Chinese diesel heater woes

[Gerry Hargreaves]

Hi I bought a diesel heater . It worked fine for 6 months then one day I went to the boat and the heater fan was running. Couldn’t shut it off . No heat just a running fan . No codes , the only way I could shut it off was pull the fuse. It replaced the controller and the lcd controller , no luck . I put power back to it the fan starts and that all I get. Need help if anyone knows about this problem . Thanks in advance. Gerry

 

[lask]

You have to look if it gets diesel, it may have a clogged filter, you have to see if the injector is clogged and then go to the electrical system (board) where you will see if it gives a spark(oil preheating )
, I do not know what you know if you can do it yourself or if you need . I wish you good luck

 

[Elessar]

Hi I bought a diesel heater . It worked fine for 6 months then one day I went to the boat and the heater fan was running. Couldn’t shut it off . No heat just a running fan . No codes , the only way I could shut it off was pull the fuse. It replaced the controller and the lcd controller , no luck . I put power back to it the fan starts and that all I get. Need help if anyone knows about this problem . Thanks in advance. Gerry

They are £100. Buy another.
Cheaper than most webasto/eber spare parts.
Mines needed a new glow pin which was over £20. Keep the old one as spares.

 

[fredrussell]

Gerry, have you joined the Facebook group for owners of these heaters? A wealth of info on there. These things are so cheap though, there is some sense in what Elessar ^^^ suggests.

 

[Babylon]

"These things are so cheap".... indeed!

 

[Andibs]

I'm on the heater Facebook group where there is a wealth of information. Could be your temperature sensor but it's worth joining the group for advice and where to source replacement parts

Andy

 

[Whitlock]

"These things are so cheap".... indeed!

Buy cheap, pay twice?

 

[Hadenough]

Hi I bought a diesel heater . It worked fine for 6 months then one day I went to the boat and the heater fan was running. Couldn’t shut it off . No heat just a running fan . No codes , the only way I could shut it off was pull the fuse. It replaced the controller and the lcd controller , no luck . I put power back to it the fan starts and that all I get. Need help if anyone knows about this problem . Thanks in advance. Gerry

Are you saying that the heater fan started up on its own while the boat was unoccupied?

 

[Rappey]

Ebay has lots of parts. Glow plugs around £10.
Could the motherboard be at fault? Around £13 or £24 with lcd controler and remote control.
You can keep swopping parts out or get another heater and then have lots of spare parts.

 

[fredrussell]

Buy cheap, pay twice?

Indeed, but you can buy ten times before you’re at the same outlay for an Eber/webasto device. My Chinaspacher has been running fine for two winters now, six more to go before it outlives my first Eber D2.

 

[Rappey]

I'm into my 3rd winter and approaching 350 hrs. Only fault was a glowplug so bought 2 for £17.99
There is a used eber one on ebay at £50 !
Got to love how when someone has any other fault on a boat people offer help but mention a chinese heater and all some have to say is how bad they think they are.

 

[Beneteau381]

You have to look if it gets diesel, it may have a clogged filter, you have to see if the injector is clogged and then go to the electrical system (board) where you will see if it gives a spark(oil preheating )
, I do not know what you know if you can do it yourself or if you need . I wish you good luck

They dont have an injector, the fuel is just pumped through a small pipe on to a metallic gauze tube. They dont have a spark either, the flame is initiated by the glow plug getting red hot. Once the fire is started the gauze keeps the flame going.

 

[lask]

They dont have an injector, the fuel is just pumped through a small pipe on to a metallic gauze tube. They dont have a spark either, the flame is initiated by the glow plug getting red hot. Once the fire is started the gauze keeps the flame going.

You are right he has a glow plug diesel

 

[lask]

I'm into my 3rd winter and approaching 350 hrs. Only fault was a glowplug so bought 2 for £17.99
There is a used eber one on ebay at £50 !
Got to love how when someone has any other fault on a boat people offer help but mention a chinese heater and all some have to say is how bad they think they are.

I have an eber d3lc since 2013 and it works perfectly

 

[CLB]

Buy cheap, pay twice?

and still have saved enough to buy five more

Mine is just starting its fourth winter of service. Not bad for £100.

 

[Elessar]

Buy cheap, pay twice?

Buy webasto pay 13 times.

 

[peteK]

Hi I bought a diesel heater . It worked fine for 6 months then one day I went to the boat and the heater fan was running. Couldn’t shut it off . No heat just a running fan . No codes , the only way I could shut it off was pull the fuse. It replaced the controller and the lcd controller , no luck . I put power back to it the fan starts and that all I get. Need help if anyone knows about this problem . Thanks in advance. Gerry

It's the temperature senser located on top of the heat exchanger its a well known fault with these heaters available from ebay,easy to replace utube videos show how.

 

[Whitlock]

I'm into my 3rd winter and approaching 350 hrs. Only fault was a glowplug so bought 2 for £17.99
There is a used eber one on ebay at £50 !
Got to love how when someone has any other fault on a boat people offer help but mention a chinese heater and all some have to say is how bad they think they are.

You must be freezing. My Webasto does over 1000 hours every year and it didn't need a new glow plug after only 350 hours.

 

[CLB]

You must be freezing. My Webasto does over 1000 hours every year and it didn't need a new glow plug after only 350 hours.

Care to share about how much your Webasto cost

 

[Whitlock]

Care to share about how much your Webasto cost

It was on the boat when I bought it, but I had an Eberspacher installed on a previous boat for £1400 - boat show offer.