Anyway to warm up faster?

Marky

Marky

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Car newbie here... I recently got a new van for work - It is without air con and so it takes almost 10 minutes of driving before I get any decent heat out of it, and with it getting colder in the mornings now (And me, admittedly, being a bit of a wimp when it comes to cold weather in the morning :p), I thought I'd ask the question...

Is there anyway to get the van to heat up quicker?

Anything I can buy or add I would be happy to do, within financial reasoning :p

Muchos Gracias :D

Marky
 
Old landrovers used to suffer from this and people put cardboard or other such things to block the engine cooling, and there fore it would warm up quicker.

you could try hanging a towel down from the bonnet over the bumper/grill but its still pretty warm to be going to that extreme.

Are you able to start the van and leave it running outside your house? that would be easiest.
 
If you don't mind a bit of DIY you could add a 240v block heater, or splice a Webasto diesel powered auxilary heater into the water line to the heater core. They are available as complete units including electric pump 2nd hand on Ebay.
 
Rev the absolute bejesus out of it everywhere you go for the first 5 minutes, don't use anything higher than second gear :cool:
 
It's a van so firstly is it open or does it have a bulkhead ? No bulkhead then block it up even if you only use a curtain.
Secondly, Buy a steering lock then go out & start it 5 mins before you leave but put the heater on cold, Once you get in then turn heater to hot & thrash the ******* off it.
 
For a van the obvious solution would be an auxiliary diesel burning heater, such as a Webasto or Eberspacher. These are like small space heaters that tap into the fuel line and blow hot air pretty much instantly. These are commonly used for camper vans etc.

By the way, the vast majority of air conditioning systems in cars can only cool air (since the condenser, the bit that gets hot, is mounted in behind the grill in front of the radiator). You don't get warm air any quicker by switching it on.

The cheap option is to eat a few pies, buy a decent jacket and MTFU.
 
Kenai said:
Rev the absolute bejesus out of it everywhere you go for the first 5 minutes, don't use anything higher than second gear :cool:
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Hehe I did think of this - but I don't want to wake my neighbours up every morning by revving the **** out of it :p

Dogbreath said:
For a van the obvious solution would be an auxiliary diesel burning heater, such as a Webasto or Eberspacher. These are like small space heaters that tap into the fuel line and blow hot air pretty much instantly. These are commonly used for camper vans etc.

By the way, the vast majority of air conditioning systems in cars can only cool air (since the condenser, the bit that gets hot, is mounted in behind the grill in front of the radiator). You don't get warm air any quicker by switching it on.

The cheap option is to eat a few pies, buy a decent jacket and MTFU.
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Hmm I'll definitely have to look into the burning heater - Does it use a lot of fuel?

Howard said:
Leave it running overnight.
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:p :D

4T5 said:
It's a van so firstly is it open or does it have a bulkhead ? No bulkhead then block it up even if you only use a curtain.
Secondly, Buy a steering lock then go out & start it 5 mins before you leave but put the heater on cold, Once you get in then turn heater to hot & thrash the ******* off it.
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It has a bulkhead which is like a grid so I could push my hand through and reach into the back. Why do you put the heater on cold before putting it over to hot?
 
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if you're filling the heater matrix with warm water that the engine has warmed... you are taking the warmth away from the engine.

Sticking it on cold for a few minutes will let the water heat up quicker
 
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