Van Conversion Diesel Heater | Helpful Tips For DIY Install
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- Опубліковано 9 вер 2024
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Hey! James & Sarah here, back with the next episode in our van build series. This week we’re tackling the almighty job of installing our van conversion diesel heater.
The diesel heater instructions are rubbish, we need extra parts & nothing was straight forward. But after a fair few arguments - we weren’t in a good place in this video - we finally had heating in our van. And boy did it feel gooooood!
If you’re installing a diesel heater in your campervan, there’s also a blog post on our website detailing all the things we wish we’d known before we started the job. Click here to read: thewholeworldo...
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Catch you in the comments!
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Would you risk it with a cheap diesel heater (and crap instructions) like us?! And would you install it yourself?
I have had my cheapo for 2 years used it probably 20 times , sometimes for 30 mins sometimes for 12 hrs over night and never had an issue with it at all, never had error codes and always started first time every time, well worth the £104, compared to a wabasto which is basically exactly the same thing
Yes, definitely! We've purchased one and are ready to install it, but we're just a the beginning of our van design process and still deciding on the locations of everything. Until we know where we want to install it it can wait in its box!
Great idea to get stuff together before you need it, we wasted so much time waiting for things to turn up! Good luck with the install when you do get round to it 👍
@@TheWholeWorldorNothing Thank you! We're hoping to record it to post videos similar to yours.
Amazing! We’ve just subbed to your channel, looking forward to taking a look 😀
You guys are magic. Really enjoyed !
Glad you enjoyed it!
You guys are the business, I love that you tackle everything, great respect. Once again a great video. So happy for you re the baby. Looking forward to how you change things in the van to accommodate another human being, a little one at that. Not much to change at the beginning though so that is good. Take care and stay safe guys xxx
Ah thank you very much 😌 We’ve already started making a few changes to the van so we’re excited to show what we’ve done, as you say nothing massive at the minute - mainly just clearing space for new things actually! Hope you’re well x
this was super helpful, installing mine this week. thank you!
Great stuff, hope your install went well!
Such an incredible job you two! Hope B&Q has an affiliate program for all of the trips you made there in the end 😂😂
Thank you 😊 Haha, we’re like a big B&Q advert, right! Great store though 👍🤣
Well done good job
yeah i just made the turret out of the existing plate you get with the kit was quite easy i just bent some plate around the 127mm hole saw to get the shape and tacked it on to the existing plate
It was fun watching you two getting your heater installed and working. Great job!
Well done guys good work take care.
Thank you 😊
You could had the air intake in the van so you are using warm air to heat so reducing your fuel usage, just a thought...we did after being told lol, good install video. Take care..
I bought one and also the turret. Well done guys you did an awesome job as usual.
The turret makes the installation so much easier in our opinion! And the heater has been amazing so far, we’re really pleased we went for this type so we’re sure you’ll love it too 👍
I'll be using mine as a water heater too as per Mispronounced Adventures channel using the Bobilvans kit. Really enjoyed watching you two figure out this installation ;)
Those bobils look like great pieces of kit, someone else mentioned them the other week. We’d have considered one ourselves but we hadn’t heard of them at the time we installed our water heater unfortunately. Should be a good setup for you 👍
Hi im a new subscriber :-)
Not to bad installing the diesel heater.. on mine i have the fuel feed going from top of tank just in case of any leaks.. and i have my fuel pump underneath the vehicle on the solid chassis Beam.. i use a car sponge and rap the sponge round pump with two cable ties then cable tie it to the body.. i can not here it at all.. perfect for a good nights sleep..
I also use my diesel heater to heat up my hot water.. i used a computer radiator cooling system and made two 3D printed cones to go onto the radiator so therefore the pipe can be fitted from the diesel heater..
Thank you for your video. I learned a lot.
Good job guys 👍
Cheers! 😀
good job guys, im just not sure if fuel filter is facing right way
Nice one guys
Thank you 😊
Thanks for sharing, its usefull!!
Hi It looks like your exhaust is going to push carbon monoxide out near the prop shift in the centre on the van! The exhaust should be placed so it pushes the CO out the side so you don't be any smell/CO into your van when parked up... Also the pump should be at an angle and it will be much more efficient/quieter . Most installation put the pump on the chassis.. I don't want you to be gassed when parked up ! Great vlog as always !
