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  @cristianpr25 күн бұрын

  If its from a e30 M3 it didn't work because its wider.

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  @jwgmail25 күн бұрын

  This one was from a 1984 318i and it's wider, but the real problem is that it's deeper...

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  @andrewmeadors93625 күн бұрын

  @@jwgmail, so which BMW booster fits best, (year, model, etc.)?

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  @cristianpr25 күн бұрын

  @@jwgmail with wider i mean deeper, all of them have more diameter, i got one, time ago but i didnt install it yet. I dont know why yours didnt fit :/

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  @jwgmail19 күн бұрын

  @@andrewmeadors936 this one was supposed to, so I have no good advice : ( There are a couple other good vanagon brake booster videos on youtube and I think you could see the part # on one of them and it was the same as the one I got.

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  @jwgmail19 күн бұрын

  Here it is. Actually my part # is different. kzread.info/dash/bejne/fJx2q5OKetKzhNI.html&ab_channel=Johnny%27sVolkswagenT3

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  @brendanmitchell35452 ай бұрын

  whered you get that metal speedo cable with the white plastic? cant seem to find the right part for mine. thanks

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  @jwgmail2 ай бұрын

  It came with the van when I bought it in 2012. This one looks pretty similar... vancafe.com/speedometer-cable/

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  @ashikdossajee75332 ай бұрын

  Quick question, I installed a hard start relay in my mk1 golf a while back. I've noticed I don't get a battery light on ignition anymore, could this be because of the relay? Thanks

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  @jwgmail2 ай бұрын

  That's a great question. It **shouldn't** affect the battery light, but I don't know how that wiring works. VW did some questionable stuff with the starting circuit on some Vanagons. The refrigerator relay and the cruise control both use the starting circuit as a ground, so putting a HS relay in a Vanagon with a fridge requires a tiny mod, and for vans with cruise control AND automatic transmission, a HS relay is known to be a bad idea...

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  @ashikdossajee75332 ай бұрын

  @jwgmail in my golf (automatic) the starter gets cooked because of the location of where it is right next to the manifold. So it's been a life saver for me the car starts everytime. Whereas before it was hit and miss if the car would start up turning the key.

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  @richardtust63553 ай бұрын

  My dog does the same she’s a pit bull lol

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  @kevinfarrell69483 ай бұрын

  I did what you said but still strong smell of diesel

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  @jwgmail3 ай бұрын

  Man that's a bummer, did you try the soapy water thing I did in the video? If you blew into it and it seems sealed, maybe the problem is the hose bringing the diesel to the heater? The black rubber hose rots really quickly in my experience, while the hard clear/white plastic seems to have a decent lifetime.

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  @kevinfarrell69483 ай бұрын

  I have the white hard nylon hose. I found out the valve thing in the tank cap had fallen out and was in the bottom of the tank. I put it back in but still getting a diesel smell but not as bad. I've only burnt many 4 tanks of diesel.

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  @jwgmail3 ай бұрын

  @@kevinfarrell6948 I have the hard nylon hose too, but where the hard hose meets the pump and where it meets the bottom of the heater there are some 2 inch pieces of rubber, and that rubber degrades quickly, even though I got fuel line. I have the tank in a cabinet in my van and I did my best to seal that cabinet with caulk and everything, but any time you open it it smells like diesel. The smell even creeps out some. don't know if that's your issue but man, that stuff is just incredibly smelly : (

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  @kevinfarrell69483 ай бұрын

  Thx for your reply, I have clear pieces of fuel line connecting the nylon line to the pump and heater. I have my air intake inside, that might be my trouble.

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  @CHEAPROLLIN4 ай бұрын

  Is there a bypass mode if its clogged?

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  @jwgmail4 ай бұрын

  I seem to remember that there was, but I also just checked. Their website basically just points you to Amazon, where someone asked... Q: Is there a pressure bypass, cold oil or plugged filter? A: Yes there is a bypass if the filter were to become restricted. Answered by Magnefine Filters in the United States on November 29, 2018

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  @CHEAPROLLIN4 ай бұрын

  @@jwgmail thank you

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  @SuperChriscunningham4 ай бұрын

  I just installed a new heater. My old heater began to leak with the same smell of diesel. When summer is here I will install a new gasket

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  @bogzy694 ай бұрын

  Thanks so much for this👍

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  @jwgmail4 ай бұрын

  Glad it was helpful!

