Heater turns off leaving lots of smoke and is hard starting

check manual for fuse or check all fuses. tap lightly on blower with hammer. if it comes on or squeals replace blower

I am not sure about the heater type, but likely the heater element controller shorted out or the heater elements shorted - hence the black around where the wires go into the electric box. If you're lucky, the wires shorted to the side of the box. With the power off, open up the electrical box, mark which wires go where, remove them from the board, remove the wires from the electric box, then using electrical tape, tape up the exposed ends of the wires. Spread them out so they do not touch each other. Turn on the 60 amp breaker - if it trips, then your wires are bad and need replaced. If it does not trip, then the problem is with the heater. Do not let anyone near the wires when testing them! Don't forget to turn off the breaker if it does not trip. Again, turn off the breaker if it did not trip.

Pull the blower motor out and check for leaves and or a mouse nest inside the housing the blower motor and squirrel cage sits in.

Check you cabin filter it is under hood on pass side near wiper blades
If the blower motor is running fine and no smell from there.

If the heater core is leaking, you would get a lot of steam that would smell "sweet". That would also leave you low on coolant, which could be a source of your overheating. If it's more of an electrical smell, you may have a blower motor or a blower motor resistor going bad, but won't cause the engine to overheat.

Hi,
Here are a couple of tips that I wrote that tell you how to troubleshoot aTorpedo or Reddy heater...

Reddy Heater - Troubleshooting Torpedo Heaters Torpedo Heater Pump Pressure Adjustment
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Its too cold ... get a block heater. At least get an under hood heater, even an old electric blanket will work ... just don't forget to remove it before starting the engine.

You also might look into holding the preheaters on longer.

Ones the diesel engine gets weak its thn a hard start!, becausea diesel engine mainly fires up on good compression, i guess its time for an engine overhaul .

when you start it the smoke starts wright away it is not getting the right air flow takethe top part off and started see what it does if it stays running try to ajst. the fens ok .

not starter motor, if car starts but is slowly smoking like that you are probably burning oil...