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Eberspacher
Diesel Heater Introduction.
You may be wondering why a DIY feature on Eberspacher heaters is included on a commercial varnish and sander website.
During our Le Tonkinois Varnish and Flexidisk Sander demonstrations on boat shows we became aware that many Eberspacher owners lacked the information to service and repair their heaters. We love our Eberpachers and this section of the website was originally added as a thank you to our existing customers but is now reaching a far wider audience.
Between us Derek and I know a great deal about Eberspacher D2 D4 and D1LCC diesel heaters, we never claim to be Eberspacher experts. Both of us are retired, Derek specialises in the mechanical side, I, Roy, am a professional electronics engineer.
Our information pages are aimed at boat and caravan owners etc, many of whom may have bought a new or second hand Eberspacher and are experiencing problems or wish to avoid future problems.
Although the pages are based on Eberspacher D1LCC, D2 and D4 Airtronic models much of the information applies to other models including water heaters.
Contact with users at the Southampton boat show revealed a large number have older models like D1LC, D1L & D3L
For non current models look at the models pages, any model specific information will be given there.
We have the manuals for these older versions and are adding information as we find it but it will lack details. We have no practical experience on the older models so cannot help on specific problems.
Similarly although we have no practical experience of water heating versions, we have been made aware of an Eberspacher Technical Bulletin No 281, Inland Waterways Boat Heating Findings. This document is about solving common problems on narrow boat installations. It also applies to other boats, click here to view.
Petrol versions are not common and our working knowledge is limited to diesel heaters.
Much of our information is available from various sources including Eberspacher and forums but a lot is not easy to find.
We have combined this information together with our own experience into a single source.
You use this information at your own risk, we have tried to make it as accurate as possible but accept no liability for any errors or problems caused by following our advice.
Inevitably as the amount of information on our site increases the part you actually want becomes more difficult to locate, you may need to look at more than one section to find it. The alternative is to go direct to your local servicing agent.
If you notice errors or areas lacking information, or have additional information let us know so we can improve the site.
If you are going to service a model we have not pictured here please read our request for photos below.
Eberspacher model naming is confusing so a brief explanation of the air heater models may help.
First Letter - D diesel, B petrol.
Number generally represents heat output, higher number higher output
Letter - L air, W water, except for Airtronic models which do not have a letter L, just D2 D3 D4 D5 ......
Any letters following identify the model, eg D1L, D1LC, D1LCC.
They were manufactured in the order D1L, D1LC, D1LCC, with Airtronic D2 being the current model.
Stating the obvious, when trying to identify models look at the label, the pictures on our site may help when it is hidden or not shown.
The Air Heater Models pages contain information on Eberspacher models.
The Eberspacher pages are a recent addition to our website and feedback so far has been very positive, keep it coming.
As a result of the feedback I am still working on improving the existing pages, increasing the models covered as well as preparing to add extra pages.
If you want to add links to us from forum articles please do so, each link helps the site get more widely known.
Manuals and servicing information that may be of interest.
Eberpacher manuals can be downloaded from http://www.eberspacher.com/ or http://www.espar.com/
For older Espar manuals on page http://www.espar.com/html/service/download/technical.html, select the 'click here' at bottom of page, not the obvious archive link which has very few manuals.
Download manuals from both these sources.
Sometimes Espar manuals have additional information but are not always so accurate and some are old versions.
Airtronic D2 & D4 manual
http://www.eberspacher.com/downloads/technical-documents/airtronicD2+D4_technical.pdf
http://www.espar.com/tech_manuals/AIRTRONIC%202-4/Airtronic%202-4%20TD%20TS%20Parts%2010-2010%20ESPAR.pdf
http://www.espar.com/tech_manuals/AIRTRONIC%202-4/Troubleshooting%20Airtronic.pdf
D1LCC Manuals
http://www.espar.com/tech_manuals/B-D1LCc/B-D1LCC%20TD%2012%202005.pdf
http://www.eberspacher.com/support-and-downloads/technical-documents.html
Servicing D1LCC see our pages.
http://vwkombi.com/how-to-guides/eberspacher-servicing/
http://wiki.club8090.co.uk/index.php/Camping_Interior_Eberspacher
Servicing D3LCC http://www.espar.com/documents/D3LCc.pdf
Servicing D2 & D4 see our pages.
http://www.boat-uk.com/2009/11/eberspacher-heater-airtronic-d4-not-working-smokey-exhaust/
Servicing D5 http://www.espar.com/www/espar.com/tech_manuals/Airtronic_5/Airtronic%20D-B5L%20TS%2004-2008%20EN.pdf
Servicing DW4 DW5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14SUSxfPHPY&NR=1 (Good video on servicing)
Servicing other models Check the manuals, several contain servicing info, we cant copy the pictures here as they are copyrighted.
Check our models pages.
Eberspacher diesel heaters are designed for use as night heaters in trucks, they are also installed in boats, caravans and vans.
Their main advantages over gas heaters are the significantly lower fuel cost and they can run from the engine fuel supply so often do not need a separate tank.
Eberspacher D1LC Compact (D1LCC).
Eberspacher D2 Airtronic.
We would appreciate an email mail@letonkinoisvarnish.co.uk if you found these articles useful. It helps us to gauge how much interest there is and whether it is worth spending a lot of time improving the pages.
The reason for having this site is to promote our Le Tonkinois natural varnish and Flexidisk sander products, we hope you will look at those pages as well as these.
Servicing photos.
If you service a model we have not pictured here we would like to incorporate the details and photos to help others.
We would need a full set of good or at least reasonable quality pictures and a description of each stage. Ideally photos should be high resolution as possible, on a cd or dvd if too big to send by email. We always acknowledge the source of such photos.
If your heater is really carboned up we would welcome detailed photos to add to our pages.
Photos of specific problems may also be of interest.
Roy Murkin