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  @rextilian4 ай бұрын

  Thanks for the content. Trying to fill my brain before I try it myself.

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  @fuckooooooooooooo4 ай бұрын

  My heater ran great for over a year, then it started smoking with a horrible diesel smell inside and outside,,, I changed the heater base unit but kept all the old hardware, Same thing it smelled awful, I tweaked the pulse settings and checked everything, Still could smell it.. then I changed the fuel pump and that solved the problem,, The pumps pump precisely 0.0288 milliliters each pulse,, ,, The old pump was rusted though it still pumped, its accuracy was gone and that is critical for these heaters because they're build for those precise pulses of fuel,, My old pump was dumping excess fuel into the chamber,, try changing the pump

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  @dncook19554 ай бұрын

  I personally think the diesel smell you get when starting up and shutting down is caused by this scenario. My diesel heater is inside, and I expel the combustion exhaust out through a bulkhead fitting. Here is what I think causes the temporary SU/SD diesel smell. 1) You turn on the heater and the fan starts to spool up at a very slow rate, 2) After a few seconds the glow plug is energized drawing around a 100 watts , 3) After several seconds, diesel is pumped into the combustion chamber and is kind of vaporized and burned, 4) To keep the fan from cooling the glow plug and increasing the 100 watt draw time, the mapping of the ECU is such that it keeps the fan at a very low speed, not much air movement, 5) With the low air movement, I personally feel burned and unburned diesel fumes/vapors are back flowing out the fresh air combustion inlet into the cabin area. 6) Now when the glow plug is deenergized, the fan speed is increased preventing back flow. 7) Same thing kind of happens on SD, to little air flow causing a back draft.

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  @jwgmail4 ай бұрын

  I don't think it's the backdraft because the smell stopped after I put the silicone on there - but I agree that it's the fan speed and low heat that's causing there to be more unburnt diesel at startup... somehow that never dawned on me that clearly but clearly that's what's going on, so thank you. The fumes outside are definitely horrible at startup.

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  @blairwhite21155 ай бұрын

  How did you apply the silicon to the head? Did you keep the gasket on and only do the underside?

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  @jwgmail5 ай бұрын

  If you mean head like the cylinder head of an engine, check out this video kzread.info/dash/bejne/d3aTuZJ-f5fUirg.html&ab_channel=jwgmail (but it didn't really work). If you mean the brown seal over the glowplug, I put the red rtv around the mating surface of that brown seal and stuck it into the hole, so the rtv was squeezed out some and it sealed real nicely

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  @blairwhite21155 ай бұрын

  ​@@jwgmailthanks for the reply, Yes I did mean the cylinder head and I see in your other video that you did the underside (only where the paper ripped). My gasket seems to be loose between the top two bolts, I put some red RTV on the glow plug, fuel gasket, as well as the underside the paper gasket. Well give it a run tonight and see how it goes 🤞

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  @jwgmail4 ай бұрын

  @@blairwhite2115 That's weird... the quality control on these things ain't that great, but the casting on mine generally seem to be ok. Good luck, bud!

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  @kennethwers5 ай бұрын

  If you have an exhaust leak it is the burn chamber gasket. You have to remove the fan-motor-intake assembly to get to the burn chamber bolts and gasket.

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  @jwgmail5 ай бұрын

  no exhaust leaks so far fortunately...

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  @RockymountainRobert5 ай бұрын

  Just pul out that plug or rubber boot and cut it off, then use aluminum foil and use high temp silicone over the foil, over the hole where the glow plug is, that rubber smell is coming from that rubber plug that goes over the glow plug.

