Chinese diesel heater smell fix

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A leak with would make the heated air stink of diesel fume.
The blow test was conducted. The only leak left after reseal of the obvious flaws of these units was the motor snout.
This made it airtight and solved the smell

Пікірлер: 36

  • @suppsuppa2773
    @suppsuppa2773 Жыл бұрын

    Nice man, thanks for the video. When I've disassembled mine, I wasn't sure how to remove that wheel without destroying it. I'll do the same when I'll get better (got a very nasty flu since yesterday) and will report back to you Hope I'll fix mine too :) cheers

  • @Veikra

    @Veikra

    Жыл бұрын

    been using the little heater daily now. My only gripe is its power. At power level 1 it's too powerful and I have to turn it off or the temperature inside keeps climbing !

  • @suppsuppa2773

    @suppsuppa2773

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Veikra maybe you can tune it down a little via the hidden menu (1688) or setting it in alpine mode

  • @Veikra

    @Veikra

    Жыл бұрын

    @@suppsuppa2773 I dont think the aqua display has hidden menu. It has alpine mode though. It's a blue controller with aqua display

  • @suppsuppa2773

    @suppsuppa2773

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Veikra the blue one should have it, when you are in the menu with the lock and the 4 dashes, input 1688 or 9009 (my vevor is 1688), depends on the heater. Eg. minute 2.40 on this video kzread.info/dash/bejne/moOou7edXZvMk84.html

  • @Veikra

    @Veikra

    Жыл бұрын

    @@suppsuppa2773 Mine is a different Blue controller. The Red display is blue instead. It doesnt have hour display. The case is the same , but the lcd in it is different.

  • @helishskills
    @helishskills Жыл бұрын

    Thank you! I also have a smell form my heater but haven’t stripped it down yet. So you were getting diesel fumes coming through this fan before? Or actual unburnt diesel?

  • @Veikra

    @Veikra

    Жыл бұрын

    I thought it was diesel fumes but turns out it was unburnt getting burnth on the unit, or back tracking to that spot once warmed up. I was searching for exhaust gas leaks for a week then decided to risk taking the snout apart

  • @stevewknowles4861
    @stevewknowles4861 Жыл бұрын

    my heater glow plug wires that go through the red groumet slide through it too easily & fumes can back track through the wires/groumet, plus the red groumet also does'nt seal air tight. others have found the units smelling & cure it with gasket sealer around the groumet & wire holes. easy enough to remove whenever needing strip down, but at least stops the smell. i only got the smell on start up priming before the unit started combustion.

  • @oliver90owner

    @oliver90owner

    Жыл бұрын

    I’ve got a vevor one where the hole, for the glow plug grommet, is not directly over the glow plug. Cheap chinese, but I can cope with it. I can weld it up and re-machine, if necessary. I’ll likely do that if, and when, I need to strip it down for some other reason.😊

  • @Veikra

    @Veikra

    Жыл бұрын

    You may be able to see the grey rtv on my unit. First thing ive done before using it . :)

  • @patrickmaloney6440
    @patrickmaloney6440 Жыл бұрын

    Hi, nice fix. What did you use to seal it?

  • @Veikra

    @Veikra

    Жыл бұрын

    permatex ultra grey

  • @daviddavis6231
    @daviddavis6231Ай бұрын

    There ias no need for any seel on the shaft , centifugal force of the spinning prevents any leakage along the shaft , I know what you are doing is well intentioned but it will not make the slightest difference . How do i know this; I am a time served heating engineer.

  • @jackg8478
    @jackg8478 Жыл бұрын

    Where is the diesel smell coming from that is able to enter from the spot you sealed?

  • @Veikra

    @Veikra

    Жыл бұрын

    between the motor and the front housing :)

  • @johnysilver1853
    @johnysilver18538 ай бұрын

    What kind of sealant did you use for this purpose?

  • @Veikra

    @Veikra

    6 ай бұрын

    RTV sealant

  • @michstr220
    @michstr2207 ай бұрын

    what sealer are you using thanks

  • @TheUPX

    @TheUPX

    6 ай бұрын

    you can use all silicone with >260°C resist.

  • @Veikra

    @Veikra

    5 ай бұрын

    exactly. And even that is overkill.

  • @UQRXD
    @UQRXD Жыл бұрын

    My heater made a awful smell and a smoke cloud. It happened with a code 6 shut down. Speed sensor for fan speed failed. So thing shuts down with out burn off and purge. The fumes come out the air intake tube for burner.

  • @Veikra

    @Veikra

    Жыл бұрын

    the air intake tube for the burn chamber or the heating chamber?

  • @oliver90owner
    @oliver90owner Жыл бұрын

    If I needed to take mine apart, I would have replaced those chinese motor bearings for more reliable (and longer lasting) options as a routine, irrespective of age or usage. At least if you need to change them in the future, you will find it easy.🙂 Some fan assemblies appear to have been balanced, but I suspect many are not. Cheap chinese heaters, again.

  • @Veikra

    @Veikra

    Жыл бұрын

    if you find a source of those bearing it would be nice to know. Mine didnt seem to be balanced. If it had been i would have marked it. I bought a spare motor and fan assembly for 15$ so I have a spare if it gets noisy

  • @oliver90owner

    @oliver90owner

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Veikra The bearings are fairly standard issue. Mostly, I simply take one along to my bearing supplier and ask for pair of good ones. They know the difference between cheap and good. I don’t compromise where bearings are concerned. Somewhere on the ‘net there will be a discussion on them. The bearings will be marked with their type number. Nothing complex on these simple little machines. Problems usually only arise because they are cheap chinese heaters - sub-standard components or shoddy assembly (with no quality control) - or because people try to run them on fuel they were not designed for. Diesel is the designated fuel - it’s either too subtle (hidden in clear view in the name for some to comprehend) or people try to use non-standard fuel (some can, but they do need to know a bit more about what they are doing). 28s kerosene (a different distillation fraction than diesel) does work, but with some reduced energy efficiency, but any further refined kerosene is likely to scrap the pump in short order. People use 28s kerosene because it is a cheaper fuel (probably less refined) than diesel. I expect the extra cost of diesel, these days, is because the sulphur content has to be reduced for most applications - such as ultra-low sulphur DERV.

  • @Veikra

    @Veikra

    Жыл бұрын

    @@oliver90owner Are those motors easy to disassemble? I havent tried yet. im never using kerosene since I cant find it cheaper than road diesel. Im still trying to find a place to buy small quantity of offroad diesel

  • @oliver90owner

    @oliver90owner

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Veikra Yes, they are easy to fix. No more difficult than most motors of this type. There is now no such thing as off-road diesel in the UK. Only agriculture and a few other uses are permitted to use anything other than the same fuel as the ‘road-taxed’ fuel - which is taxed twice (fuel tax and full VAT rate on top) by the government. I don’t know where you are but many substitute ‘central heating oil’ or ‘furnace oil’ for diesel, in their heaters if the price differential makes it cheaper to run these heaters. Central heating (furnace oil) is 28s Redwood kerosene. Several factors need to be considered before moving away from the manufacturer’s recommendation.

  • @Veikra

    @Veikra

    Жыл бұрын

    @@oliver90owner yes agriculture diesel is what I refer to as off road diesel. Im in canada, land of the slaves.

  • @kovidlarper8428
    @kovidlarper84288 ай бұрын

    Why would they sell this and not build it properly. Fml. I just want to buy something and plug it in.

  • @Veikra

    @Veikra

    8 ай бұрын

    There are higher end brands but they cost 10times the amount. I am happy with the purchase after fixing this problem. :) You could ask someone to seal and test it before sending it your way

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