lynalldiscovery wrote:

Some diesel burning heaters use the glow plug as the flame detector.

I don’t know much about these heaters so I will take your word on that

Tiggerrr wrote:

Mine just sits there doing nothin at all ever!!! Tried alsorts can't get a peep out of it.

mine was like that until I pulled the fuse and set the software to park heater under the control tab

Martin wrote:

They can be annoying to connect to sometimes, the one that was in my D3 did that: Happy my loom isn't at fault though

Yes mine is annoying me Martin I have the patience of a saint most of the time but struggling to see what I am doing under the bonnet have to be sat down all the time and this cold weather don’t do all my internal metal work much good Nothing wrong with the loom at all you man but I thought what the hell I’ll cobble one together just to prove a point before I tip my toys out, oh the sticker look nice that I got as well

Barn1e wrote:

I am in the brake cleaner club. Now enjoying warm car all the time and sweet smell of burning diesel.

don’t have anything like that, the only flammable stuff I have will be methanol or isopropyl alcohol

SpiderBaby wrote:

Been there - used brake cleaner - runs clean and toasty.

Persevere - it's worth it

It would seem this is a good practice but I am very weary of things in cans that can explode

Sloss wrote:

Don't worry, you are not alone and miles ahead of me, I can't even get the diagnostics to work yet....

Don’t work in what sense? Software issue, com port or wiring? I don’t know much but if I can give some pointers at all I will if I can

riverblanche wrote:

oh I know
"operating state glowing 71" so well

I have no problem connecting to the WTT software and when ever it fails to start that is the point it gets to

if you can connect first, try a "fan test" set at 255% for 30sec (it runs at 100%) and see if it runs quiet then go for a "glow plug test" I have done 100% for 30sec you may well get some smoke coming out of the inlet

then try to turn it on and see if it runs, up to you trying the electric cleaner/brake cleaner/easy start
or
leave it run for half an hour then turn it off see if that helps.

best of luck

I haven’t tried to test any of the components separately yet but next time that I feel up to spending an hour out side I might try that

mathewdowns wrote:

Been playing with mine today - where do you squirt the brake cleaner?
Its running now after some multiple starts and resetting a few fault codes (linked to HVAC).

Just thinking a few squirts may help clean out inside.

Mat

I was thinking of asking the self same thing

riverblanche wrote:

stick with it Skippy

I wondered what followed the “I have been playing with mine for a number of weeks now” I only go out in mine once or twice a week also, I go out to do a 4 to 5 mile run but always seem to 30 or so, it’s those magical mystery tours

I will have another go at testing the glow plug but it will more likely be at the weekend unless it starts to rain, I did a few glow plug tests to day but it still played at silly beggars, I really would like to get it to work as it would make things so much easier for me but that’s another story.

I have huffed and puffed into the air intake until I was blue in the face I recon I would have turned into the big bad wolf if I had carried on.

I will stick with it a little longer but I haven’t much hair left to pull out

Robbie wrote:

Plus getting it to run is all good fun.

If only it would run I would be grinning like a big cat

DiscoJake wrote:

satisfying when it does but infuriating when it doesn't

Infuriating it is that and it gets called a few choice names from under my breath

Sydney wrote:

Have you checked to see if the FBH is getting fuel?

I assumed it was getting fuel as the exhaust does get quite hot as I have these funny little lines across my hand after accidental grabbing the exhaust tube, and I guess the tick tick noise that I can here is the fuel pump pulsing away?

I wish that I could take the FBH out and strip it but I can't if it was on a bench then no problem but I am unable to remove it myself.

mathewdowns wrote:

Does it tick at the FBH about 5 times and then stop and do nothing?

Know the fuel pump for FBH is elsewhere but any idea where anyone?

I don't think it stopped, well it did a short while after the fbh shut down and the fan stopped, but I must admit I wasn't paying too much attention.

I am not sure were the fuel pump is but I suspect it maybe under the heater or the mounting frame from what I can hear, but I feel sure that one of the other lads will correct me if I am wrong and point you in the right direction