I take from a picture posted elswhere in the forum https://www.theineosforum.com/media/0380ef2a-afee-458b-91f2-e24127d9be09-jpeg.3037/ that there actually is a windshield heater ("Front" and "Rear" buttons). Do you have other reliable info @Eric ?
I take from a picture posted elswhere in the forum https://www.theineosforum.com/media/0380ef2a-afee-458b-91f2-e24127d9be09-jpeg.3037/ that there actually is a windshield heater ("Front" and "Rear" buttons). Do you have other reliable info @Eric ?
Like this
My D4 has one of these as well as the HFW. When pushed it diverts hot air to the windscreen and turns the heater fan to maximum. The issue being at first entry you have a cold engine, and at -10 you initially get a cold air blast to the windscreen. It'll take a few minutes to get any increase in the inside ambient temperature
But maybe (although we don't know for sure) there is an electric heater for the air that is directed to the windshield. Somewhere here in the forum there was a post that sounded like this.
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Just thought I'd add my two cents:
I read about this way of heating the motor in the book „Im Auto durch zwei Welten: Die erste Autofahrt einer Frau um die Welt, 1927 bis 1929 - Clärenore Stinnes“Just thought I'd add my two cents:
Really cold starts are hard on many vehicle components and lead to early degradation of those components. For most folk, the coldest start is in the morning, and more often than not, one is at home, and so a plug-in heater is helpful and convenient. Of course, there will be many other times when an electrical outlet is not available, and you've got to start the car in whatever temperature you face.
But the key point is this: the plug-in heater is not usually an absolute necessity in order to get the vehicle to start; rather - it makes starting in the cold much easier on the vehicle. So the more cold starts you can eliminate with a plug-in heater the better, even if you can never eliminate all cold starts.
As a fun aside: when I was hitchhiking across the Tibetan Plateau, I got a ride in an old diesel truck for a few days. This was a decent sized truck on large tires, with pretty good ground clearance. Every morning, we built a little fire underneath the engine, and after the fire had warmed things up, the driver started the engine
Did they warm the diff and transmission oil as well, I've seen that done before, sometimes under the diesel tank also to raise it above the wax point if its particularly cold.Just thought I'd add my two cents:
Really cold starts are hard on many vehicle components and lead to early degradation of those components. For most folk, the coldest start is in the morning, and more often than not, one is at home, and so a plug-in heater is helpful and convenient. Of course, there will be many other times when an electrical outlet is not available, and you've got to start the car in whatever temperature you face.
But the key point is this: the plug-in heater is not usually an absolute necessity in order to get the vehicle to start; rather - it makes starting in the cold much easier on the vehicle. So the more cold starts you can eliminate with a plug-in heater the better, even if you can never eliminate all cold starts.
As a fun aside: when I was hitchhiking across the Tibetan Plateau, I got a ride in an old diesel truck for a few days. This was a decent sized truck on large tires, with pretty good ground clearance. Every morning, we built a little fire underneath the engine, and after the fire had warmed things up, the driver started the engine
Why not.. I grew up on a small village. remember a neighbor farmer owning an very old Lanz Bulldog tractor single piston Diesel.. He pre heated the engine by a little fire underneath and a blowtorch.. Starting the engIne was noticed on opposite end of village.Just thought I'd add my two cents:
Really cold starts are hard on many vehicle components and lead to early degradation of those components. For most folk, the coldest start is in the morning, and more often than not, one is at home, and so a plug-in heater is helpful and convenient. Of course, there will be many other times when an electrical outlet is not available, and you've got to start the car in whatever temperature you face.
But the key point is this: the plug-in heater is not usually an absolute necessity in order to get the vehicle to start; rather - it makes starting in the cold much easier on the vehicle. So the more cold starts you can eliminate with a plug-in heater the better, even if you can never eliminate all cold starts.
As a fun aside: when I was hitchhiking across the Tibetan Plateau, I got a ride in an old diesel truck for a few days. This was a decent sized truck on large tires, with pretty good ground clearance. Every morning, we built a little fire underneath the engine, and after the fire had warmed things up, the driver started the engine
I just remember the fire under the engine bay.
Maybe you should take your grenadier to bed with you. It's nice and warm there.
The Lanz blowtorch only heats the cylinder head. The rest of the engine and all aggregates isn't affected.
Yes we used to use it a lot with Tractors years ago. Apparently doesn’t so the engine any goodI’m surprised nobody has mentioned easy start yet. I swear engines get addicted. I used to put a can into each blower intake to get a pair of MTU2000 series started in winter and that’s with the engine heaters going. Used to bark like hell when they fired up.
Hopefully I won’t need this with the Grenadier
That’s very true. But sometimes you’ve no choiceYes we used to use it a lot with Tractors years ago. Apparently doesn’t so the engine any good
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I'm just sayin'I’m surprised nobody has mentioned easy start yet. I swear engines get addicted. I used to put a can into each blower intake to get a pair of MTU2000 series started in winter and that’s with the engine heaters going. Used to bark like hell when they fired up.
Hopefully I won’t need this with the Grenadier
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