slow warm up for civic ctdi
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I've got a 2006 Civic Sport iCDTi, and yes, they do take a bit to warm up - but certainly not ten minutes. I have a 5-10 minute commute, and the heaters are usually warm before I arrive, so if it is much longer than that then you may be best off getting it to a garage.
That said, the iCDTi engines in general take a little longer than some other cars I've driven to warm up - probably a function of the design I guess?
That said, the iCDTi engines in general take a little longer than some other cars I've driven to warm up - probably a function of the design I guess?
Are you driving it really gently?
Modern diesels are efficient so it take ages to pump out some heat unless you give it some oomph and get the turbo spinning - try giving it some beans once its been running a minute or so (to let the oil circulate) and take it up the revs a bit to see if that makes any difference, if you want to be a bit more discreet then just give it some pedal and change up at 2500 or so.
Modern diesels are efficient so it take ages to pump out some heat unless you give it some oomph and get the turbo spinning - try giving it some beans once its been running a minute or so (to let the oil circulate) and take it up the revs a bit to see if that makes any difference, if you want to be a bit more discreet then just give it some pedal and change up at 2500 or so.
I've got the same car. It does take a while to warm up. The only way to speed up the heating is to drive faster, but that will hit fuel economy. I reckon it takes about 5 minutes at 40mph before I get any heat. I'd suggest you time it next time you drive because it feels a lot longer when you're sitting there in the cold.
on the Accord CTDI there is a fudge that uses the air con sort of in reverse to get heat to the screen. in mine its turn control to HI, press the demist button and turn air con OFF.
From what I read it uses the fact that when cooling air in summer the heat is extracted from the ambient air and 'exhausted' out to the atmosphere, the fudge cools teh ambient air air but the cold air is exhausted and the warmed air is fed to the screen. Its not red hot or anything but does make a difference to demist the screen from my experience
From what I read it uses the fact that when cooling air in summer the heat is extracted from the ambient air and 'exhausted' out to the atmosphere, the fudge cools teh ambient air air but the cold air is exhausted and the warmed air is fed to the screen. Its not red hot or anything but does make a difference to demist the screen from my experience
Do they have thermo-plungers? If that model does have them, a few of them might have failed.
Renaults/VW have them in a section of the water system, just after the thermostat housing in the pipe that goes to the heater matrix.
They're essentially glow plugs, that are submerged in the coolant and aid cold warm up for the heating system and the engine.
Renaults/VW have them in a section of the water system, just after the thermostat housing in the pipe that goes to the heater matrix.
They're essentially glow plugs, that are submerged in the coolant and aid cold warm up for the heating system and the engine.
Mine is exactly the same. It's been like that from new (just over a year old now).
5-10 min journey in a 30mph limit and there is barel any heat from the vents.
Think it's just normal for a modern efficient diesel. Though to be honest i've never been that impressed with the ventilation system in the Civic. (My mk4 Golf had a cracking heater and was like a hurricane coming out the vents).
5-10 min journey in a 30mph limit and there is barel any heat from the vents.
Think it's just normal for a modern efficient diesel. Though to be honest i've never been that impressed with the ventilation system in the Civic. (My mk4 Golf had a cracking heater and was like a hurricane coming out the vents).
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