quote:This must be your lucky day since all 1.4Tdi's are standard equipped with a webasto pre heater. The 1.2 Tdi's have electrical cabin heaters and the non Tdi's have nothing.
This is probably one of Audi's best kept secrets, they've certainy never told me.
The standard heater activates when the outside temp is below 5 or 6 degrees celsius and helps the engine to heat the coolfluid. There is no way to manually activate the standard heater. And when the CC is in ECON mode, it never starts since you want to be economically (and cold).
It is however quite simple to connect some relais, some pumps and a timer to the already builtin heater and then you have a timer (or remote) operated preheater.
This is something that you shouldn't attempt to do yourself unless you really know what you are doing, it took the webasto fitter three days to fit it into my A2.
Hope this answers your question !
Dennis de Held
Dennis,
I am intrested in getting the unit upgraded to a remote start but you said it took 3 days to fit[:0], I have been in contact with Webasto UK and have been informed it will only take 4 HOURS.
Can there realy be this much difference in time[?][?]
(If I going to lose the car for that long I will need to arrange a long weekend)
Lee and Sheridan,
TDI SE, Dolphin Grey,
Original Audi 6 CD Changer (Fitted in proper location by me)