Engine quick warm up button

[teenmal]

Hi,I am trying to figure out why any body would want to decommission a perfectly working(expensive system).

This system can save a fortune on fuel,you dont need to run for 3 4 5 miles in 3RD gear for a start,And sit in the cold longer than need be.

[Driver+Passengers]

I've been wondering whether EGR needs to be present and correct for the warm-up to work correctly... I've blanked off my EGR and have been hesitant to try the warm-up button since...

Any thoughts?

[Titan1995]

I had a bespoke stainless steel exhaust system made up on my Bongo. Dumped all the cold start stuff. Also running with blocked off EGR valves.

No difference in starting at all. However, having a free flowing exhaust makes loads of difference.

[Jaypod]

Just disconnecting the block from the back will be fine, maybe, just as a precaution, wrap some insulating tape round it. Plus if you add anything else to the Bongo that requires a switch, you've got one spare already fitted

Thanks guys, I was 99% sure it would be fine but just needed to ask someone else who'd done it. Nice idea on using the switch for something else in the future - forward thinking

[mulshy]

Hi,I am trying to figure out why any body would want to decommission a perfectly working(expensive system).

And sit in the cold longer than need be.

We decommissioned ours so I could replace the holed rusty exhaust with a standard 4-piece exhaust,rip out all the gubbins
from under the passenger seat and fit an Eberspacher heater so I now have a Driver quick warm up button and can sit in comfort
while the engine takes care of itself

[jaylee]

Just been reading this thread...

I don't have the "winter pack" fitted to mine, just the loom plugged into a blanking switch plate next to the rear fan switch for the manual heater blower for the rear....

However i discovered today with a meter while doing a little electrical fix before the daylight went, that the redundant (5 pin? 6th not used in the loom.) connector to the would-be switch goes live with the ignition on & one of the other female spade connections is live with the dash lights... The rest seem to go to ground..

Handy thought I!!