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  @lezbriddon6 ай бұрын

  'Why' is the exhaust gas escaping past a poor seal? a poor seal should be 'good enough' as the exhaust gas should not have any back pressure unless you have a very poorly run exhaust system. Not saying it should have zero pressure theres the wall effect of the exhaust pipe causing restriction but the pressure should be very very low and not enough to get past a push fit rubber seal. Glad you found it as such leaks can be deadly

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  @patrickwatters75556 ай бұрын

  why is it leaking up to that red plug, it's leaking internally.

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  @jwgmail6 ай бұрын

  The glow plug under the red cap screws into the body of the heater. They use a metal gasket there to seal the glow plug but the gasket isn't working well enough. Search google www.google.com/search?q=diesel+heater+cutaway+diagram and hopefully you can find one that's shows the glow plug clearly

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  @rob_boss6 ай бұрын

  I mean, that black plug should be a drain, pop it out

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  @jwgmail6 ай бұрын

  I did, nothing behind it

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  @mickay19706 ай бұрын

  It just run off from the internal panel guttering, don’t worry about it

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  @thejoyoffix47206 ай бұрын

  2:37 You don't need to cut the plastic filters open. The large end simply unscrews and the filter comes out.

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  @colingathercole3917 ай бұрын

  The longer the exhaust the more back pressure, keep the flexible exhaust as short as possible.

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  @jwgmail7 ай бұрын

  Oh that's a really good point that I had not thought of.

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  @Genghis-Khan1216 ай бұрын

  Unfortunately some of us have no choice

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  @dazzassti7 ай бұрын

  You never said if it actually stopped the smell lol... did it work?

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  @jwgmail7 ай бұрын

  I put it in the description of the video but I should have put it in the video itself - YES it worked! I was so happy. Some people have a burning rubber smell and that's a different issue (the rubber seal on the bottom) but this fixed the unburnt diesel smell for me...

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  @dazzassti7 ай бұрын

  @@jwgmail nice one you’re a champ👍

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  @stupidasso61837 ай бұрын

  Motoseal would be better.

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  @dudeleboski26927 ай бұрын

  Why seal it? Its a bit over the top OTP

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  @jwgmail4 ай бұрын

  I know, I don't like that either but it was killin me. It was straight up unusable, especially if my girlfriend was camping with me. No way she was gonna tolerate that

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  @dudeleboski26927 ай бұрын

  Oh oh THAT SMELL! Cant you smell THAT SMELL! The smell of mess around you……………

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  @markreeves23827 ай бұрын

  Thanks for postingn this video. I also have an 84 and am i the process of replacing the 1.9L with a 2.1L motor. I thought I heard you say in the video that you had put a 2.1 in your van but had only replaced the plenum and the air intake runners. Can I ask you about that? I would like to do the swap with as little modification of the rest as possible. Planning to run the 2.1 for a couple of years while I decide my next steps for an engine conversion. thanks

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  @jwgmail7 ай бұрын

  Sent you a message...

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  @jwgmail7 ай бұрын

  web.archive.org/web/20230127174631/oldvolkshome.wetwesties.org/19to21.htm

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  @jwgmail7 ай бұрын

  We can talk on the phone if you'd like. It was a while ago so it's so it's cloudy, but I remember it not being too tough. I've done damn near everything to this van except torn into an engine, so I don't know what time about engines. But to me the blocks looked the same. I think the cylinders are just bored and possibly stroked to get a little extra volume. Check this out if you haven't already. Send me a text if you want to talk, happy to help. Also, I will attempt to talk you into getting a bostig, ha! oldvolkshome.wetwesties.org/19to21.htm Tried to send this message through theSamba but it gave a weird error, contact me at www.thevantracker.com/support

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  @kovidlarper84288 ай бұрын

  What about a burnt rubber smell.

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  @jwgmail8 ай бұрын

  Check out the long string of comments started by @b0b0- on my other video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/d3aTuZJ-f5fUirg.html

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  @our12silly8 ай бұрын

  Thanks for the video I'm getting this smell too and I get migraines so bummer. Anyhoo, this guy found a way to seal around the blower motor, so yeah you can seal it too. Thanks for the video again good stuff... kzread.info/dash/bejne/pZZ_la2loqvFm5M.htmlsi=4DEwqkH4Egnn5IW9

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  @DanTheManIOM9 ай бұрын

  73 really isn't that hot for Texas...I have yet to install mine, but I am working on it today, and until it is in. I had all the cabinets out to fix the rusty side panel and paint it.

