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Originally Posted by hoodoo valley
Proteus, does your diesel heater draw right out of your pictured tank, or from the plastic tank they usually supply? Do these heaters run off a thermostat or do they just run constantly? I'd really like to tap into my fuel tank so that I'm not having to fill the small plastic tank all the time AND..... I'd really like to use up the fuel in my tank so that I can replenish it with fresh fuel. I'm heading towards 2 1/2 years on this tankful, filled right up into the top of the filler neck. I hate the thought of draining and discarding 40 or 50 gallons of fuel. (EEK! , because when I click the EKK! face, nothing happens)
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My heater sucks its fuel from this tank, dedicated for it.
Webasto recommends, when using the vehicle main fuel tank, to put a "T" piece on the returning line from the injection pump.
I did want to do that, as my separate tank allows me to use what we call "red" heating fuel here, it's the same fuel as used in vehicles but it costs almost 1/2 the price of road fuel, which is the only fuel we may use use on vehicles engines.
Anyway, when linking the heater on the truck main tank, you have to check that the suction line doesn't go to the bottom of the tank, to be sure you still we be able to start the truck to get away...