Westfalia Atlantic heater

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I’ve tried to fire up the heater in my westy Atlantic and it just blows the fan for a while then stops
Any pointers on what to try first is there known common faults with these?

Some pics of the controller and timer

[davidoft1]

Can you hear the fuel pump ticking ?

Try starting it with the engine running

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I couldn’t hear the pump ticking but it did blow some smoke from the exhaust and sound like it wanted to fire up

I’ll give it a try with the engine running and report back

[Oldiebut goodie]

When was it last serviced?

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When was it last serviced?

I have no idea I not bought the van last Saturday

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It didn’t fire with the engine running and now I appear to have lost power to it
I presume a fuse has blown

[dcworm57]

The fuse for the heater is on the pillar behind the drivers seat 

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The fuse for the heater is on the pillar behind the drivers seat 

Thanks

I found it and all is not well inside I think it maybe missing a contact strip for the bottom of the fuses and someone has just bodged fuses in
I found one of them melted into the lid

What colour/rating fuses should be in there?

[dcworm57]

Mine has a blue 15 amp fuse .

[Oldiebut goodie]

Look closely at the bottom contacts - there is a small indentation that the fuse lodges in, no need for another spring. Most probably someone did not fit the fuse into it correctly.

[davidoft1]

The fuse for the heater is on the pillar behind the drivers seat 

Thanks

I found it and all is not well inside I think it maybe missing a contact strip for the bottom of the fuses and someone has just bodged fuses in
I found one of them melted into the lid

What colour/rating fuses should be in there?

That’s standard, nothing missing

Those are plastic fuses that melt and loose contact , try to find some ceramic ones

If the heater is smoking it’s working, if it doesn’t get upto temperature within a specific time it will turn off , re set it run the engine and keep trying it , most likely it’s got some old fuel in it

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Fuse replaced, engine running and it eventually fired after about ten attempts.
Cheers davidoft
What’s the other fuse for and is red the correct rating?