Chinese diesel heater

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@SCOOTER I would comment that waste oil does have a certain amount of foreign matter in it and may not burn fully, and in my limited experience does leave more of a residue. I can recall having to clean diesel heaters fairly frequently when the fuel wasn't great. YMMV... Perhaps your heater is more tolerant than mine were.

All the best,

Peter
 
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@SCOOTER I would comment that waste oil does have a certain amount of foreign matter in it and may not burn fully, and in my limited experience does leave more of a residue. I can recall having to clean diesel heaters fairly frequently when the fuel wasn't great. YMMV... Perhaps your heater is more tolerant than mine were.

All the best,

Peter
Very good point. I changed out the glow plug, easy enough $10 fix. A new pump was also a $10 fix so $20 in parts and I did rinse out the fuel tank, plenty of particles present. I refilled with clean diesel and she seems to be happy. Maybe the lesson is that the OEM pump and plug are cheap crap that needs to be thought of as disposables, or maybe it should not be asked to burn waste oil... in either case I have new parts and clean fuel. That's how I will run it for now as it is needed for the next few months. I would still buy this heater - but I would stock a new pump and plug.
Hope this helps.
 
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Bumping this up-- was there any consensus about these diesel heaters? I'd like to try one, but don't want to purchase a headache ...
 
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Bumping this up-- was there any consensus about these diesel heaters? I'd like to try one, but don't want to purchase a headache ...
Mine worked fine the first year. After sitting idle last summer it threw error codes for the pump and glow plug when I started it up this winter. I replaced both the pump and glow plug (Amazon replacement parts) And now it is working as good as or better than ever.
I suggest if buying one plan on these 2 common upgrades. Lots of You Tube videos on this.
It works great for a small space. I'm using mine to heat an insulated 12x24 work space and after a few hrs it brings the temperature up and I turn it off. There is a diesel smell associated with the heat.
 

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