Thread: AC/Heater Heated Rear Window - Auto On?
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Old 19th March 2008, 03:38   #127 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Adrian Wood View Post
Nice reply. My wife's Puma gets the interior air warm far more quickly so that may be because power is not going to the rear windscreen. Does burning diesel really make the engine that much less hot? I would have thought it might be , say, a 10c difference, but that might be 65 vs 75 degrees C so is that responsible for my 2.2 SE diesel still hardly getting to normal on the temperature scale if I drive from cold at a minus 2 temp for 6 miles?

Civic 2.2 diesel SE. Not very good with these gissmos and smileys but here is my first attempt
Puma is a petrol?

Yes, due to the efficancy percentage of the fuel, a diesel will generate less heat.
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