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T5.1 Beach 140
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Standard aux diesel heater on all diesel Transporters that turns on automatically below 5C to bring the engine up to temperature quickly to lower cold start emissions. Standard spec allows no input from the driver. My Beach has the OEM upgrade to allow programming it to turn on and warm up the engine coolant and cabin while you're having your coffee. One very useful feature of this upgrade is that if you leave the Climatronic on Max/defrost when you turn the engine off, in the morning it will come on in the same mode and de-ice the windshield, as well as saving wear on the engine by avoiding cold startups. Since it uses coolant pumps and dashboard fans, it has high battery usage, and is not to be confused with the night air heater, mounted on the other side of the van, which is designed to use a minimum of leisure battery. I have them both, and use them both on winter outings.I didn't know there was a water heater! What is it for?!
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