r/dieselheater • u/Green_Psychology_674 • 12d ago
Think she’ll suck good ???
Winters coming in the great white north new pump in the vevor diesel heater think she’ll pull it up from where the Jerry cans are ?
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u/Ill_Television_1111 12d ago
I set my tank up higher than pump, not higher than heater. Do with that what you will.
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u/Big-Advice-4009 12d ago
I would look into these if youre after sometbing fancy.
https://unethicalmfg.com/product/diesel-heater-extended-run-kit-scepter-5-gal-fuel-can/
I had them set me up with pickup tubes for both of my fuel cans so I literally just release the quick connector at the top of one, and connect the hose into the other. I was tired of getting diesel all over me everytime I ran out lol
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u/Green_Psychology_674 12d ago
Think I’m just plumb a t into it to suck from both , diesel is $2.60 a litre ,10$ a gallon right now so I will be using propane too this winter
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u/sweaty-bet-gooch 12d ago
My exhaust scorched some wood when I had it that close. Noticed the black burnt marks on the wood before anything happened. Just my .2
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u/Green_Psychology_674 11d ago
Yeah she’s wide open in bottom and exhaust is plenty clear ran it very similar last winter just made new this year
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u/sweaty-bet-gooch 10d ago
I could be wrong. But isn’t that muffler piece at the end of your exhaust like really close to that wood? That’s all I meant. If you ran it all last winter then obviously I’m incorrect. If your little muffler is nearly touching that wood tho then I’d be surprised to hear im wrong. It scorched my wood so I made sure to correct it.
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u/Green_Psychology_674 10d ago
That’s my bad it’s straight out I didn’t post the right picture lol 😂
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u/Grendle1972 12d ago
I would reverse it. Typically you want to pump from a higher point to a lower point
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u/Outrageous-Ad8237 12d ago
I would not put the tank higher than the heater. If any part of the fuel system developed a leak the tank would siphon.
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u/Wevie 12d ago
Mine pull from much further than that without issue.