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  @jwgmail9 ай бұрын

  Exactly... when it was 95 it would run a very long time to cool to 37 and would race back to 40 even faster. Before installing, I put 1" solid pink insulation on 5 sides of the fridge. I bought the thing used, so maybe its cooling power isn't what it should be, fine, but why would its ability to *keep* stuff cool be so bad.... I'm baffled. I would greatly appreciate if you share your experience when your install is done. Good luck!

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  @DanTheManIOM9 ай бұрын

  I thought the same about the holes in the corrugated floor. And I like the siphon of the diesel fuel tank. I like that idea so that you can remove the tank....you know, go to add diesel, which stinks, and I have a 100% chance of spilling it. 85 Westfalia, I came looking for locations for fuel tank and heater (5Kw)

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  @jwgmail9 ай бұрын

  the holes in the corrugated floor were letting a little smell in so I used a lot of red rtv to seal it and it worked pretty well, but overall the solution certainly wasn't great vs using a flat floor. But in general i like the install in this location

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  @PipelinersUSA9 ай бұрын

  Wish we could have been there to help!

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  @jwgmail9 ай бұрын

  Seriously! Do you operate in Austin, and what would a ballpark estimate be? Also, we had a main line from the sewer to the kitchen sink but there were 2 branches, 1 to the bathroom, and 1 to the garage door the washing machine... How are those handled?

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  @danrey596410 ай бұрын

  Thank you for this video. I copied what you did but the hot air that comes out still smells like plastic. Do you have any recommendations on what is causing it to smell like plastic?

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  @jwgmail10 ай бұрын

  sorry I don't know what it would be. are any of the electronics overheating or touching the metal? Have you let it run a long time, hoping the smell will fade and stop?

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  @thefix25739 ай бұрын

  The rubber bushing on the bottom stinks when touching the exhaust , either cut it out 1/2 inch away from the pipe or toss it, it's just for vibration. If you take it apart and smell the black rubber gasket on the bottom you'll instantly recognize it, it should be silicone not rubber.

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  @k_clack10 ай бұрын

  Great video. Thanks a ton. I hope TheVanTracker keeps going for many years to come.

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  @billyrainsbury120011 ай бұрын

  Hi I got auto t25 van wat about rod on gearbox up to carburettor having problems not releasing from carburettor any ideas thank you

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  @jwgmail11 ай бұрын

  Ask this guy if the video doesn't answer your question: kzread.info/dash/bejne/oqJ415d8f87KnZM.html&ab_channel=Van-Again

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  @jwgmail Жыл бұрын

  When I used this in near-freezing weather, guess what? It was a lot colder, and the air coming out of the heater was NOT overwhelmingly hot! When I shot this the ambient temp was maybe 75° F so a 5kW heater may not be a terrible idea. This one is a 2kW model heater.

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  @jwgmail Жыл бұрын

  To be clearer, the red/white wire going into that gray relay previously came from the fusebox. I disconnected it from the fusebox, cut the end off, and connected it to that white wire coming directly from the battery. I put an inline fuse holder to replace the fuse in the fusebox.

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  @jwgmail Жыл бұрын

  www.TheVanTracker.com

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  @djsarg7451 Жыл бұрын

  Thank you very helpful, FYI use a punch tool, not a screwdriver to remove pins.

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  @clarknicolas6780 Жыл бұрын

  Is this the 2l petrol location for the thermostat on a VW camper van 1984?

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  @jwgmail Жыл бұрын

  This is the 1.9L engine from my 1984. I made another video about the 2.1L engine from my friend's 1988 van here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/dZuIqdapca-rp84.html&ab_channel=jwgmail

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  @abelincoln5000 Жыл бұрын

  Thanks so much for posting this and explaining the governor so well. I finally understand what my local transmission guy was trying to tell me. ...In the mornings, the automatic transmission in my daily driver (1993 VW Cabriolet 123,XXX mi) is not shifting out of first gear unless I drive it SLOWLY around a few side streets for a mile or so. Eventually it kicks into 2nd, and then I know I'm good to go for the rest of the day. Had the filter kit (NAPA) just changed and didn't fix the problem. Would like to buy a NEW one if possible to avoid future downtime. Please advise, if possible, if you have one or a source for one? I did look on ebay, but I don't have a part #. Thank you.

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  @jwgmail Жыл бұрын

  Hey, sorry, I don't know why i'm not getting youtube comment notifications anymore... The experts that can help you find the "name" of your transmission (for example, mine is an "090" transmission) and possibly a donor, rebuilt, or (unlikely) the governor itself are German Transaxle: www.germantransaxle.com/VW-Vanagon-Transaxles-.htm?m=5&s=744 It was very hard for me to find a new governor. Is there any chance you or your mechanic could do this fix I describe in the video? If not, you could try looking for the part on the classifieds on theSamba.com or do a "want ad" in the classified section. Or you could try to go to a junk yard to find your car or another model (maybe even an Audi) that shares the transmission. If you find the "name" of the transmission it might help.

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  @Volvoamazon62 Жыл бұрын

  Hi, thanks for the video! I saw someone else fix the leak at the shaft of the rotor as you say can't be fixed. He applied some sealant and closed it off.

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  @axeevent10 Жыл бұрын

  Just did a service on my DH and did the same test too, air blows from the glowplug seal, but I don t have smoke smell. But a had it one time, and check the exaust, and it had a small crack. Check your exaust tube!

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  @actiondisplays Жыл бұрын

  Great vid! Great idea with blowing into the air intake also! The other place that may be a problem is with the bolts holding the unit together, (the fan housing portion and the heat chamber). Those bolts may not have been tighten all the way at the factory. Then after the unit heats up it expands and closes the gap and many times they won't even put a gasket between the two parts. -Mike

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  @blacksheep57367 ай бұрын

  You mean this? kzread.info/dash/bejne/pZZ_la2loqvFm5M.htmlsi=OtvPy-LPzqMWlVp-

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  @UQRXD Жыл бұрын

  They will always smell no matter what. 1 -The cap is vented, 2- the intake tube for burner air if not out side of the heated environment will let stink out. Never let one run unattended. Always have carbon monoxide and smoke detector in area of use. The life you save may be your own!

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  @Den-ml7zg Жыл бұрын

  Wrong, I have two and they are totally safe to run unattended.

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  @UQRXD Жыл бұрын

  @@Den-ml7zg OK if the fan speed sensor fails. I found the shut down does not work right. The heater will just turn off. Then the unburned fuel vents back into area being heated. Very strong fumes! THEY WILL CHOKE YOU. IF YOU WANT TO TRUST YOUR LIFE TO AN UNCERTIFED DIESEL HEATER FROM CHINA GO AHEAD.

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  @michaelclark8846 Жыл бұрын

  That was very awesome!!!!!!!

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  @jackg8478 Жыл бұрын

  What is the source of the diesel that is getting into these unsealed areas? is it possible to eliminate the source of the smell?

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  @actiondisplays Жыл бұрын

  Hi Jack, I just posted a couple reply's to JWgmail's vid on diesel heater odors. Instead of me retyping everything, go back to his comments section and you'll see I have a couple posts. Hope this helps, -Mike

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  @michaelstevens1085 Жыл бұрын

  I have same issue and now I know to do. I complained to Amazon about this and got a refund

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  @adrianm.8126 Жыл бұрын

  Great video! Really really big thank you for posting that. I will seal the glow plug and that small hole. It's too cold right now for me to remove and put apart the whole unit. I will try to follow Brian's advice posted below in the comments. Many thanks for showing the method of testing the unit, I will do the soap test in the summer just to make sure the unit is nice and ready for the next winter in my van.

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  @conradcowan6857 Жыл бұрын

  Thanks so much for this video!! It was the key to resolving the diesel smell I was getting from my new CDH.