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My Chinese diesel heater didn't work. I set the target temperature to 28 degrees. I looked on youtube, I had error code E10 on the display. E1 is this, E2 is that, E3 is the other, etc. E10 is "Any of the above". The fan ran properly, the animated display showed fan running and glow plug operating and fuel pump operating. I thought it must be the heater glow plug so I bought and fitted a new heater glow plug. Still didn't work. I refilled the diesel tank. I checked the supply volts, 12.8. I wondered if the supply voltage was OK when it's not running but maybe not enough to supply the full current required so I ran two more 2.5mm wires in parallel with the existing wires to halve the resistance. Still didn't work. I wondered if the fuel line was blocked so I got underneath and had diesel up my armpit. (Reminded Mrs gasgas that Diesel is a perfume). Plenty of diesel. Next thing was to get a new fuel pump, though it was clicking. Got a new fuel pump https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/buyagain/ref=pd_hp_d_atf_rp_1?ie=UTF8&ats=eyJleHBsaWNpdENhbmRpZGF0ZXMiOiJCMDhLNDNMTDFTIiwiY3VzdG9tZXJJZCI6IkE5SjBFMllVRTBGUEkifQ==&pd_rd_w=kCUC1&content-id=amzn1.sym.7db45876-fdd3-4dfc-b824-ebbdd88bdf99&pf_rd_p=7db45876-fdd3-4dfc-b824-ebbdd88bdf99&pf_rd_r=R0RYC0H032D9394AX8KB&pd_rd_wg=Xw12t&pd_rd_r=a263e555-5177-4281-8384-33a4456a9ffa
I fitted it the same way as the old one because the new pump did not have any indication of which end was 'IN' and which end was 'Out'. I fitted it with the electric socket the same end of the pump as the old one. Still didn't work. Went off to the south coast for two weeks, and it was cold. In desperation I wondered if the pump was manufactured differently to the original so I found an Asda after hours, and parked the camper with front wheels up on a kerb where I could get underneath. More diesel up armpits later I had rotated the pump the other way round. Lo and behold the heater sprang into life. Albeit sounding like a Lancaster taking off. I'll need to find out what is causing the resonating and calm it down.
So the moral is, before fitting a new pump make sure you have got the inlet and outlet the right way round, and if it doesn't work first time, change it and see if that fixes it.
I fitted it the same way as the old one because the new pump did not have any indication of which end was 'IN' and which end was 'Out'. I fitted it with the electric socket the same end of the pump as the old one. Still didn't work. Went off to the south coast for two weeks, and it was cold. In desperation I wondered if the pump was manufactured differently to the original so I found an Asda after hours, and parked the camper with front wheels up on a kerb where I could get underneath. More diesel up armpits later I had rotated the pump the other way round. Lo and behold the heater sprang into life. Albeit sounding like a Lancaster taking off. I'll need to find out what is causing the resonating and calm it down.
So the moral is, before fitting a new pump make sure you have got the inlet and outlet the right way round, and if it doesn't work first time, change it and see if that fixes it.