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• Re: NEED! 87 or NEWER Wolfsburg OR Carat Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - Davey, Craig
  Tue, 31 Mar 1998 20:33:08 +0000
  ...At this point (154 000 miles) coolent is going into the combustion chamber, lots of smoke and stuff, not good, but if your up...
• Re: Need a Flue Cover for my '85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 1 Oct 1998 23:59:21 EST
  ...Water is the only issue, the combustion chamber is sealed and both intake and exhaust are at the vent -- otherwise the flame would blow...
• Re: bigtime idle problems
  Historical mailing list - Dan Moy
  Tue, 30 Sep 1997 09:23:32 -0400
  ...my 84' It turned out to be leaking coolant into the combustion chamber. I started noticing that it always blew white smoke particularly on...
• Re: cylinder hone/rings/pistons
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly
  Thu, 22 Jan 2004 18:28:37 -0700
  ...That problem > caused some pumping of oil into the combustion chamber. Seems like it was > .004 max between the ring and the piston and...
• Re: Krazy turbo idea
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 21 Jun 2007 02:47:29 EDT
  ...It seems a candidate due to combustion chamber > design as long as you free the the restrictions in the Y pipe . . . . > This "would" be...
• Re: Refrigerator Fan Noise
  Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
  Wed, 19 Apr 2000 09:39:32 -0700
  ...aux fan, burping the fridge, cleaning out the propane orifice and combustion chamber, etc.) Brent Christensen '89 GL Syncro Westy Santa Barbara, CA > -----Original...
• Re: black smoke + more
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Sun, 2 Sep 2001 14:36:33 -0600
  ...the tailpipe. > > Now, I thought black smoke meant oil in the combustion chamber, is that > right? > > My only other ideas on the hesitation are...
• Exhaust valve leak on fresh top end rebuild-I need a little advice
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Wed, 2 Apr 2008 08:25:27 -0300
  ...taping on the exhaust valve stem several times both with the combustion chamber pressurised and depressurised. I then rotated the valve a little bit...
• Re: Compression Question
  Historical mailing list - John Tomljenovic
  Sun, 18 Aug 2002 09:38:03 -0400
  ...has fallen into disfavor of late as any sort of fuel/combustion >additive/detergent. > >Apparently the refiner/producers now add "friction enhancers" to the...
• Re: dometic replacement
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Sun, 12 Sep 2021 09:33:57 -0700
  ...The > Westy > >>>>>> Fridge is unique with the sealed combustion chamber and direct to > >> outside > >>>>>> connection for combustion air and exhaust. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Dennis > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>>>> From...
• Re: New-Spark-Plugcebo Effect
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 23 Aug 2012 14:08:42 -0700
  ...and someone would have to CC the combustion chambers to really find out. and wbxr engines are not prone to pinging at all, and...
• lighting the fridge
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 17 Sep 1994 17:26:50 -0700 (PDT)
  ...I have taken my fridge out 2X, cleaned everything (including combustion chamber), and made sure of all electrical connections. Can't say that it...
• Another Dometic non-cooling update:
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 6 Aug 1997 14:46:34 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I could not see anything that could be an obvious problem until I opened up the combustion chamber... The burner was covered in rust...
• propane toilet!
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 19 Feb 1995 13:28:37 -0800
  ...More efficient to burn full loads rather than partial as takes virtually the same amout of fuel to preheat the combustion chamber under all...
• Re: Fridge again....
  Historical mailing list - Stu Schwartz
  Sun, 5 Oct 2008 15:46:36 -0600
  ...It will also cause >> Oxygen to >> enter the chamber to make combustion work better. When you're done, >> screw the >> little cap back on...
• Re: I am scared of my Dometic 182B on LP mode
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 5 Jun 2002 07:47:18 EDT
  ...The little flame is inside an enclosed metal combustion chamber and can't get out to harm you ! Don't be worried be happy...
