Beware of cheap Chinese FBH Dosing Pumps
 

As the colder weather closes in and will be around for a while, no doubt those of you with Diesels will be firing up your Webasto Thermo Top Heaters or even retro fitting one, and if they do not work or are having issues you maybe looking for a new fuel dosing pump

A proper Webasto dosing pump for the 75 should dispense between 10ml - 14ml in a minute with around 140 pulses in that time, the cheaper Chinese options available on E Bay new for less than £20 will only dispense around 5ml or less in that time, so less fuel = less heat and you will find that the FBH will not get hot or will take and age to do so.

At the opposite end of the price scale genuine Webasto new dosing pumps are also silly money (from a registered dealer over £300!) so much better to buy a genuine used one which you can usually pick up for around £30.

I know the used pumps look rusty on the outside, which is due to their exposed location in front of the offside rear wheel, and the look may put you off (you can always clean up the outside of the pump if you want with a wire brush and paint it) but its what's happening on the inside that counts and in my experience the genuine pumps last a long time and often when an FBH isnt working and people suspect the pumps the cause is elsewhere.

Totally agree....from experience.
I had bought one of these to try out, as it was so cheap.
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But after 15-20 mins running, the temp on the obd was only about 26 degrees.
Also, there was diesel fumes outside the car when running the fbh, so I suspected it was actually overfuelling.
Devilish pointed me in the direction of looking at the pump.👍

Bought one of these, below, which operates perfectly.
It also arrived in under a week, contradictory to the item listing which was about 6-8 weeks.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Original-....m46890.l49292

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Chinese cheap anything are a waste of money time and resources!

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Totally agree the genuine ones rust, rust like hell.
I shot blast mine back to metal before painting with por 15
The supporting brackets are just the same but if I cant save them, I make my own.

macafee2

Brown and Gammons have the real deal if you don't mind spending a little more

So for a Christmas treat, how about this for size?

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Brian :D

Good to see you back Bri! :xmas-smiley-003:

Yeah, The Eagles had a point.

You and the family okay then?

Brian :D

Ditto. :xmas-smiley-003:

Welcome back Brian, I’ve just ordered one just in case.

Absolutely disagree on this, a whole lot of stuff we buy in the general shops are directly imported from China, we only pay four times as much to these shops, thinking the quality is better, while it is exactly thesame stuff. Ofcourse, this does not count for all products! But, with common sense you can buy all bunch of stuff, good products, from mr Ali for 20% of the price we pay in the shops here who are making outrageous profits.

Examples? Try fishing lures, reels or rods. Bought flyfishing rods at perfect quality, proven quality while used for years now, 15 euro at Ali while thesame rod is for sale here at 120 euro. And I can continue...ordered a PDR kit from China, good stuff and usefull for a fraction of the price at "proper" shops. Way more examples.

Yes there is absolut NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD-NAUGHTY WORD- stuff from China, which with a bit of proper look shows emediately "do not buy" but you can save serious money at Ali. Again, not everything, but a lot is fine stuff.