I have the aux. heater in my 91, but haven't used it since the first year.
Just have a , perhaps irrational, discomfort level with the concept.

Anyway, I mentioned it to my VW camper dealer & he warned me it would
probably be smoky when started up for the first time after a long period of
disuse, but to just let it run it's course.

Anybody think he knows what he's talking about, or is he just "blowing
smoke" :-)

Frank.

91 Westy (in Europe)
95 Winnie Camper (in Toronto)

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Date:    Mon, 26 Oct 1998 10:19:25 -0600
From:    Rob Wright <wright@APS.ANL.GOV>
Subject: Re: aux heater blowing smoke

If the heater is smoking it could be  running to rich,the Bentley book
talks about adjusting this.When you cleaned the heater did you clean the
spark/glow plug? they get dirty and mat not be firing correctly.Also
something the manual doesn't talk about is the points that fire the
spark/glowplug,located on the back of the combustion blower under metal
cover,and there is a set on the front of the blower only open and close
every 33rd revolution which fires the fuel pump.either of these can get
corroded and not fire correctly.But i would check the fuel pump
first,follow the Bentley procedure and then check the spark and points.

Rob Wright
82 westy
mercedes 300td-t

Phil Burton wrote:

> Hi List,
>         I have been looking at my aux heater on my 82 westy and it
> seems to work fine except that it puts out smoke along with the
> heat. I was thinking theres a seal somewhere thats missing
> although i didn't see anything missing when i took it out to clean it.
> I've looked in the bentley which i find most unhelpful, and i've also
> looked in the archives and the westy owners web site. If anyone
> could give me some info on my problem and the heater or point me
> in the right direction it would be most helpful.
>
> Thanks,
> Phil Burton
> 82 westy
> 76 westy
> 71 super & square
> 66 beetle

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