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INDEPENDENT SUPPLEMENTARY
HEATER
KNOW YOUR
VEHICLE
(for versions/markets, where provided)
The vehicle is available, on request, with two
different independent heaters: one fully automatic,
SAFETY
the other which can be programmed.
AUTOMATIC VERSION
The additional heater is turned on in automatic
STARTING AND
mode when the engine is started and the required
DRIVING
outside temperature and coolant conditions are
present. Deactivation is always automatic.
WARNING LIGHTS
IMPORTANT During periods with low outdoor
AND MESSAGES
temperatures when the device cuts in, check that the
fuel level is always higher than the reserve level.
Otherwise the device could lock and require the
assistance of a Fiat Dealership.
IN AN EMERGENCY
SERVICING AND
The heater burns fuel in the same way
MAINTENANCE
as the engine, though to a lesser extent.
To prevent poisoning and asphyxiation, the
supplementary heater must never be turned on,
even for short periods, in closed environments
TECHNICAL
such as a garage or workshops without
SPECIFICATIONS
extraction fans for the exhaust gases.
INDEX
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WARNING
PROGRAMMABLE VERSION
The additional heater operates completely
independently of engine operation and allows the
following:
❒ heating the passenger compartment with the
engine off
❒ defrosting the windows;
❒ heat the engine coolant and then the engine itself
prior to starting.
The system consists of:
❒ a diesel burner for heating the water with an
exhaust silencer for the combustion gases;
❒ a metering pump connected to the reservoir pipes
for supplying the burner;
❒ a heat exchanger connected to the engine cooling
system pipes;
fig. 56
F0N0150
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