Seperate BT heater

[AndyJ2506]

Hi guys
My van came with one of the little cab heaters found on the BT vans so could somebody please tell me how these work as my van takes a good 15 miles to warm up and its not fun. i can get it and the fan in the cab to run but it never gets hot. Also my temp gauge doesn't work so would this contribute to it not warming up very quickly
Cheers in advance
Andy

[bertie]

Sorry I don't know about BT heaters, but I can tell yopu, the temperature gauge will not affect the speed of warming up. However, are you sure the temp gauge i not working, or is it that the thermostat is stuck open or missing. Either of these reasons will slow the warm up, and the gauge will not register much of a temp.

[psv-hgv-flt]

Hi guys
My van came with one of the little cab heaters found on the BT vans so could somebody please tell me how these work as my van takes a good 15 miles to warm up and its not fun. i can get it and the fan in the cab to run but it never gets hot. Also my temp gauge doesn't work so would this contribute to it not warming up very quickly
Cheers in advance
Andy

can you hear the pulse pump clicking, and has the fuel tap been turned off.?? it will be no fuel/ pump /glowpin.

http://eberspacher.com/support-and-down ... ments.html

[davev6newman]

As far as i know these heaters are simular to the eberspacher heater, they run on diesel and work independently from the normal heater. You can even set them to come on early so as to warm the van up before you get in it in the mornings.

How they work i do not know tho.

[AndyJ2506]

Cheers for the replys guys. The thing seems to be running fine and i can feel the gases coming out of the exhaust. i wonder if the stat not working would affect the temp. Also the temp gauge doesn't register anything. I'll have a bit of time on sun to look at it all so any suggestions as what and where to look would be much appreciated. I know a bit about cars but i've never worked on a transit before so it'll be a whole new learning curve

[ake]

As far as i know these heaters are simular to the eberspacher heater, they run on diesel and work independently from the normal heater. You can even set them to come on early so as to warm the van up before you get in it in the mornings.

How they work i do not know tho.

They are similar to an Eberspacher because they ARE an Eberspacher

[psv-hgv-flt]

As far as i know these heaters are simular to the eberspacher heater, they run on diesel and work independently from the normal heater. You can even set them to come on early so as to warm the van up before you get in it in the mornings.

How they work i do not know tho.

They are similar to an Eberspacher because they ARE an Eberspacher

[davev6newman]

Guess thats me told then!

[AndyJ2506]

does anyone know how they work then

[MinorMatt]

are you pressing the button and then starting straight up? If so it will do sod all. Switch it on about 15min before starting the engine, it will preheat the coolant to about 80 degrees...

The other thing is to check its still plumbed in - ie its got the water pipes connected

[madmark]

i asume this beeing a old mk5 it wont have the d2 type it must have all the water heating gummings and tanks and god knows what else!

[MinorMatt]

Yup it will be a d5w

[AndyJ2506]

are you pressing the button and then starting straight up? If so it will do sod all. Switch it on about 15min before starting the engine, it will preheat the coolant to about 80 degrees...

The other thing is to check its still plumbed in - ie its got the water pipes connected

Cheers for the replys. I'm pretty sure itsstill plumbed in asall the pipes still run into the engine bay. I left it running for about 35 mins and it was still blowing cold air. It seems to be running ok itsjust not getting warm
Does anyone know anybody who servicesthem around Essex area

[Willowbrook]

are you pressing the button and then starting straight up? If so it will do sod all. Switch it on about 15min before starting the engine, it will preheat the coolant to about 80 degrees...

The other thing is to check its still plumbed in - ie its got the water pipes connected

Cheers for the replys. I'm pretty sure itsstill plumbed in asall the pipes still run into the engine bay. I left it running for about 35 mins and it was still blowing cold air. It seems to be running ok itsjust not getting warm
Does anyone know anybody who servicesthem around Essex area

theres a firm in basildon

[riche100]

http://www.dropshots.com/transit120#dat ... 3/12:47:31

thats mine installed by guy88 off this forum .....