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Very smoky FBH
It's that festive time of the year where I and any passing pedestrians are choked by the belching fumes from my FBH. It's much worse than it's been in previous years, to the point where several people have stopped to tell me the car is on fire
I am just wondering if there is anything I can do to service the FBH and hopefully reduce the smoke screen I leave behind during the winter?
Any suggestions? Cheers
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9th Dec 2014 5:22 pm
euangibson
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I have always used a regular dose of Millers in my tank,and never had a puff of smoke
http://www.millersoils.co.uk/automotive/td...sector=Car
I await someone with far more technical knowledge to appear and explain why that's a load of rubbish... "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool,than to speak out and remove all doubt" ?.....what rubbish...
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9th Dec 2014 5:30 pm
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Because your D4 FBH is much more efficient than the D3 one My D3 Build Thread
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My D3 got a regular diet of Millers too ...the FBH never smoked and I never had any issue with it not firing up.....guess I was just lucky ... "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool,than to speak out and remove all doubt" ?.....what rubbish...
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Timed climate remote
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D3 Java 2005 SE manual (sold,sadly,thanks for the memories)
1966 '88 Series 2a....still starts in the morning better than I do...
9th Dec 2014 5:44 pm
LAT
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Thanks, I might give it a go. I'll let you know if it makes any difference.
10th Dec 2014 12:45 am
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I use 2SO and mine has never ever smoked, don't know its running apart from the light on in the dash It can when others can't,
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10th Dec 2014 9:22 am
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I have come across the Webasto Thermo Top in other applications other than the auxiliary heater in the Discovery and have experienced splitting of the gasket between the fan and the combustion chamber causing very smoky heaters because it upsets the air/fuel balance.
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11th Dec 2014 3:10 am
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The Webasto FBH is similar in operation to an oil fired central heating boiler. They need to be cleaned annually for clean operation. I stripped my FBH following the manual. It was a bit smoky but cleaning the combustion chamber made it smoke free.Freelander SE 2005 Auto.
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11th Dec 2014 1:25 pm
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mine doesn't smoke, but you can smell it for sure. James favourite hobby is writing in the third person.
11th Dec 2014 6:13 pm
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Nodge68 wrote:
The Webasto FBH is similar in operation to an oil fired central heating boiler. They need to be cleaned annually for clean operation. I stripped my FBH following the manual. It was a bit smoky but cleaning the combustion chamber made it smoke free.
Where can the manual be found for the heater
11th Dec 2014 8:33 pm
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Chaps - a 500ml of Millers states it does 10 x 50L tanks.
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18th Dec 2014 10:59 am
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M3DPO wrote:
I use 2SO and mine has never ever smoked, don't know its running apart from the light on in the dash
Have you never had a software update as they wrote that functionality out very early on (I assume yoiu're referring to the FBH light coming on) or do you have another LED or similar to signal that it's working? Bodsys Brake Bible
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GLYNNE wrote:
Where can the manual be found for the heater
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18th Dec 2014 11:40 am
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