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The block heater finally arrived



From the instructions it appears that it is not mounted in the block's freeze holes, but there is a special port for it in a plastic coolant housing behind the engine. This technically makes it a coolant heater, but also eases installation.

Yesterday I installed a piece of coroplast between the radiator and intercooler.



This supplements the two-part grille block and should allow cooler air into the cylinder while keeping the engine warm.

Originally Posted by euromodder

Does it require ECU inputs (did you see wiring running to/from it ?) , or is it working all the time ?
If it's always-on, it may be possible - wether it'd pay for itself is another matter.

The EGR/coolant heat exchanger has no wires, so it's the easiest mod (unless cooling the recirculated exhaust gasses will make a sensor somewhere else go bonkers). It looks like this:

Originally Posted by Arragonis

For these (and other) reasons we specifically avoided a DPF on Mrs A's TDI.

I'm sure that a DPF in Mr A's ride would be kept quite clean...