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We have had our wonderful diesel heater for several years now and it has now developed a start up problem!!! After turning on both LEDs light up and eventually the lower LED flashes every couple of seconds and heater fails to "light up". 

Aussie Paul. smile

https://youtu.be/7CeiidcKw_4



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Paul hi

After following you for sometime now, I purchased ebay diesel heater, it worked once after being fitted and now the last 2 mornings my stress levels go though the roof.

I blame everything on that led controller, some how it starts and I do not know why, what a wonderful bit of gear.

Keep pressing buttons.



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A service will possibly fix ? The vid is labeled private ., Clean or renew ignitor ?

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Aus-Kiwi wrote:

A service will possibly fix ? The vid is labeled private ., Clean or renew ignitor ?

 Oops re video being private, should be ok now I hope Graeme.

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Radar wrote:

Paul hi

After following you for sometime now, I purchased ebay diesel heater, it worked once after being fitted and now the last 2 mornings my stress levels go though the roof.

I blame everything on that led controller, some how it starts and I do not know why, what a wonderful bit of gear.

Keep pressing buttons.

 Oh dear Radar, not good at all. Hope you can get it sorted. Ours has worked well up until now.

 

Aussie Paul. smile



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Hi Aussie Paul,

You may have some condensation mixing with the diesel fuel that the fuel pump has drawn in.(When a plastic external tanks contacts, It will draw in very small amounts of moist air.)

Try draining off the fuel tank and if you can drain the fuel filter from the inlet total. A cheapie manual bike pump/ ball pump, will suck the filter and line to the furnace out. Hook the hose back onto the filter and put 1Lt of kero into the tank and repeat the startup procedure. Run it till dry. The glow plug will self clean itself.

Q: Can you here the fuel pump ticking on startup, and then continue. Might just be a poor connection/ or the pump itself. Test for power first.

Grey 



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On our heater the number of flashes indicates the fault

If its worked in the past I would thinks its a fuel problem ( Change), Glow Plug Problem ( Change) or the unit as carbon'ed up and needs to be pulled apart and de coked.

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Thank you everyone for your assistance, a few things to try, BUT not today as we are having snow.biggrin I was hoping not to have to remove heater from van. Not so good on the spanner these day.no

 

Aussie Paul. smile



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There's a forum specific to Chinese diesel heaters and the problems and fixes.  If you already know about it goodo, otherwise just Google it. Not hard to find.



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Or search on YouTube . Like youtu.be/URfpZl5EuAs

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aussie_paul wrote:

Thank you everyone for your assistance, a few things to try, BUT not today as we are having snow.biggrin I was hoping not to have to remove heater from van. Not so good on the spanner these day.no

 

Aussie Paul. smile

 

 Our heater has settle down and starting a lot better, the lady thinks she hit the wrong button and poor heater got confused. 5 start ups in a row, all good, 14 deg to 20 deg in about 30 minutes, not getting a big workout in 6 mtre caravan.

Take care down there and hope you sort the problem out easy.



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Radar wrote:
aussie_paul wrote:

Thank you everyone for your assistance, a few things to try, BUT not today as we are having snow.biggrin I was hoping not to have to remove heater from van. Not so good on the spanner these day.no

 

Aussie Paul. smile

 

 Our heater has settle down and starting a lot better, the lady thinks she hit the wrong button and poor heater got confused. 5 start ups in a row, all good, 14 deg to 20 deg in about 30 minutes, not getting a big workout in 6 mtre caravan.

Take care down there and hope you sort the problem out easy.

 Pleased it is now behaving itself Radar.

I am now in the process of removing the diesel out and checking the pump. Pump now bench tested and ok. I will prime the system with Kero to the heater then see if I have achieved anything.

Aussie Paul. smile



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Try some Kero through it ?

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