I have a Webasto engine heater causing us some grief.
It will start up and run for approx 3 minutes and then shutdown.
Here is what its not:
fuel related (filters, lines etc)
exhaust
glowplug
fan
fuel pump
the old pull the fuse and reset it trick
I've been told perhaps the waterpump isn't circulating but wouldn't that give me an error code on my timer?
I suspect a air lock because I think the heater thinks its warmed up the water enough and then it shuts off but doesn't give a code because it doesnt sense a problem. How do I bleed these? (pretty sure its a 50).
Is there anything else I should be checking? Low voltage maybe? But if its that issue then why would it fire and run at all? Could the timer be the problem? It keeps going as if it is still running so I'm thinking its not the problem.
Webasto Troubles
Discussion in 'Trucks [ Eighteen Wheelers ]' started by jd2210, Dec 1, 2012.
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what truck? what webasto? Thermo 90s ore other? what control panel, with LED?
it sounds as I have a car and it wont working,...... -
Its a Thermo Top 50 with the digital timer 12 volt. Not too sure why the truck would make a diff since it isn't wired to anything but the battery.
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I use springle for inital start up to fill fuel lines.
Model 50 got no LED to pull blink codes, so you need K-L adapter and ThermoTest software to read fault codes via W-bus -
I have a DBW 2010 that acted the same way and discovered a couple of harness clamps had rusted off letting the harness and coolant lines sag which pulled down the plug going into the heater enclosure causing terminals to lose contact. I supported the harness and it doesn't shut down now. Google "techwebasto", its a PDF file for servicing and troubleshooting, good luck.
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OK thanks guys. It turned out to a be a very weird air lock. We ended up changing the water pump over it and it still didnt fix it until we actually pressurized the lines and forced it to cycle. Even with being bled it still had a bit of an airlock. We were not getting a code because the heater thought it was heating the water up to temp.
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