Ups and Downs

Jason spent much of last week playing with the Eberspacher some more, taking apart the fuel lines after reading about the importance of tidy butt joints!  Nothing to do with builders bums, it seems like if the pipes aren't neatly spliced next to each other, a small amount of air could be introduced into the supply and therefore the burner, which could cause it to run choppily, or not at all, as its either slightly choked or completely strangulated through lack of diesel. 

Thoughts...

So I've been having a think.  Not something I try and do too often, especially before breakfast, but sometimes it can't be avoided.  We were hoping to get some numbers from Graham the Eberspacher man before close of business yesterday telling us how much a brand new unit would be (one that's a more 'modern' version of what we already have, with the water and fuel pumps incorporated), and also how much a replacement for what we currently have would be.

Oh No It Doesnt...

The Eberspacher is still broken :-(  It ran for hours and hours after Jason reinstalled it at the weekend, then when it clicked on the next morning if turned off again after 15minutes.  Ever since then its been a daily event to take off something and replace it with a new bit to see if it works, and nothing does. 

It Works!!!

Hesitantly, tentatively, we're cautiously optimistic that Jasons managed to fix the Eberspacher (or Eddie-Basher as mum calls it) :-)  After his efforts in the workshop and under the bonnet, she was running for 3 hours last night and has so far been on for another two hours this morning.  There was a slightly worrying tiny amount of smoke drifting out of the unit for the first half hour or so yesterday, but we put that down to moisture inside the box as well as all kinds of crap getting infused into the felt gasket next to the glow plug that had to burn off before she would fire up cleanly, and so far our theories seem to be holding out.

Progress...

At last, the necessary replacement parts for the Eberspacher have arrived.  'All' Jason now needs to do is whip out the old unit and replace the 12v fan with the correct 24v one then wire it all back in again, so that's his plan for today.  Fingers crossed this will work, but if it doesn't then the only part left to replace is the electronic controller, which we don't have one of...

Ferry Cancelled :-(

Well there's been no Eberspacher parts arrive, so we've had to cancel the ferry - even if the courier arrives on Monday, thats not enough time for Jason to fit the unit and get to Barcelona for Wednesday night.  Plus it doesnt allow for the possibility that the parts arriving next week dont fix the problem...

Eberspacher Woes

As anyone who's familiar with the main Moglet website will be aware, we've been having problems with our Eberspacher heater, which provides our hot water and heating as and when we need it.  It started playing up a couple of months ago, and the fan inside it would sometimes freeze in place, causing the unit to start to overheat and then shut down. 

First Ever Blog!!!

Just giving this new-fangled technology a try - it occurred to me that there might be times we cant plug in a USB stick and therefore wont be able to do a website update, but having the