Zach Woods
New member
The following is archival from a response I made to a question concerning the Westfalia Diesel Fired Furnace.
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Hello -
I received the following email question about a Westfalia Diesel
Furnace that is not functioning. The Yahoo email address is
bouncing so I thought it would make sense to post the question and
answer here - hopefully the folks asking the question will see this
and maybe this will benefit others.
Zach Woods
zwoods@...
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kathpiros wrote:
Hi,
We bought a westy a few weeks back and love it. It did have some
things that the dealer forgot to nclude, that's OK now. Our main
problem is figuring out the cabin aux heater. No matter how we set it
- timer or manual it only runs for 2 minutes and cools for 3 for a
toal of 5 - any ideas on how this unit shoudl work?
Thanks kath and jan
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Howdy Kath & Jan -
I think your diesel furnace (cabin aux heater) is not working. I
had the same problem when I first got my Westy and I took it back to
my dealer where they performed a warranty repair w/ one or more new
parts. My diesel furnace would function (malfunction) exactly as
you describe yours. I can't remember what the repair and part(s)
were and I am away from home (in NJ in my Camper) so I can't look it
up. Tell your dealer that the diesel furnace seems to try to start
up but then cycles off fairly quickly and they should be able to fix
it from there - this should definitely be a warranty repair - mine
was.
If you already know about all of the heaters in your Westfalia
please skip over the following. If you don't know that you have 5
separate heating systems (I had to figure this out over time/ with
help from others in my camper) then read on . . .
1. Standard auto heater - engine running, use dials on center of
dash to control heat. Note that the two vents in the center top of
the dash (just above/ around the stereo) only allow fresh un-heated
or cooled air into the vehicle - turn these off/ close these when
you want heated (or cooled) air only in the vehicle.
2. Seat heaters - use buttons on each end of the bank of switches to
the right of the shift knob to control the heaters in the driver and
passenger seats.
3. Engine heat scavenger - on the right most heater control in the
center of the dash, look for the text "REST". This is a button
which can be used after the vehicle engine is turned off to scavenge
the remaining heat from the engine and blow it into the vehicle's
interior. GREAT when you park for an evening of camping and/or
don't want to / aren't ready to turn on the diesel furnace.
4. Engine & Interior pre-heater - On the bank of switches to the
right of the shift knob, use the heat symbol (wavy lines rising) to
turn on an engine & interior pre-heater. This heater is diesel
fired and it will heat the engine coolant and blow the resulting
heated air into the vehicle interior. Great for a cold morning to
pre-warm both the engine and the vehicle interior.
5. Diesel Furnace - Controlled via the control panel above where the
rear view mirror would be if we had a rear window. There are a
number of different ways to control this heater (via timers to turn
it on and via simple temperature settings).
Good luck!
Zach Woods
zwoods@...
*****
Hello -
I received the following email question about a Westfalia Diesel
Furnace that is not functioning. The Yahoo email address is
bouncing so I thought it would make sense to post the question and
answer here - hopefully the folks asking the question will see this
and maybe this will benefit others.
Zach Woods
zwoods@...
*****
kathpiros wrote:
Hi,
We bought a westy a few weeks back and love it. It did have some
things that the dealer forgot to nclude, that's OK now. Our main
problem is figuring out the cabin aux heater. No matter how we set it
- timer or manual it only runs for 2 minutes and cools for 3 for a
toal of 5 - any ideas on how this unit shoudl work?
Thanks kath and jan
*****
Howdy Kath & Jan -
I think your diesel furnace (cabin aux heater) is not working. I
had the same problem when I first got my Westy and I took it back to
my dealer where they performed a warranty repair w/ one or more new
parts. My diesel furnace would function (malfunction) exactly as
you describe yours. I can't remember what the repair and part(s)
were and I am away from home (in NJ in my Camper) so I can't look it
up. Tell your dealer that the diesel furnace seems to try to start
up but then cycles off fairly quickly and they should be able to fix
it from there - this should definitely be a warranty repair - mine
was.
If you already know about all of the heaters in your Westfalia
please skip over the following. If you don't know that you have 5
separate heating systems (I had to figure this out over time/ with
help from others in my camper) then read on . . .
1. Standard auto heater - engine running, use dials on center of
dash to control heat. Note that the two vents in the center top of
the dash (just above/ around the stereo) only allow fresh un-heated
or cooled air into the vehicle - turn these off/ close these when
you want heated (or cooled) air only in the vehicle.
2. Seat heaters - use buttons on each end of the bank of switches to
the right of the shift knob to control the heaters in the driver and
passenger seats.
3. Engine heat scavenger - on the right most heater control in the
center of the dash, look for the text "REST". This is a button
which can be used after the vehicle engine is turned off to scavenge
the remaining heat from the engine and blow it into the vehicle's
interior. GREAT when you park for an evening of camping and/or
don't want to / aren't ready to turn on the diesel furnace.
4. Engine & Interior pre-heater - On the bank of switches to the
right of the shift knob, use the heat symbol (wavy lines rising) to
turn on an engine & interior pre-heater. This heater is diesel
fired and it will heat the engine coolant and blow the resulting
heated air into the vehicle interior. Great for a cold morning to
pre-warm both the engine and the vehicle interior.
5. Diesel Furnace - Controlled via the control panel above where the
rear view mirror would be if we had a rear window. There are a
number of different ways to control this heater (via timers to turn
it on and via simple temperature settings).
Good luck!
Zach Woods
zwoods@...