excessive smoke fuel burner
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holidaychicken
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I've never used mine but it's control is under the main screen heading auxiliary ventilation or heater
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Yep, you should be able too....
Also see kout 2.0_hippo...he rebuilt his heater and got it working sweet, if yours is smoking badly, it could do with an overhaul!
Also see kout 2.0_hippo...he rebuilt his heater and got it working sweet, if yours is smoking badly, it could do with an overhaul!
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I believe there was a recall on some burners.
holidaychicken
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I have never used mine, am I correct in thinking it runs on petrol ?
I don't use anything that's not essential as I have enough things to fix
I don't use anything that's not essential as I have enough things to fix
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All TD6 models had the diesel heaters fitted as standard
Petrol models didn't though, and it is extremely rare to find a 4.4 V8 with a fuel burning heater
Mine often scares the hell out of me, as when the thing shuts off it can often leave a stream of smoke for a minute as it burns off the left over fuel in the combustion chamber
If your at a standstill when this does that it can give the impression you've got smoke coming out your engine or its on fire as smoke can get sucked into the cabin air intake causing diesel fumes in the car
Stupid design that the exhaust is right under the front wing... Might mod mine and reroute it out the way
Petrol models didn't though, and it is extremely rare to find a 4.4 V8 with a fuel burning heater
Mine often scares the hell out of me, as when the thing shuts off it can often leave a stream of smoke for a minute as it burns off the left over fuel in the combustion chamber
If your at a standstill when this does that it can give the impression you've got smoke coming out your engine or its on fire as smoke can get sucked into the cabin air intake causing diesel fumes in the car
Stupid design that the exhaust is right under the front wing... Might mod mine and reroute it out the way
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Webasto fuel burning heaters can be a real PITA, I used to come across them on boats. The gas fired types were better.
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Don't extend the exhaust without first finding out the max length advised. The Espacher cab heaters had a small spark plug which can be cleaned when it started to play up. Don't know about the Webasto but I bet its on Google.All TD6 models had the diesel heaters fitted as standard
Petrol models didn't though, and it is extremely rare to find a 4.4 V8 with a fuel burning heater
Mine often scares the hell out of me, as when the thing shuts off it can often leave a stream of smoke for a minute as it burns off the left over fuel in the combustion chamber
If your at a standstill when this does that it can give the impression you've got smoke coming out your engine or its on fire as smoke can get sucked into the cabin air intake causing diesel fumes in the car
Stupid design that the exhaust is right under the front wing... Might mod mine and reroute it out the way
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Webasto are the same in principle to Eberspacher, oiled up plugs were a constant problem.Don't extend the exhaust without first finding out the max length advised. The Espacher cab heaters had a small spark plug which can be cleaned when it started to play up. Don't know about the Webasto but I bet its on Google.
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Not sure about the Webasto, but you can get service kits for Eberspacher heaters, plenty on eBay.
Again not too sure about the Webasto, but on the Eberspacher heaters there is a gauze that surrounds the Glow plug this gets blocked causing it to smoke profusely, you can strip it & clean the gauze but it doesn't last for long until it needs doing again. How do I know this, well I'm going down the yard tomorrow to do mine in my Wagon again.
Again not too sure about the Webasto, but on the Eberspacher heaters there is a gauze that surrounds the Glow plug this gets blocked causing it to smoke profusely, you can strip it & clean the gauze but it doesn't last for long until it needs doing again. How do I know this, well I'm going down the yard tomorrow to do mine in my Wagon again.
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It's a glow plug AlanDon't forget the spark plug and check the exhaust pipe is clear Paul.
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Is it Keith?, been year since I took one out.
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Glow plug it is Alan & the exhaust is clear, checked all that last time.
Didn't happen today anyway, bloody thing is still up on the ramp having the rad changed.
Didn't happen today anyway, bloody thing is still up on the ramp having the rad changed.
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Its purpose is to help the engine get to proper working temp quickly when the ambient temp gets to 5 deg or below. Excessive smoke is due to poor ignition. These units are easy to service, Ive got a few pdfs detailing troubleshooting and stuff- its all BMW related but essentially the same.
PM me if interested.
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