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Old 01-11-2019, 05:40 PM
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Originally Posted by wpoll View Post
Not quite - the aux. water pump is an electric water pump (like a big fish tank pump!) usually mounted in behind the left headlight. I think all e53 cars have this fitted.



The Webasto Thermotop aux. HEATER is an actual fuel-fired (diesel in my case) heater, that heats the engine coolant, to bring the engine up to temp quickly in cold weather. In conjunction with the aux. water pump, it can also be activated when the car is not running (by remote control) to heat the cabin (via engine coolant and the heater core) - great on a frosty morning!



*edit* If anyone is interested, I'll post a video of it's operation.


Sounds like the same thing that some E53, 39, 38s have that can warm the cabin using the aux timer setup that's on the radio.


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