cheeba said:Despite Jason's unsubstantiated claims, it took me about 20 minutes to drive to and from Canadian Tire to buy a Zerostart for my A4. If your car is an ALH manual, install also doesn't require anything other than the Zerostart unit, about 12" of 3/8" coolant hose, and some hose clamps. I don't know about installs on other vehicles.
The 1000w and 1500w versions are in stock at the East and South Canadian Tires (I'm in Regina, as well). If you have a heated garage, I can give you a hand installing it.
Haha, yup. I don't know what all the BS is about needing to run around for hours and buying all these parts. I flipped the stock hose from the oil cooler to the head around, ran 12" of straight 5/8" from the Zerostart to the oil cooler, and mounted the Zerostart in the appropriate place by bending the bracket it came with.LNXGUY said:You mean you didn't need any fancy hoses? lol get outta hereI used all my stock hoses, and a simple 5/8ths or 1/2" coupler... can't remember the size.
What "bunch" of stuff? All you need is the Zerostart, which is just as easily found in the US - and for less money.jasonTDI said:All canadians....hard to find a bunch of stuff here....
While I concur that a Zerostart makes for MUCH easier starts, I take umbrage with your math. A 750W unit can get the coolant just as hot as a 1000W or 1500W unit (in adiabatic conditions) ... it just takes longer.Northman said:Me too and I was lucky enough to get the 750 watt which is a lot easier on the electic bill and is plenty hot.
I ordered mine from a heavy truck place that ordered it through their Volvo truck parts division, Zerostart p/n 3305002, for under $40. Works like a charm, tho. I also recommend the Marinco outlet in the driver's side lower grille - works like a charm and no popping the hood to plug in your car.morrow said:Checker Auto Parts (USA) also carries Zerostart heaters, the 1000 Watt one is $65.
Under $40, that's a nice price. I've seen Kats heaters for that price locally but not the Zerostart. I was thinking of getting a Kats, but I figured that Zerostart already has a good reputation with these cars so I ponied up the extra cash. I've always just drove around with the plug poking out of the hood during the winter on my other diesels but I might look at one of those covered outlets like you mentioned.scurvy said:I ordered mine from a heavy truck place that ordered it through their Volvo truck parts division, Zerostart p/n 3305002, for under $40. Works like a charm, tho. I also recommend the Marinco outlet in the driver's side lower grille - works like a charm and no popping the hood to plug in your car.
That's weird. I have a 1000W and I get in the car and see 190, it drops to 160-ish for a minute when I start up, and then it's back up to 190. It's not really cold here (coldest morning so far is 22 degrees F) but it works great.DrewD said:1500 is way to go. I don't want summer starts, I want a fully warmed up engine with instant heat. A 1000 watt heater does allow for easy starts and the temp is at 190 deg F for about 3 seconds then quickly drops down to cold with little heat coming out of the vents. With a 1500 watt heater, the temp is also at 190 at start and only drops down to 150 deg F and quickly rebounds!
I've had the heater installed for a few weeks now, it works great and I ended up not needing the extra hose. I found that I needed to do the following on my Beetle (I did all of this from the top of the engine because I didn't want to remove my Panzer plate.)morrow said:My 1000 Watt Zerostart came in today and the price I was quoted was way over. I ended up only paying $30 for it and $18 for the one piece hose mentioned by doc_m in another post. Pretty sweet, that kind of stuff never happens to me![]()
This will be very helpful for you, not only for this but further queries you may have. There's also 3 links in my sig in the "1000W Zerostart" portion, check those after you've read and understood the first link.jkima said:I have a 2004 tdi jetta,would like diagram of connection for installing zerostart heater, can someone help