Air forced turbo heater/ salamander

[Beltman60]

I have a 220000 btu one
and I use diesel in it
the trick that I learned is to roll it toward a door before firing it up and point it outside for a few min till the afterburner thing gets orange
once it's there then heat the building with hardly any fumes
when turning it off I take it outside also
never had a problem with anyone feeling sick

 

[diesel lover]

It might have been because there is transmission fluid, red home heating oil, or off road diesel in there. It smelled like and felt like I started my diesel Massey ferguson in the garage and left it running with the door shut!

When I sucked out all the fuel, mixed the small amount in the bottom of the tank with kero, and sucked the tank dry again it runs differently and all I smell is hot air and heat. No diesel exhaust smell.

I'm so happy that's all it was! I bought this used for 85$. To have to flush out the fuel and replace only costed 10$ worth of fuel. I feel like I can burn the mystery dyed fuel in my Massey ferguson diesel, any off road engine, or of course any older engine as HHO burns good in older Diesel engines.

I think if I added 20% diesel no 2 to 80% kerosene it would probably burn ok. It is nearly impossible to buy no 1 diesel here. Some people I know here in Indiana mix 10% kero to the "winter blend" diesel at the pump in their farm tractors etc when it drops to zero or below 0. You can't trust the stuff at the pumps here.

Thanks guys

 

[diesel lover]

This seen here is the same exact heater as mine!! Some great information here on the heater itself!!

http://youtu.be/ve0nzByP6SU

Replacing spark plug and coil, adjusting the pressure back to 3.4 psi, and other great information seen here.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Well, I got my heater working. The truth is, like so many arduous repair tasks, in the end, I never did figure out what was the matter.

Kerosene does NOT seem to go bad with age. But it's burning properities and characteristics when mixed with air continue to alude me.

I changed my hoses, but the ones my friend brought were the wrong size. Maybe these are POS metric or something.

I had gotten another unknown burner nozel in case mine was bad. I could not make it work. Maybe it was for a larger unit. Anyway, I was thinking, in case the kerosene in my heater was bad, I put the hose into a small soup can of Diesel. I could not make it work. Then, I used my old nozzel and found it did not work. It turned out to be plugged on the fuel side. I unplugged that in a hurry and reassembled the unit. It worked!!! I calibrated the pressure to 4.3 PSI and switched back to the kerosene supply. Still worked!

It seems that several aspects of these units successful operation is quite critical. Air/Fuel mixtures and air pump pressures are quite important it seems.

In the END, I can't really say what my problem was, I'm just glad after all that farting around that the thing works again without buying new parts. A year ago already, I almost bought a new nozzel on line.

This thing has no idea how close it came to becoming flattened! Again, and again, I had to just keep reminding myself, "how complicated can this be"?

 

[diesel lover]

Well, I got my heater working. The truth is, like so many arduous repair tasks, in the end, I never did figure out what was the matter. Kerosene does NOT seem to go bad with age. But it's burning properities and characteristics when mixed with air continue to alude me. I changed my hoses, but the ones my friend brought were the wrong size. Maybe these are POS metric or something. I had gotten another unknown burner nozel in case mine was bad. I could not make it work. Maybe it was for a larger unit. Anyway, I was thinking, in case the kerosene in my heater was bad, I put the hose into a small soup can of Diesel. I could not make it work. Then, I used my old nozzel and found it did not work. It turned out to be plugged on the fuel side. I unplugged that in a hurry and reassembled the unit. It worked!!! I calibrated the pressure to 4.3 PSI and switched back to the kerosene supply. Still worked! It seems that several aspects of these units successful operation is quite critical. Air/Fuel mixtures and air pump pressures are quite important it seems. In the END, I can't really say what my problem was, I'm just glad after all that farting around that the thing works again without buying new parts. A year ago already, I almost bought a new nozzel on line. This thing has no idea how close it came to becoming flattened! Again, and again, I had to just keep reminding myself, "how complicated can this be"?

glad you got it working!! It's just like a small engine. I don't blame you for getting upset with it. They can be stressful to fix when you need them the most. Nice job.

 

[Industrial Toys]

I thought about this a little last night. I am guessing there was an obstruction in the nozzle. Not total, as I saw mist coming out, but I guess not enough to burn.

It's a very easy fix and not one I ever heard or saw mentioned when speaking of these heater repairs.
Just unscrew the large brass nozzle and blow both pieces out.

The thing that lead up to this whole hassle was the heater running for a few minutes, then sputtering and shutting off.