Heater explanation
Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2017 6:30 pm
Hi all
After much reading on the aux heat unit, can some kind soul inform me, if you put the 12v direct to pin 1 should the heater start no matter what the outside temp and run a full 30 min cycle if engine cold
or, if temp above 5c would it start and run a few mins as it knows its too warm to do a full cycle.
Just trying to grasp the working system before i work on it, my old unit in the VW was an Eberspacher that simply fired when under 10c when the engine ran or if the temp sensor was bridged it would run at any outside temp by means of an on off switch. i was trying to find if the X5 had this same sensor set up so it could be bridged and fool the heater.
After much reading on the aux heat unit, can some kind soul inform me, if you put the 12v direct to pin 1 should the heater start no matter what the outside temp and run a full 30 min cycle if engine cold
or, if temp above 5c would it start and run a few mins as it knows its too warm to do a full cycle.
Just trying to grasp the working system before i work on it, my old unit in the VW was an Eberspacher that simply fired when under 10c when the engine ran or if the temp sensor was bridged it would run at any outside temp by means of an on off switch. i was trying to find if the X5 had this same sensor set up so it could be bridged and fool the heater.