Thank you ☺️ Yeah we positioned the exhaust pointing backwards under the van as the heater is on the door side so if it had been angled outwards then the fumes would definitely be going up and in through the door. It was the only place we could find which avoided that, given the length of the exhaust pipe. The pump is at an angle, as far as we could figure from what we understood of the instructions (which wasn’t much) it’s not too far from the angle suggested. We don’t actually find it too loud, the pump is under our mattress which must dampen some of the sound so it’s absolutely fine for us 😊 We’re sure it’s not the optimum installation but it’s worked brilliantly for us so far - no fumes 😀
ua-cam.com/video/j71Hnp307jw/v-deo.html Try watching watching Luke from 7 min onwards . He also replaces the pump with a much quieter one. Sorry but I'm worried about your exhaust placement 😕
I agree with you Dennis👍 @James and Sarah - You may not experience a problem, but this installation has introduced a CO risk which is avoidable. You want that poison gas out and away from the underside of the van where it can get trapped and linger when parked up ⚠ Don't rely on a CO alarm to warn you 'if ?' it happens - Remove the risk and extend the exhaust to discharge gases away from under your van. Great upload Thanks - Sorry for the safety alert 🤓
Hey your link for the hole cutting sets say they cut wood and plastic. Are theses the same you used to cut metal?
@@calwit1164 if it is of some quality you can cut through thin metal as long you do not plan on doing it often, so for one use as long not the cheapest avaiable you can use the wood hole saw.
You both are good and know a lot about installing various items in your van where did you acquire this knowledge ???
Thank you ☺️ We mainly learnt from UA-cam!
Question please what size was the drill piece hole Thank you
09:01 “These nutz!!!”
I'm pretty sure you will be relocating the pump outside, they arw proper noisy things
Enjoy that sound.... The pump is meant to be on the outside of the van.
Glad watched this no one mentioned the bracket just ordered one 😂
The turret thing? They’re not strictly essential but just make it so much easier to install! Not sure how ours would have worked without it. Good luck with your installation 😀
@@TheWholeWorldorNothing am building a 64 plate lwb sprinter at the moment was going go down the wood burner route but just went way diesel heater under the passenger seat was a option. But wasn’t keen on the idea
We love wood burners but were terrified about the idea of having one in our van. The positioning of our heater wasn’t actually planned from the start but once we actually got hold of it and realised it fit perfectly in that space it just made sense 👍
@@TheWholeWorldorNothing yeah a feel the same about the wood burner 😂 but cant afford a challet in the forrest some were. At be the ultimate dream. Here were a am in scotland it rains 90% of the time and winters are freezing so want a camper that is warm enough to use all year round as wait this mind set people have can’t wait till summer to go camping is a depressing thought lol! A want camp whenever a like.
Haha yeah you need a good heat source to cope with these winters! Camping is definitely not just for summer as you say, mind we used to camp in a tent in winter in England 😂 Diesel heater is a big step up from that 👍
Some put the heater under the passenger seat, i’d imagine that would put the noise further away from the bed.
Can you sleep with this thing on ?
Yeah it probably would, that wasn’t an option for us due to the kitchen unit we have behind those seats but could definitely work. We’ve seen people do all sorts of stuff to counteract the sound but it doesn’t actually bother us and it’s a lot quieter once it gets going. We don’t tend to sleep with it on either, we get the van to a nice temp before bed, turn it off, then let our insulation do the rest 😀👍
your fuel filter is placed in the wrong direction.
The fuel coming from the tank is meant to go round the outside of the mesh filter rather than coming into the filter and out. Took me many yt vids to realise, but I am stiil confused as to orientation of the filter I have put mine so that the fuel starts filling up the filter on the pump side so I have the filter facing downwards and the tube then goes up to the pump.
Nope, its in the right direction
@@man.i.literally.failed6772 it's not. Read your manual.
@@BB-ne9evahh yeah it is so🖕
At 23:20 why have you gone from the fuel filter with thick black pipe to thin clear pipe back to thick black pipe with 4 clips when you could have just used the black pipe and 2 clips ?
apart from that, great job.
The thin clear pipe has two necessary attributes: a smaller internal diameter and non-elastic. The little pump is not able to push the volume of fuel that the black pipe would take. Because the clear line is so rigid, the pump's impulses are transmitted all the way to the burner rather than being absorbed by the side walls flexing. Unfortunately this means the clear line will not slide onto the metal and plastic ends of the pump, filter etc. So the black line is used to make the joints.
I was about to buy and install an (expensive) Webasto or Truma combi heater but you made me doubt. Thanks for another informative vid!
Don’t know if you’ve seen any of the comments from people installing a diesel heater and a “bobil bits water heater”? Seems like a way cheaper alternative than the setup we have and definitely cheaper than a combi heater. We can’t personally recommend them because we’ve not installed or used one but lots of people seem to be going for them now so might be worth looking at them as another potential option too. Just checked and they deliver to Belgium too 👍
@@TheWholeWorldorNothing Thanks James! I definitely will look into that option. (Thanks for checking too) ATB - Marc
No problem 😌
How long dose the Diesel last in that tank?
Thanks
Did you encounter any problems with putting the diesel heater mounting plate directly onto your vinyl floor? Does it get hot at all? Thanks!
Great vid as per ! Seen loads of people using these, they do seem a bit noisy !! Can u mount the pump under the van or does it have to be inside?