• FS Vanagon Air Cooled Engine
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 24 Jun 2004 04:20:48 -0500
  ...In the process I ceramic coated the piston tops, cylinder walls, combustion chambers / exhaust and valves. Stan Wilder http://www.engineceramics.com/
• Re: 2.1 idle adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Mark Edwards
  Thu, 30 Sep 2004 20:03:42 -0600
  ...vacuum leak, do I really want to suck water into my >combustion chambers? >I would think carb cleaner, or similar stuff would be a...
• Lighting the Dometic 182B Refrigerator (LONG!!)
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Mon, 22 May 2000 20:53:12 -0700
  ...Faulty air pump not pushing fresh air into the combustions chamber - repair/replace. 4. Clogged jet/orifice - soak overnight in alcohol and blow out...
• Re: Anti-Freeze opinions
  Historical mailing list - bernie
  Tue, 4 Apr 2017 16:15:12 -0700
  ...makes Its Educated >> Guesses as to the Conditions In & Around The Combustion Chamber, in >> part, from Temp' >> >> Info It gets from the Coolant Temp...
• Re: Fuel ponderings
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 1 Nov 2005 11:55:47 -0600
  ...One way to get better fuel economy is to Ceramic Coat your piston tops, skirts, undersides, ceramic coat your combustion chambers, exhaust ports, exhaust...
• Re: head gaskets and time bombs
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 5 Feb 1996 19:25:12 -0500
  ...A "normal" head gasket (like on a Jetta or Eurovan) does dual duty in sealing both the combustion chambers and the coolant passages. The...
• Re: head gaskets and time bombs
  Historical mailing list - vanagon
  February 05, 1996 6:26PM
  ...A "normal" head gasket (like on a Jetta or Eurovan) does dual duty in sealing both the combustion chambers and the coolant passages. The...
• Re: Does this bus go to my office?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 8 Dec 1999 08:45:33 -0800
  I don't see how enough oil could get into a combustion chamber to foul an engine that is running well for even a...
• Re: How to operate Refrigerator?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 1 Apr 2008 10:12:12 -0700
  ...This way the combustion chamber doesn't flood as easily. And of course, there's tons of info in the archives! --- :^) Neil. On Tue...
• Re: BLUE TEC
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Mon, 26 May 2008 19:23:17 -0700
  ...All electronic VW tdi engines use an IC. > > > Heck...........just in Combustion Chamber shape ALONE.........you can't > change a horse cart into a...
• Re: VW=On-going maintenance concern
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Wed, 15 Jul 1998 14:08:02 -0700
  ...How rich (stochiometrically speaking) is a "VERY" rich mixture? Seems like you're talking about RAW, unburned fuel left in the combustion chamber after...
• Dometic fridge performance- data
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 28 Apr 2004 21:24:43 -0700
  ...The fridge had been cleaned (combustion chamber 3 years ago, fins on back last year) and a small muffin fan installed that blows air...
• RATS!! All that work, now Dometic won't cool on LP
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 28 Jul 2007 19:55:13 -0700
  ...Took apart combustion chamber to check things. All assembled correctly. Thermostat works. Flame goes down at min, (I hear a click) then it goes...
• Re: Fridge again....
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sun, 5 Oct 2008 13:17:43 -0700
  ...Each time >the plunger goes all the way in you can hear a noise as it sends a spark into >the combustion chamber. Who...
• Re: Smoke after head replacement
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 1 Feb 2012 12:24:56 -0800
  ...like lube the area in the combustion chamber that slides over the green 0-rings with Vaseline, test fit the head first to see...
• Krazy turbo idea
  Historical mailing list - Tom Boldway
  Thu, 21 Jun 2007 01:29:22 -0400
  ...It seems a candidate due to combustion chamber design as long as you free the the restrictions in the Y pipe . . . . This "would" be...
• Fw: Fridge Propane Mode No Start
  Historical mailing list - Roy O.
  Wed, 6 Sep 2000 09:51:56 -0500
  ...I've pulled the fridge a number of times for general maintenance and cleaning, replaced the combustion chamber gasket, cleaned the orifice using alcohol...
