over the same journey the diesel has just come off cold after 5 miles whereas petrol was running at normal temp by two miles. Maybe the diesel has developed a fault as it has no power at all when cold. Will try blanking out the rad. with cardboard to see if it helps.

Im not talking about 1/2 mile or so. If I compare my petrol vRS with the wife's diesel over the same journey the diesel has just come off cold after 5 miles whereas petrol was running at normal temp by two miles. Maybe the diesel has developed a fault as it has no power at all when cold. Will try blanking out the rad. with cardboard to see if it helps.

Diesel's take a while to warm up,5 miles or 20 mins for my cab

Steve