Thanks! It is pretty noisy but the pump doesn’t bother us too much. Where we placed it it’s under the mattress and in our “garage” so that dampens a fair amount of the noise, plus once it gets going in full swing it does calm down a little bit. Not 100% sure about mounting the pump under the van 🤔, don’t see any reason you couldn’t, just not sure it’s designed to go outside. Maybe if we were able to understand the instructions we’d have a better idea 🤣
Great work guys 👍🏿 what was your day jobs before travelling and this van build?
Thanks! Before the van build we made our living from our travel blog thewholeworldornothing.com (still do 😆) but before that I (James) was an HR manager and Sarah was in social housing management. So nothing that helped with this whatsoever!
@@TheWholeWorldorNothing I tip my hat to you both not having any trade skills and putting this build together with quality 👏🏿👏🏿
Thank you very much 😀
Did you check if your van diesel tank already has an auxiliary connection on it rather than installing a separate diesel tank?
wicked video! just found your channel , iv just got a diesel heater and in the instructions it says to wire straight to the battery but im thinking maybe wire to my fuse box instead , did you wire your heater straight to your fuse box ? did i work ok ?
Did the noise ever settle down? (suppose you haven't had to use it much the past few months?!)
Yes the noise is fine now, we think that was just its initial cycle. It’s still quite loud when it starts but quietens down once it gets into full swing 👍
Well done guys, looks a whole lot more complicated than an lpg heater installation 😂 any reason why you decided on diesel?
Thanks! Hmmmm. Hard to remember why now 😅 Pretty sure it was mainly because it was the cheapest option at around £100. It wasn’t actually too difficult to install though either, we just made an absolute meal out of it because we didn’t start with all the parts we needed and the instructions were impossible to decipher!
@@TheWholeWorldorNothing yeah that’s fair enough! How has it treated you so far? Or should I ask again after you’re endured a British winter in the van 🥶
We were in it over the winter just gone and the heater worked really well, we’re very happy with it. It heats the space in no time and is really efficient so cost hardly anything 😀
There's nothing wrong than your jubilee clip not fitting your pipe 🙄. Great job people x
😂 disastrous! Thanks 😊
@@TheWholeWorldorNothing should read 'worse' not wrong.🙄 A bit of finger slippage 🤣🤣🤣
Haha we understood what you meant 😅
Fitting exactly same heater soon..they haven't given me any of the black pipe that connects the fuel line to the bits n pieces..instead they have given actual fuel line clips ...not sure about this, but think Vevor have done away with the black rubber hose connector type..had to get different fuel tank as the supplied one is too tall for our motorhome..nowhere to fit it ..all in all im pretty pissed off so far...I don't have a turret, just the supplied plate, ...im pretty nervous about it all 🤔
Clips hold fine, no leaks..no need for that black rubber connecting hose.
Cant get l c d to light up
03:08 If you buy a canned bean and cut the empty can in a half, then glu it to the original plate, you got the same disign xD
Great video you made, thumbs up and sub.
I wonder what idiot invented the air filter under the vehicle, what will happen if this filter gets clogged? I would build some kind of protective can on the perimeter of this filter. Or I would mount it somewhere in the middle of the van.
Gosh, I can not believe you use B and Q surely screwfix and toolstation is WAY cheaper. I once bought 10 small bolts for £6.05 at B and Q and screwfix was selling 100 of the same bolts for £5.49
Sma ewith hole saws and silicone ect ect
That's not an air filter (16:20). It's a silencer that doesn't even work, and just impedes air flow even more.
You should've watched more YT videos before installing it.
How long will you wear masks for?
This video was filmed almost a year ago so we were still under lockdown conditions. But we do still wear our masks in certain settings and will continue to do so until it’s no longer recommended and we feel it no longer serves a purpose.
@@TheWholeWorldorNothing you know masks do nothing right?
It's unbelievable that people who portray themselves as freedom lovers haven't worked out this isn't about a virus yet.
I take my advice from qualified professionals, not random strangers on UA-cam.
Go away and spread your nonsense somewhere else
Dennis Park
ua-cam.com/video/j71Hnp307jw/v-deo.html Try watching watching Luke from 7 min onward . He also replaces the pump with a much quieter one.
Sorry but I'm worried about your exhaust placement 😕 Do you have a carbon monoxide alarm fitted to the van ..
We do have a carbon monoxide alarm in the van 🙂 It's not actually possible for us to put the exhaust on the sill as it's on the same side of the van as the door and our windows so this would definitely lead to fumes coming into the van and the pipe isn't long enough to reach the other side. We used the heater all over winter with no issues at all and have had the van checked by a mechanic who was fine with it - is there a specific concern with fumes hitting the prop shift? We're not mechanical at all so know nothing about cars ourselves! This has made us think again though, and we're going to fit a second carbon monoxide detector in the "garage" area just to be extra safe. Appreciate your concern 👍