Diesel heating

[Terri & colin]

Does anyone have a eberspacher diesel heater fitted and if so, how much was it to have fitted?

[jimpearceuk]

I enquired last week with 321Away and fitted it is £970. Thinking about it at the moment, well trying to convince myself to spend a grand!

[briwy]

There are a couple of fact sheets in the members area on fitting it yourself if you want to have a go .
Just be aware that on the later Bongo's there is a fair bit of stuff to move out of the way/resite if you are thinking of putting it in the usual place under the passenger seat. This might mean some places won't want to do the job or charge more more the extra work involved.
They do work well but make a hell of a noise, might not be popular if in a busy place.

[the laird]

Remember your insurance will have to be informed and a safety cert issued!,

[Terri & colin]

Thank you. If I can go a whole year from now without spending on the bongo.. Then I will think about it .

[rustyp]

My brother showed me how a diesel filter can be rigged up from VW parts using an oil cooler sandwich plate and generic vw diesel filters (sooo much cheaper) and seeing where the standard bongo diesel filter sits there is a coolant pipe nearby to tap into.

There are plenty of other inline fuel heaters on eBay using glow plugs in a billet block until coolant heats up, would easily fit between pipes for rear heater.

You could sort something easily for less than £100 or even £30ish raiding vw parts bin

[mikeonb4c]

My brother showed me how a diesel filter can be rigged up from VW parts using an oil cooler sandwich plate and generic vw diesel filters (sooo much cheaper) and seeing where the standard bongo diesel filter sits there is a coolant pipe nearby to tap into.

There are plenty of other inline fuel heaters on eBay using glow plugs in a billet block until coolant heats up, would easily fit between pipes for rear heater.

You could sort something easily for less than £100 or even £30ish raiding vw parts bin

How would this heater work Rustyp, for us non-techies. And would it be quiet, and insurable?

[Simon Jones]

I think there is some confusion here . The original query was about diesel powered heaters but it's moved on to heating diesel. Either that, or he's referring to using glowplugs to heat the coolant which could in theory be used to warm the rear heater, but it would require an electric pump to circulate the coolant around the system: basically the same principle as a domestic central heating system.

[not so old]

We have a webasto diesel heater in our motorhome . If it is any help..................It uses 100ml of diesel per hour. It can not drain your battery as it has an emergency cut off when battery low and can not drain your fuel tank as it has its own tank fed from the main with emergency cut off There is a web site for Webasto which will tell you all costs etc http://www.webasto.com/int/markets-prod ... g-general/ and interesting http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Webasto-Airto ... 1e796e6f77

[Velocette]

We have a webasto diesel heater in our motorhome . If it is any help..................It uses 100ml of diesel per hour. It can not drain your battery as it has an emergency cut off when battery low and can not drain your fuel tank as it has its own tank fed from the main with emergency cut off There is a web site for Webasto which will tell you all costs etc http://www.webasto.com/int/markets-prod ... g-general/ and interesting http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Webasto-Airto ... 1e796e6f77

I have a Webasto too and mine is fed from a standpipe added to the main tank so it cannot take fuel from below a set level. The 12V cut off can be a bit problematic for me if the LB is a bit low. As there is excessive voltage loss in the (professional) wiring to the Webasto so it cuts off when the LB is at 12.3 sometimes, usually during start-upstart up. ( the voltage at the heater has to be 12V or below for at least 20 seconds for the cut out to operate, the light on the knob will fash three slow - several fast - three slow etc. Easily cured by running the engine during start up but a PITA and on my to do list.

Above probably wouldn't happen when touring, only when my car is underused at week ends and standing around all week.

I should add that the professional wiring was done when I only had a starter battery and I never had a problem with it then.

Sorry if a derail but I know at least one other has had this problem and it is easy to sort if you know the reasons for it. The diagnostic capability and self protection circuitry is one of the great things about the Webasto IMO.