I noticed that it dropped to 3 degrees this morning, therefore I thought that I'd point out to new owners, and remind some existing owners, about possible smoke.

Obviously, when in doubt use your own common sense, however it is likely that you Aux Heater will automatically activate soon due to the ambient temperature. Because it may be activating for the first time in 6+ months then the fuel in the fuel lines and the heater itself will be old, hence a bit of smoke the first activation of winter.

If it is genuinely on fire then ignore the above and call 999!

James  Follow us on Twitter: @GrangeBarnetJLR

now wheres the fun in that, i've been waiting for 6 months for the newbies to post how they themselves thinking they were on fire

Soon there will be...how to activate the FBH!

Anyway im sure mine wont smoke...because i dont have it any more james  Mike

2014 Facelift Discovery

npinks wrote:

now wheres the fun in that, i've been waiting for 6 months for the newbies to post how they themselves thinking they were on fire

Oh well there's always the other little panics the cold weather causes........ but I'll not spoil your fun by saying what they are. 2008 MY Java Black TDV8 HSE

I pressed my remote ( about only good thing Fullfat has to offer) and was greeted by a yard full of smoke 10 mins later which had that heavy oil smell. So stale fuel now purged thanks for the heads up  2x TDV6. SE and HSE. Both returned to sender with issues👀
TDV8 Sport HSE...... Gone. Loved it but it didn't love me!!
Now rolling in MY10 Fullfat TDV8 Vogue. Slammed it to go round corners🙈
Cruising daily #56 mph in a Volvo V8. 😱
Lots of other toys in the cupboard...😜

I use mine all year round so no smoke, I rang mine and used it this morning for the first time because of the lower temps and when I got in the car it was lovely and warm with the fans blowing nice warm air ..

Flack

Flack  '08 RRS TDV8
I converted my diesel RRS to run on an environmentally friendly mixture of caribou fat and baby seals oil

not got round to buying the Bell autos kit yet, but mine has fired up a couple of times in the last few days, no smoke - lovely.

Ian

flydive nice in it!!!

Flack

I played with my FBH a few weeks ago using my IIDTool so hopefully the FBH doesn't have old fuel left in it...  2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed

IDB wrote:

not got round to buying the Bell autos kit yet, but mine has fired up a couple of times in the last few days, no smoke - lovely.

Ian

It's on my shopping list to think there shud be a Group buy

So the FBH will kick in on its own then ? is there any way of starting it manually ?
Cheers
Bob

@rigpig100

You can by putting the sensor in the freezer or spraying it with freez it...or wire in a 1533 Oval timer from Webasto

Flack

rigpig100 wrote:

So the FBH will kick in on its own then ? is there any way of starting it manually ?
Cheers
Bob

The first one  Mike

2014 Facelift Discovery

I now have the timed heater and tried it last night for first time

Sat outside Doctors waiting for SWMBO freezing and decided to play with it - nice and cosy in minutes then found Formula 1 on tv - could of sat there all night

Within minutes the blackvue shut down so knew it was hammering the battery then 15 mins the warning came on to start engine or shutting down - good job I bought a CTEK

It appears mine needs an update according to Topix http://www.rrsport.co.uk/forum/topic33492.html so worth checking yours  Wanted a Series 2 LR since childhood but previously owned MY16 Disco Sport HSE TD4 Auto, MY13 RR Sport Black Edition TDV6 Auto, MY10 RR Sport HSE TDV6 Auto, 2007 Freelander 1 Freestyle TD4 Soft Top, 2009 Freelander 2 GS TD4 Auto, 2007 Freelander 2 GS TD4, 2004 Disco 2 Metropolis Auto, 2002 Disco 2 GS, 2000 Freelander 1 SE TD4 SW

Still hoping for a S2 one day!

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