Webasto comfort header on Fabia

[WW_VRS]

Hi,

I know these CAN be fitted, however has anyone got one fitted to their Fabia?

In particular I'm interested in where the stuff goes 'under the bonnet' due to a few tweaks under mine taking up space that normally would be vacant, such as the FMIC and to a probably less important extent, the propane mixing gear.

I spotted a place in Kent which appears to be an installer, however as I live in Abingdon nr Oxford that is a fair way away in case of trouble etc.

If you happen to know a place that fits these things near Oxford that is NOT a boat builder type place, it would be great if you could post that back here

[Spudgun]

you ever thought about trying garages that specialise in lorrys as all the night heaters in the cabs at our place are all webasto

[WW_VRS]

I've considered it - the only catch is that those places are used to having slightly more room to work with.

There appears to be a place in Northampton, which is near APS (in Brackley) where I get my car fixed/serviced/enhanced these days, might ask them to find out for me as it may be a nice extra bit of work they could do

[jlindstrom]

I've got one in mine. Though not webasto, but eberspächer - same thing, different bränd.

Anyway, the only place it will fit properly is in front of the radiator. So it blocks out a small area of the radiator, but at least I haven't seen any heat problems during the past year I've had it. We hit extended perioids of +30C last summer and no probs what so ever.

During winter, it really is the dogs undercarriage.. I've got mine with a week-clock with 3 memory slots, so I can make it go on at anytime a week ahead. Excellent really. I've got the 5kw version which seems like a perfect fit. I reckon the 4kw version would be a bit too small to get the car heated in a reasonable time.

I also have to use it sometimes whilst driving, when temps hit -15C or under. I do most of my driving on motorways and without the aux heater the fab will get pretty damn cold. Anyway, that works fine as well.

[Tom_vRS]

4kW may be just fine for the UK though.

Infront of the rad could be a problem for WW too... Any web links to your unit Juha?

[andy2407]

Have you considered an electric unit like bryand has?

Some disussion in this thread

[Tom_vRS]

Have you considered an electric unit like bryand has?

Some disussion in this thread

Yes, but they are useless if you don't have a garage.

[jlindstrom]

Here's the link for the eberspächer heaters:

Eberspächer

The one thing to notice is that there are 2 models of the heater. Regular model, which is I believe is rather idioticly called compact, and a special model for tight places. You have to get the tight space model in order to get it to fit.

I'll see if I can grab a few photos later on to show the installation and the timer module.

[WW_VRS]

Thanks that would be great, I don't mind using Eberspacher either (parents used to have one of their hot-air heaters in the boat)

My FMIC takes up the room in front of the radiator, and then I've still got the laser detector/garage opening device in front of that (which pretty much fits, tightly).

There should be a bit of room left because I've removed the SMIC, although the FMIC pipework goes through so not all the original space is available.

Also still investigating oil/fuel cooler setups, but I dont mind getting custom brackets fabricated

Electrically powered is not an option for me due to no guaranteed parking spot + just impractical in reality with my job etc.

Really looking forward to some pictures but please enjoy your Christmas time