Subaru Legacy Diesel slow warm-up

[oceantools]

Anybody out there got a Scoobie Diesel? Ours seems really slow to get up to temperature. Dead thermostat maybe??

[J500ANT]

I dont have a Scooby diesel, but I can tell you a lot of modern diesels take ages to warm up. The engines are so efficient that there is little waste heat caused during combustion that can that go to the heating system. Or something like that. A lot of diesel cars have an auxilliary (sp) heater so it warms quicker.

[cptsideways]

It's standard!!!

Most modern disels are like this, our little A2 has a seperate cabin heater though for when its below 5deg C I think, which helps.


Other option is to thrash the nuts off it till you can see where your going

[oceantools]

Fair comment - thanks for that. My X5 is a diesel - however, it does not have a temperature gauge so hard to judge how hot the engine is.

[HellDiver]

I've a diesel Lancer, and it takes a good 5 miles to register any heat on the temp display. Thankfully the cabin heater is electrically driven as part of the climate control.