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dgardel

Member Since: 30 Nov 2008
Location: Veneto (Heart & Head)
Posts: 3586

Mine, at -15°C start well with only 1 time plug.....

Also past year at -26°C (after 30 mins with Webasto

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17th Dec 2013 10:47am

Khasar

Member Since: 09 Nov 2013
Location: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Posts: 8

2008 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 HT Baltic Blue

bpman: i have no idea whether there is breather heater in the car, is there a way to tell?

like any diesel defender its quite cold even when radiator is fully heated at -30C you still feel chilly, especially the back passengers, poor souls. main winter preparations were 1. full insulation of the car, keeps the warmth longer in winter, and keeps it cool in summer heat. 2. cardboard was placed in front of the radiator

much faster heating time for the vehicle.

x-isle: i've read the same thing previously and tried it many times before i knew the real problem with the glow plugs. I'm sure that even with new glow plugs i will have do that process when it hits -30C-40C...

dgardel: my dad has a 2002 td5 with webasto, starts like a charm too, needs 20-30 min

17th Dec 2013 1:35pm

bpman

Member Since: 21 May 2008
Location: Oslo
Posts: 8069

2008 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SVX Station Wagon Santorini Black

hi Khasar, the pipe that runs from the back of the airbox to the rocker cover, about 150mm from the airbox there is a connection, are there any electrical wires on the pipe ?

17th Dec 2013 3:30pm

vodonos

Member Since: 13 Jan 2013
Location: CERKNICA LAKE
Posts: 29

2012 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 SW Sumatra Black

I have similar problems with my Puma 2007. When temperature dropped lower than -12C, I had gas burner with me. When I can feel missing fuel I had to heat up the filter with gas burner. I never had these problems with 2001 TD5, they are both in the same open garage and have the same fuel. BOŠTJAN
SLOVENIA
Cerknica lake
90 td5 2000
110 2,2 2012

18th Dec 2013 9:24am

Eduardo

Member Since: 28 Aug 2008
Location: RegiÃ³n Metropolitana
Posts: 2110

2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SW Stornoway Grey

Hi there

Good to know that. I will be in similar temps during this summer and I dont like to be stick somewhere.
BTW, check this bulletin

http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic1076.html

Cheers Eduardo

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18th Dec 2013 10:44am

Khasar

Member Since: 09 Nov 2013
Location: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Posts: 8

vodonos: lot of people still do that here, especially on russian cars. some just make campfire style fire under the
engine, but doing that every morning at temperatures of -20 to -30 is not for me. there are limits to even a defender owner

but yes i've seen lot of people perform similar measures which do get car started. But would advise to check the glow plugs on yours, might be a similar case with mine where some are not working. although it will take you 30 min to 1 hour to get them, well worth the time and knowing if its case.

Eduardo: Good luck on your trip and thanks for the bulletin info.

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18th Dec 2013 3:46pm

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