have done something stupid

just traded in a Rover 75 diesel for a td4 freelander,the rover had a FBH,the freelander does not,buggershould have taken it off the rover,i presume the td4 is slow to warm up from cold like most m47 engines if it had a FBH it would be front left of the engine bay?

THEengineer said:

just traded in a Rover 75 diesel for a td4 freelander,the rover had a FBH,the freelander does not,buggershould have taken it off the rover,i presume the td4 is slow to warm up from cold like most m47 engines if it had a FBH it would be front left of the engine bay?

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it's got a ptc heater inside , it's an electric radiator that sits next to the heater matrix and heats the car up a lot quicker

I don't know anything about the fuel burner heaters if it's designed to do the same job as the ptc heater

It'll warm up a lot quicker than yer tratter so don't worry. ound:

gstuart said:

it's got a ptc heater inside , it's an electric radiator that sits next to the heater matrix and heats the car up a lot quicker

I don't know anything about the fuel burner heaters if it's designed to do the same job as the ptc heater

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Seen that big silver thing on top of the rad

Hippo said:

It'll warm up a lot quicker than yer tratter so don't worry. ound:

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nothing wrong with correctly adjusted fender heaters,it often gets turned off,to hot

THEengineer said:

Seen that big silver thing on top of the rad

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, lol

the ptc heater sits inside the cab , next to the heater matrix unit in the centre of the dashboard

Didn't the fbh and Ptc come and go depending on year?

Mines the same age as yours and has a (currently non functioning) fbh. It's not in the engine bay but behind the front bumper (basically below where it is on a 75). Look for a metal exhaust pipe.

NeedleNose said:

Didn't the fbh and Ptc come and go depending on year?

Mines the same age as yours and has a (currently non functioning) fbh. It's not in the engine bay but behind the front bumper (basically below where it is on a 75). Look for a metal exhaust pipe.

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will do

NeedleNose said:

Didn't the fbh and Ptc come and go depending on year?

Mines the same age as yours and has a (currently non functioning) fbh. It's not in the engine bay but behind the front bumper (basically below where it is on a 75). Look for a metal exhaust pipe.

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mines a 2002 , think ur spot on with regards to the fbh and the ptc heaters

my 2001 gs auto td4 had a fbh but my 2006 hse td4 auto does not have the FBH.

Mine without FBH heats up in the time it takes for me to exit the carpark, drive 5 mins along one of the main roads in the city and then down the sliproad onto the motorway.

teddywood1 said:

my 2001 gs auto td4 had a fbh but my 2006 hse td4 auto does not have the FBH.

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im not sure about this but I assume the fbh was stopped being fitted around 2001 and the ptc heater fitted 2002

onwards ???

also had a thought they started to fit the 150 amp alternater in the models 2002 onwards so wonder if that's the case with regards to the ptc and requiring a bigger amperage because of it

mines got the 150 amp alternator fitted

Didn't think any FL1 had a PTC heater. Thought that was only from FL2...

disco_mikey said:

Didn't think any FL1 had a PTC heater. Thought that was only from FL2...

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nether did i

but when i removed the dashboard to put a new heater matrix i wondered what it was and found out it was a ptc heater

also more suprised in a way as mine use to be a former commercial vehicle

when u start the car up and put the heater on the revs will slightly drop then rise again from 750 to 850 rpm

looks lie betwen 2001-2002 they went from the fbh to the ptc heaters

2004, has FBH, behind bumper on N/S

clarkkent said:

2004, has FBH, behind bumper on N/S

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weird in how they change between the fbh and ptc heaters

wonder if it was standard or an optional extra on some models ???

gstuart said:

weird in how they change between the fbh and ptc heaters

wonder if it was standard or an optional extra on some models ???

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Seems pretty random to me.
I hear they stopped FBH in 2002 but then mines 2004.
I'd prefer PTC to FBH

clarkkent said:

Seems pretty random to me.
I hear they stopped FBH in 2002 but then mines 2004.
I'd prefer PTC to FBH

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I did think that freelanders with the 150 amp alternators fitted may have the ptc heaters , as that's what mine is

know that when I start mine up it will idle at 750 rpm , put the heater on and thus switching the ptc heater on will go up to 850 rpm until it heats up

maybe they replaced the fbh due to emissions ??

My 2006 has the PTC Heater. To use make sure the heater is in the read area. When you move it from blue to red or vice versa you will hear a little click. Works well. .