Hi All

Next year I'll be driving a 4x4 (Toyota Hilux Surf, petrol engined) from Magadan in the Far East of Russia, along the Road of Bones and onto the Lena River. I plan to encounter temperatures as low as -50º C, and be travelling in temperatures below -20º C for 6 or 7 weeks.

I will need to sleep in the car much of the time, and therefore really need a cabin heater, as the car's own heater will not be sufficient.

Has anyone got any experience of Eberspacher heaters? I am looking for a good cabin air heater (I don't plan to plumb it into the engine coolant as I will just keep the engine running below -35º C).

Are Eberspacher heaters reliable? Anyone bought one second hand?

I plan to have a separate leisure battery (charged from the cigarette lighter when the engine is running) inside the car to run the heater, and a separate plastic can of diesel fuel to burn (as the car runs on petrol).

I'd appreciate any advice from Eberspacher owners, or anyone who has kitted out and operated a vehicle in these temperatures.

Incidentally, I'll be sleeping inside the car in a -40 sleeping bag and have full, high altitude down-filled clothing (this is not my first time in low temperatures), so it will not be a life-or-death piece of kit.

Cheers

EO

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