BruceT
Member
Ladies and Gents,please be aware if you have a factory installed oilpan heater on your TDI that it may cause a fire(it will dead short)....I plugged my car in for the first time on Monday night ,only to get panicked shouts from my neighbors and son that my car was on fire...my next door neighbor heard a loud bang(that's when the refrigerent line melted and blew up) and they ran across the street to find flames coming out from under the Jetta! I was in the back yard raking leaves and did not hear the noise,they finally found the garden hose and put out the fire,and found me in the back yard still raking...hey your car is on fire....so long story short,thanks to good neighbors the Jetta survived,$1800 later I'll get it back on the road next week when the new parts come in.......
SO PLEASE,don't use your pan heater,..
get an inline hose unit if you want to keep the block warm in winter areas
regards,bruce
SO PLEASE,don't use your pan heater,..
get an inline hose unit if you want to keep the block warm in winter areas
regards,bruce