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· Posted: 18.09.2012 · #1

does anyone know if a webasto diesel water heater can be converted to run on the van gas system as mine is running on road diesel at the moment which is a very expensive way to heat the van

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· Posted: 18.09.2012 · #2

I doubt it, you could fit a small tank and run it on green/red diesel, but I thought they were light on diesel.

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· Posted: 19.09.2012 · #3

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I doubt it, you could fit a small tank and run it on red/green diesel, but I thought they were light on diesel.

And maybe you could run a diverter to run the van off your "red/green diesel" tank as a backup reserve...

:whistle: Just make sure the red/green tank can hold <150 litres just in case its a cold winter...

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· Posted: 20.09.2012 · #4

i have just read the manual (a good idea ) and i doubt if it can be converted going by their figures it costs about e1.25 per hour its in a chausson van i dont know why they thought road diesel was a good way to heat the van especially if you took it sking ( in france )or something like that when it would be on 24 hrs a day the second tank ( red/green )would cause problems passing the doe test thanks guys

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· Posted: 20.09.2012 · #5

I thought only petrol engines could be converted to gas. Didn't think any diesel could.

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· Posted: 28.09.2012 · #6

I think he was refering to a conversion for the heater only, but , gas is far more explosive than diesel, so, in a diesel heater, that would be a non starter. Although you would get very warm very, very quickly....!

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