Using My Diesel Heating Makes My MH Smell (44 Viewers)

[vintageb3]

On my Autosleeper the Webasto DualTop heater is mounted under the floor in the centre of the van. All parts for it are ridiculously expensive so hopefully the OP's heater is fine.

The Chinese heater parts fit the Webasto air heaters exactly and are very cheap.

 

[HKF]

It seems to me that you frequently seek advice here but on a life saving matter you choose to ignore that advice, Could you enlighten us are we doing something wrong?

I've already said I'm not going into it. This is a public forum (public forever, with no option to delete posts) and not a place to discuss personal situations. So, no, I won't enlighten you.

 

[Simon Meadwell]

The op has made a decision lets leave it at that. Some people where seat belts some dont it’s personal choice and different attitude to risk.

 

[Platelet]

I have been using diesel heaters for years both personally and professionally in ambos. One thing to remember is that having it running for long periods on a low setting can induce carbon build up which affects a clean burn. Once a month or every other month run it on the maximum setting for 30mins, this can burn off the carbon and retain a clean burn. If at any point this doesn’t work, then there are service kits available and it’s not that complicated to do. Most of the Chinese heaters are direct copies of Eberspacher/Webasto so most of the parts are interchangeable but do your homework first.

 

[Raul]

I have been using diesel heaters for years both personally and professionally in ambos. One thing to remember is that having it running for long periods on a low setting can induce carbon build up which affects a clean burn. Once a month or every other month run it on the maximum setting for 30mins, this can burn off the carbon and retain a clean burn. If at any point this doesn’t work, then there are service kits available and it’s not that complicated to do. Most of the Chinese heaters are direct copies of Eberspacher/Webasto so most of the parts are interchangeable but do your homework first.

If it needs high heat at full chat to burn carbon deposits, it means it runs to rich. The mix can be adjusted to run just a smidge on the lean side, resulting in a complete burn even on the lowest setting.. There should be no smell at all on any setting.
Also the lowest setting has to have sufficient chamber temperature, it needs to be set right, otherwise it will have carbon build up.
My chinese diesel heater can run on min for weeks and months. Last time I opened it up to service, there was no soot to clean. Periodically I run some kerosene trough it and is squeaky clean.

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