Thread: I saw a D4

Originally Posted by jonesfam

Excuse my Dumbness, but what is a FBH?
Jonesfam

...no such thing as a silly question...

The Fuel Burning Heater (FBH) is made by Webasto in Germany and is a small diesel fired combustion chamber with a water jacket around it and it's own fuel and water pump. The water system is plumbed into the engine coolant and hence the car heater.

Normally it fires up automatically when the outside air temperature drops below 10deg ,C (or if the engine coolant temperature drops below a certain level) and it helps warm the cabin and engine up more quickly, although some vehicles will also have an electric heater in parallel with the normal heater - called a Positive Temperature Coefficient heater in the brochures.

Add a remote control or timer and the FBH can be fired up from a key fob plip or pre programmed on the timer to start 20 or 30 minutes before you get into the car to give you a beautifully warm cabin and pre warmed engine.

Absolute heaven on a cold morning if you live in a country with cold seasons and have to leave the car outside. De-ices the windows too. Cool eh!

Thank you for the info.
Very interesting but probably not something that would be used much in Doomadgee. We have been complaining that it's been a bit cool for this time of year, only in the high 30's so far.
Do Australian versions of the D3 or D4 have a FBH?
Jonesfam

No Aus versions don't but I suppose you could specify the cold climate pack from the factory.

I was waiting for the D4s to arrive, mostly because the new TDV3 sounds like a great engine, with more power and lower fuel consumption.

But when I found out the pricing, I just couldn't justify the expense vs a second hand D3. And I didn't think they'd done enough with the rest of the car (eg interior) to justify the additional cost.

One other minor thing... from the photos, I actually prefer the D3's less rounded styling. While it's no doubt less aerodynamic and efficient, it's got that Tonka Toy no-nonsense 'built for a specific purpose'thing about it, for what it's worth.

Not that I'm trying to rain on any D4 owners' parade ... it's still a great car, I'm sure. I'll probably trade up to a D4 TDV6 in four years' time or so. I'm just explaining why I didn't go D4 at this time.

I read somewhere (here or on disco3) that basically there was no differences to the rear end.

I had a look today and suspect there is a change to the rear of the rear wheel guards and under quarter panel strip.

This might effect Kaymar type rear bars.....

I've had my D3 for about 3 months now, and I have to say that in general the extra power coming via the 3litre is not really needed, htere asre times when it would be nice to have a 2nd low down turbo just to iron out that first bit of turbo lag, but apart from that the car really goes extremely well.