Smoking Planer air heater

[Vik351]

Thanks peoples, that just about explains it, by the time I turned it off the smoke had all but gone. Might try the kero addition.
Regards

If it's all good now, why would ya...??? IMHO...!!!

Mine sucks from the fuel tank so I'm buggered for that one...

vik...

[T1 Terry]

Adding the kero stops it from smoking on very cold start ups and reduces the possibility of wax forming in the tank, filter and lines that causes all sorts of dramas just when the heater is needed yet seem to vanish when you try to duplicate the problem in the middle of the day to the service guy.
As far as pumping directly from the tank, always new clean fuel and mixed to the climate the equipment is likely to be used in. The diesel fuel you buy in Jindabyne mid winter is not the same blend as the diesel you will buy in Darwin mid summer, the fuel from Jindabyne will still work in Darwin but the economy would suffer but the fuel from Darwin would cause serious problems in a Jindabyne winter without fuel tank heaters and a continuous fuel circulation system running 24/7.
Once sent a crane mid summer from the factory in the Liverpool area (NSW) to China with a full tank of fuel, took them 3 days with heaters under and in the tank to get it warn enough to melt the wax and pump it out, we never made that mistake again

[Vik351]

What ya call an uplifting experiance...!!!

vik...

[wayneP]

Gary,
Even though the motorhome sat in a paddock for a few years, I would give the heater a bit of a run just to make sure and to clean the cob webs out
When we were on the road before shut down occasionally I would turn it up to max and give it a good burn for a minute or 3 (depends on how much clothing you wanted the bride to take off ). I was advised it was good for the HEATER ha. But as per Terry if you have separate supply/or use the main tank and are traveling from a hot area to a cold area purchase the fuel in the cold areas or add Kero.

[Dibsy]

I put about a cup of kerro in each 10 ltr tank of diesel sometimes more sometimes less depends on how shaky the hand is . You can notice the difference of smoke if I don't do it for a wile .

Dibs

[Vik351]

When I got my bomb, a 2010 ,didnt know the heater history...cranked it up the first time for me and it spewed a bit of smoke but more carbon spits more than smoke and that cleared after a while, heated the humpy up well too...

The noise was no big deal either... great little device...

vik...