Hello Thankyou very much for sharing this. I was about to bin the unit I was getting red eyes and my face was burning !! But it’s working perfectly now goes to show would of never of guessed that !! 🎉

@jwgmail

Жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you for letting me know! I've gotten so much help on youtube, I'm glad I could help someone else!

Mine had an "acrid" smell while running. Not a fuel smell. I found the problem to be the rubber oval gasket that is mounted at the bottom of the unit. This rubber heats up and stinks like cheap Chinese plastic but worse. I replaced the gasket with red silicone RTV and it is all good. No more cooking a stink burger underneath my heater.

@jwgmail

Жыл бұрын

lol gross. Mine def diesel. So annoying because I used it with great success by myself, then with the girlfriend it smelled, I "fixed it" and tested it and it was ok, next time we camped, DIESEL! She probably thinks I'm an idiot!

@b0b0-

Жыл бұрын

@@jwgmail hah, not fun. My comment is for anyone that may smell a burning plastic smell. If diesel is getting through, i'd get a new one, they're so cheap. I can't imagine how diesel could get through and not Carbon monoxide also. The exhaust on mine doesn't even smell of diesel.

@jdleschw

Жыл бұрын

@@b0b0- I think this is the problem I’m having, just fired up my heater and it has a horrid plastic smell

@jwgmail

Жыл бұрын

@@b0b0- I got mine zipped up tight now using the method ROBERT BARRATT described in a comment above (just used my mouth, not an air compressor) but now it smells a little plastic-y. was oval gasket deformed and obviously melted? I was actually thinking it was the 2 little rubber "standoff" pieces inside the casing that hold the heat exchanger off the casing. That's just about the hottest part of the whole unit. Also, how did you get your exhaust to not smell?! Mine isn't too bad on high, but on low it'll just about burn your eyes from a couple feet away. If I used it at a campground people in the next spot might complain and I wouldn't blame them. Any hints you have are greatly appreciated!

@b0b0-

Жыл бұрын

@@jwgmail the big oval rubber gasket (on outside bottom of heater) was showing signs of deterioration but not obvious when installed. Looked like dry rot when I took it off. When I smelled it though, I immediately recognized it as the source of the smell. It was confusing as I could smell the burnt plastic smell coming from the output heated air. That made me think it was coming from inside the heater. What was happening was that the gasket outside was making a smell, then the air intake was immediately pulling that stink through the heater. If you have a plastic smell that just appeared, it could just be the new sealant that you installed. I used red RTV silicone to replace the rubber gasket and it smelled for a while but went away after a few hours on high. It was definitely a silicone caulk smell though. Are you at high altitude? I know that at high altitudes the regular setting is too rich in diesel and would probably smell a lot at the exhaust. Usually a fuel smell at the exhaust means that your air fuel ratio is too rich in fuel. The fuel in the exhaust could be finding its way back into the cabin. Many of the controllers have the ability to change the fuel dosing setting, perhaps your pump is a little off and an adjustment to the setting could account for that. You could change the setting little by little and smell your exhaust for lack of diesel smell or worse diesel smell. I think that a rich fuel air ratio also leads to black soot in exhaust. I originally had a 2kw heater and it seemed to have a more foul smelling exhaust. I got a 5kw heater and it seems to have a better exhaust smell, no diesel smell except for a little bit on startup. I haven't used it on low setting very much so it might smell worse on low. On high, it doesn't smell much at all. I haven't done any tuning or cleaning of my heaters as I've only had them for a year. I'm still new at this but I definitely found a problem with that oval gasket and wanted others to know about it if they have a burnt plastic smell. Good luck.

There should be no diesel on that inside cavity of the heater to leak out a smell. Unless that little "corrosion on the diesel entry pipe next to the glow plug" could be a leaking (check the diesel hose connection at the bottom also). Another thing to consider is that, If you have an all in one unit, you should check the pump and hoses, and tank connection for leaks. Just my opinion.

@jwgmail

Жыл бұрын

I think you may be right that there *shouldn't* be diesel in that chamber, but either there always is, or there is in mine due to that crusty pipe leaking. In part 2 of these videos, it turns out that brown seal above the glow plug was the culprit

i have the same problem especially during shut down. I am going to seal off exhaust port then put my air compressor on the intake. Then spray soap all round the gasket areas. This should show where the leaks are. I will use copper coat sealant on gaskets

@jwgmail

Жыл бұрын

That's a really good idea, I might try it if I can. Please let me know what you did and if it fixed it. What I did in this video helped but did not solve the problem. I did a test the next day and it was fine, I was so happy, but when we went camping in nearly freezing temps the smell was back, making the *&#$ heater useless.

@jwgmail

Жыл бұрын

Did you do this, and did it fix your issue? The air compressor is such a good idea, although I bet you don't even need very high pressure.

Hey! Did this end up fixing the fuel smell?

@jwgmail

2 жыл бұрын

uuuuuuuugghhh, what I did in this video fixed the smell in a test run that day, but when we went camping (in very cold weather) the smell was back. Not as bad, but not perfect. Mainly at startup. I'm pretty irritated about it. Thanks for asking, I'll add that to the video.

Motoseal would be better.