Aux Heater People Carheaters.eu Anyone Used Them? Legit Or Not?

[Ginettamad]

My aux heater has been apart many times and failed again so on Sunday I ordered a New D5Z-F heater online at vast expense.

Since then I have not had a reply or order confirmation so I am naturally worried about my money.

Has anyone used this web site recently as I am now wondering if they are genuine or a dodgy dealer?

Cheers

Harvey

[Crocodile]

Hi!

I bought one from Ebay from WWTrade24. They are brand new.

http://viewitem.eim.ebay.se/Eberspcher-HYDRONIC-IIF-D5ZF-VW-Sharan-FORD-Galaxy-Seat-Alhambra-25227805-NEU/331010477026/item

I think they are even cheaper than Carheater.eu

 

/Magnus

[jeremyr62]

Did Carheaters.eu send your heater? They offer a D5Z-F ECU repair service which I might be tempted to try if they are legit.

[Ginettamad]

The new heater has arrived but no paperwork or written guarantee which is a bit dubious. I have asked for this and had no reply as yet.

I have stripped the heater bolts out and coated them with alloy anti seize grease and hope to fit the heater next weekend.

Its looks fine but came without any M6 threads in all the attachtment holes but I luckily had an M6 tap to put threads in which was quite easy. The holes appeared to have soft inserts in them so maybe an M6 bolt would have self tapped each hole anyway but I used a proper tap just in case!

So far so good but not tested yet.

Edited October 21, 2013 by Ginettamad

[xavier]

rather gutted I missed out on the new ones recently sold by a ford garage on ebay for

[Ginettamad]

My new one went in ok and is running great but I only use it with a manual switch to prevent short stop starts which cant be good for them.

So communication with EU heaters was not very good but once it arrived without any paper guarantee (He emailed me a receipt when I quizzed him on this) but it should have 2 years cover on it?

Seen a few for sale on ebay abroad cheaper than the

[SilverBeast]

I just got a heater from ebay for

[jeremyr62]

I agree with the run on pump thing being a possibility. My first booster heater lasted about four years then the ECU went and wouldn't send a signal to diesel pump. My second one has now gone, also after about 4 years, again it's the ECU which just cuts the whole unit after about 3 minutes of working normally. When the second one failed it was coincidental with my run on pump failing. However replacing the run on pump didn;t fix the booster heater fault. If you do strip the ECU be very careful as the encapsulation is a pig to get off. I damaged my ECU doing it. If you can do it, you stand a chance of finding the fault at least, so good luck with it.

 

My family have grown up now so I will be Galaxyless from Janaury. This forum has been a fantastic resource. I hope my new vehicle has similar.

[SilverBeast]

Did you use any solvent to dissolve the coating, or did you just pick it off?

 

Mine was going between Glow Plug open circuit and Glow Plug short circuit after heater had warmed up, Glow plug seemed OK when powered from a battery, but didn't power it for too long as I think it's an 8V glow plug on the D5Z-F

[jeremyr62]

I picked off most of the exposed encapsulation and was doing OK up to that point but levering it up to get to the hidden stuff was very difficult. I couldn't see how you could do it without destroying the casting. Eventually I used brute force and bust it. Some people have managed it so it's not imposssible. They must have a lot more patience than me though.

[insanitybeard]

Mine was going between Glow Plug open circuit and Glow Plug short circuit after heater had warmed up, Glow plug seemed OK when powered from a battery, but didn't power it for too long as I think it's an 8V glow plug on the D5Z-F

 

That doesn't bode well for me then........ my '54 plate has a D5Z-F which seems to be rather intermittent in operation and the two fault codes stored... glow plug open circuit and glow plug short circuit, I was hoping the usual replacement glow plug might sort it but it might be the electronics inside the unit from what you have found..... bugger!  :rolleyes: