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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

Can you hear the fuel pump ticking ?

Try starting it with the engine running

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

When was it last serviced?

Oldiebut goodie wrote: ↑16 Jul 2025, 17:53 When was it last serviced?

I have no idea I not bought the van last Saturday

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

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

dcworm57 wrote: ↑16 Jul 2025, 18:18 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?

Mine has a blue 15 amp fuse .

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.

paradox wrote: ↑16 Jul 2025, 18:44

dcworm57 wrote: ↑16 Jul 2025, 18:18 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

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?

I think the other fuse is for the fridge. Is it the original 3way in the van?
The deisel heater in westys is notorious for not starting due to the length of run of cable from under cab seat to under r&r seat where heater is. Big draw for glow plug causes voltage drop which causes eber to abort start up.
I used to have to keep revs high for the minute or so it took.to get going.
Best thing to do is relocate leisure battery to under r&r seat. Bigger battery can go in and old wiring upgraded