Well, I finally have time to post on this subject, I've installed a webasto thermo top c diesel, I wish I was a little more proficient at technical writing but in a nutshell it was quite easy and took a day, I located my heater behind the front bumper on the metal plate in front of the radiator, I ran the coolant lines to the factory circulation pump (out from the pump in to the heater and out from the heater to the electric heater) I've ran the switch with a relay tied to the blower fan so that once the key is off so is the heater, by keeping the factory heater inline I can still preheat in the garage without dying, the car is warm when I get in and the webasto takes over once I'm on the road, my vent temperatures went from 110f with the electric heater on high to 160f with the diesel heater idling, my drive is 45 mins and 50 km with everything from highway to hilly back roads , as you know this drive in the winter with -25 c results in very low battery and I'm only allowed to charge at work on level 1 (so even with a level 1 at 12amps I just barely make it home) my return drive home was living in constant fear of the turtle! Now having lived with the webasto for a while and close to -30 c temps I can honestly say that this is the best mod other than a range extender I could possibly have done!I sometimes had to wait at the bus stop for my kids (20 mins!) and sat there freezing with frosted windows, now I can just run the electric while waiting because of the extra bars. I wish I could have taken pics during the install but it was a cold and slushy Saturday and my fingers didn't want to be there!
Highlights and placements include
#1- webasto mounted in front of the rad
#2- fuel tank (old lawn mower gas tank) mounted in front of the battery
#3- fuel pump on the bracket behind the coolant reservoir
#4- wiring ran through the firewall beside the brake booster keeping a majority of the wires inside the car
#5- switch mounted in the spare hole beside the USB , tied into the fan with a relay
#6- uses less than a liter of fuel for 1-1/2 hours drive time
#7- can be run on biodiesel/alt fuels
#8- having the factory heater still in place I always use the preheat and only switch on the webasto when the temps drop below -10c
#9- I'm now arriving at work with close to "summer" range remaining, a typical difference of five more bars remaining at the end of the day, in case I have to run errands
Highlights and placements include
#1- webasto mounted in front of the rad
#2- fuel tank (old lawn mower gas tank) mounted in front of the battery
#3- fuel pump on the bracket behind the coolant reservoir
#4- wiring ran through the firewall beside the brake booster keeping a majority of the wires inside the car
#5- switch mounted in the spare hole beside the USB , tied into the fan with a relay
#6- uses less than a liter of fuel for 1-1/2 hours drive time
#7- can be run on biodiesel/alt fuels
#8- having the factory heater still in place I always use the preheat and only switch on the webasto when the temps drop below -10c
#9- I'm now arriving at work with close to "summer" range remaining, a typical difference of five more bars remaining at the end of the day, in case I have to run errands