Retrofitting Electric Auxiliary Interior Heater

[QuattroVAG]

Hello,

I recently discovered that diesel audi b6's came equipped with a electric auxiliary heater. Living in New York state it gets very cold in the winter. I am interested in retrofitting this part to my petrol powered audi.

I retrofitted the same system to a mk6 GTI and it was very simple- connect one pair of wires to a power source, connect the other pair to the can-bus system, and then finally enable the feature using VAGCOM.

Looking at the part for the audi it seems there are 6 pins divided into 3 connectors. The large size of these pins leads me to believe they all are for electricity, but this is just a guess.

Does anyone know how this heater is wired to the car?

The part number for the car is 4B2819011

I cannot find any info related to this system. With diesel audi b6's never sold in the USA, I figured asking on a UK forum would be my best bet.

I appreciate any help anyone can provide.

 

[QuattroCalum]

Hi and welcome to the forum, I had a quick look on Ebay and the heater is indeed electric. I found one on Ebay with free international shipping

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Audi-A6-C5...821272?hash=item27c3b01498:g:GJ4AAOxyaqlSRtLa

I would imagine that the wiring for the unit would already exist unless they made a wiring loom exclusive for the U.S (but I doubt that)

 

[QuattroVAG]

Thanks for the link - that's a great price.

Regarding the wiring loom already present, I'll have a look but I doubt it's there. It wasn't present on my golf and that car had an available Diesel engine in the USA.