[Vwdiesel] Never cold!

[Andrew .Libby]

A friend has an electric Rav4.  It has both A/C and passenger heat and uses
the same compressor and delivery system for both.


On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 12:35 PM, Arkady Mirvis <arkadymirvis at gmail.com>wrote:

> Everybody speaks about thermostat, the antifreeze...... Modern cars simply
> are designed for propulsion, their engines do have little reserves left for
> heating. In my recent past, servicing not only VW community as a combustion
> heater specialist, I had many very happy customers, getting into preheated
> very warm  cars, buses and driving in comfort at outside temperatures as
> low as - 25F. On a parking lot only my cars had no snow on them and had
> crystal clear glass. I never had problems opening the doors!
> Wait for electric cars! Without heaters they will be iceboxes.
> Need more information? Write.
> Ark Mirvis
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: pmdolan1 at sasktel.net
> Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2014 6:34 PM
> To: vw fans ; Shalyn Shourds
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Too cold
>
> No, you are not being unreasonable at all.  The ALH cars are HORRIBLE
> for heat - worst thing since air cooled days
>
> #1 for this reason is condition of thermostat.  If it is working, car
> will get to 90C or so - but it has to be DRIVEN to get there.  We are
> 10mi from town, and on a cool day, car is just getting warm as it hits
> the city.  Drill is start, idle out of driveway onto street, three
> blocks to highway and pedal to the metal.
>
> On a COLD day, the engine makes so little head and rejects so much from
> the block, oil pan, etc. that the temp guage NEVER gets anywhere near
> the middle of the range.  Especialy bad if you don;t have the lower
> splash pan in place.  As well, when winter comes, we put a full cover
> over the grille and lower intakes and even then, it is hard to get up
> to temp.  This year, we can;t find it and it is FRIGGING COLD in that
> darn car.
>
> Conversely:  warmest car I have ever driven:  one of our last A2 TDs.
>
> Pat
>
> On Fri, 7 Feb 2014 20:55:52 -0800 (PST), Shalyn Shourds
> <sshourds at flash.net> wrote:
> OK, I live about 15 miles south of Hayden and MY Diesel ('00 TDI) is
> too cold.  I know that since this is Texas, that statement is not
> going to garner a lot of sympathy.  I.e. from James.  I do have a
> question, though, before I start doing something drastic.  Should the
> car be making enough heat to get the cab reasonably warm if it's 20
> degrees F outside?  I have to admit to only rarely driving in those
> temps here in Ft. Worth and don't have a good feel.  I did look and
> make sure my vent recirculation door closes.  The car's old enough
> that there's a black snow of insulation through the vents so I thought
> that might be the problem.  It's not.  I felt the radiator hoses too
> and the top one isn't warm, so I'm guessing the engine just isn't
> getting warm enough to make heat.  I'm thinking that this is just the
> way it is and I can bundle even more, but if there's a way I can pick
> up a little comfort, that'd be kind of awesome.
>
>>
>> The one time I wish I had a Dodge.  As much fuel as those things burn, I
>> would haveto get some heat.  I feel like I'm battling global warming by
>> freezing.  "Deal with it" is an acceptable response.  I just want to make
>> sure it's performing optimally.  It'll be 105F soon enough.  -Shalyn
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