Member Since: 06 Nov 2004
Location: Hook Norton
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Mine's fired up cleanly so far (using my Danhag controller), no smoke either.06 D3 SE / 15 LR D90 XS SW / 88 LR 90 Td5 / 68 BMW 2000 ti
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19th Oct 2011 12:28 pm
hensoni
Member Since: 01 Oct 2007
Location: Sleepy Somerset
Posts: 576
And on the flipside.... my VW T5 without a FBH took ages to warm up this morning.
Windscreen took ages to clear.
No heated seats either. Brrr!
Long live D3s Club missing my D3
19th Oct 2011 1:09 pm
Narpy
Member Since: 18 Jul 2011
Location: Stockport
Posts: 7830
All this FBH talk got me starting up just now solely to see if the FBH fired up.
I'm glad to report at 5 degrees, there was the lovely aroma of an almost kerosine like pong and very little smoke. Nice one.
19th Oct 2011 7:54 pm
euangibson
Member Since: 24 Dec 2010
Location: Borders
Posts: 11027
Looking at the overnight temerature forecast for the whole country....there's going to be a lot of posts on this thread tomorrow morning....
Oh and some less than impressed owners too "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool,than to speak out and remove all doubt" ?.....what rubbish...
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I use mine all the time so i know mine will fire up, I just used it on the way to work had to drop in to see my daughter and flicked the manual switch was away about 40mins and was nice and toasty when I got back in the car.
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19th Oct 2011 8:24 pm
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Member Since: 04 Jul 2008
Location: Cornwall
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Yep mine fired up this morning, 5 degrees this in sunny Cov.
Steady white smoke like a new pope!!!
Winters defo on the way
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I know I'm sad, but just went to see if the FBH fired up as the temperature had dropped enough...
Pleased to report a reassuring cloud of smoke which quickly cleared, all working fine!
Must get a life!!
19th Oct 2011 9:23 pm
yogi972
Member Since: 05 Jun 2011
Location: Kineton
Posts: 3372
Just to let you know mine fired up via remote out of my log cabin in the New Forest.
Edit:
Log cabin with 42" plasma, wifi, wii, ipod, dvd, Freeview in bedrooms(and lounge of course)
Nearly don't want to go out, but suppose we better go look at some trees
19th Oct 2011 9:31 pm
Niall
Member Since: 30 Jul 2011
Location: UK
Posts: 70
I was outside in my shorts and flip-flops checking mine! Remote is the next purchase methinks...
19th Oct 2011 9:34 pm
Dave T
Member Since: 03 Jul 2009
Location: Glasgow
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Mine hasn't Anyone in Glasgow area with a faultmate to check for fault codes? It was in at a dealer last winter to get fixed but since then it hasn't been cold enough to get going to check it.Joined the BMWX5 45e group
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20th Oct 2011 6:53 am
discoteca
Member Since: 08 Mar 2010
Location: Warwickshire
Posts: 1477
First time was on Sat then every day this week. Its been as good as gold - no more than a slight puff of smoke and a whiff of burning fuel.
Mine fired up on Tuesday morning. Pulled up behind white van waiting at a roundabout about 1 mile from home and front of the Disco disappeared in a mass of white smoke
Never seen it smoke like that before. And there was a smell of burning too (not the usual kerosine pong - after 30 years working on aircraft I know what that smells like!). Began to wonder if the guys who did my 105K service on Monday had left an oily rag somewhere but had a look under the bonnet later and could see nothing.
Alright now though and FBH has fired up every morning since with no more excessive smokiness Now an ex-D3 owner after 7 happy years. Miss the car but not the big bills
20th Oct 2011 7:59 am
Gareth Site Moderator
Member Since: 07 Dec 2004
Location: Bramhall
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Down in Abersoch at the moment, it's a tropical 8 degrees, so not yet
20th Oct 2011 8:11 am
mark the spark
Member Since: 22 Jun 2011
Location: southampton
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can confirm we had system activation this morning but as only about 3 deg not too much smoke unfortunately
smelt nice tho MY05 SE D3 Manual my first LR what a car
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Anyone in Glasgow area with a faultmate to check for fault codes? It was in at a dealer last winter to get fixed but since then it hasn't been cold enough to get going to check it.