• Re: westy fridge combustion chamber sealing
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sun, 15 Dec 2002 22:48:16 -0600
  So is there any reason why I shouldn't run the fridge all summer on propane? It takes long enough to cool down that...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 11 Jun 2004 - Special issue (#2004-549)
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Fri, 11 Jun 2004 17:56:36 -0600
  ...The angle of the plugs entry into the combustion chamber is controlled by the angle of the spark plug hole or port. Any lop...
• Re: flue vent cover
  Historical mailing list - David Milo
  Tue, 16 May 2006 17:20:05 -0400
  ...when I > serviced my fridge, I found a couple of spiders in > combustion chamber....... > > > Neil. > --- Maggie Dew <wildebus@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > > OK, I'm...
• Re: water in fridge vent?
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Mon, 2 Feb 2009 09:55:18 -0800
  With the cap off the drain tube could let air into the combustion chamber and possibly allow dangerous fumes to came out. I doubt...
• Re: Fridge Exhaust Normal?
  Historical mailing list - RiffOil
  Sat, 15 May 2010 12:50:07 -0700
  ...drain for combustion chamber box. And, if air pump on front > of fridge stops working, some have used this tube for priming > combustion box...
• Re: Dometic 182 - no flame 'cause no propane - HELP!
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 16 May 2000 23:25:14 -0700
  ...plus I can NEVER > smell propane in the combustion chamber no matter how long I hold the > button in... any suggestions here? By the...
• Re: Reccomendations on car cover for Vanagon wanted
  Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
  Tue, 8 Apr 2014 09:46:56 -0700
  ...don't salt the > roads here...) > > thanks, > > Todd > '88 Westy (Now called Smokey since it has a head gasket leak into the > combustion chamber.) >
• Re: ugh!! fridge still blowing out!!
  Historical mailing list - Justin M.Mayrand
  Wed, 2 Jun 2004 09:21:02 -0400
  ...sealant, readjusted the flue itself, > pulled fridge and made sure the combustion chamber was cleaned and > sealed, > measured the flue lines to make sure...
• Refrigerator Service
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
  Mon, 8 May 2006 16:05:53 +0000
  ...Anyone have any experience cleaning one of these or troubleshooting if it is the combustion chamber, thermostat, cooling fan, or whatever else it might...
• =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3A_I=E2=80=99m_leaving_the_Dometic_propane_brotherhood?=
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Fri, 10 Sep 2021 08:04:31 -0700
  ...But the recent combustion chamber clog , repeated ( no doubt > contaminated propane ) clogging. And I don’t want to pull the fridge while > camping again...
• Re: First oil change
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Fri, 4 Nov 1994 11:56:09 CST6CDT
  ...This puts a strong vacuum in the combustion chamber during deceleration and pulls oil by the not-yet-seating rings and valve guides thereby...
• Re: '79 westy For Sale/ vw 411-412
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 20 Nov 1998 20:19:48 -0500
  ...the BA6 used in Busses and Vanagons (same electronics, differently shaped combustion chamber, many interchangeable parts). The commercial failure of the Type 4 was...
• Re: Is this the cause of my engine compression problem?
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:20:34 -0700
  ...Now does it make more sense that my exhaust header is preventing my cylinder heads from sealing the combustion chamber on #1 and #3...
• Re: Adding Slick50 to engine and transmission
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 7 Sep 2002 21:03:15 -0500
  ...In each case I ran my Marvel Mystery Oil treatment in the engines and it unstuck the lifters, cleaned the piston tops, combustion chambers...
• Re: what to do when you have the fridge out?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 2 Mar 2009 12:15:18 -0800
  ...should one clean any combustion chambers or what-not? > there is a really funny fan on the back of the fridge, should one install...
• Low compression -- cause located
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Sat, 18 Jul 1998 21:21:14 PDT
  ...The valve seats look OK, but the sealing surfaces in the combustion chambers (where the cylinder seats into the head) look like someone went...
• Domestic Refrigerator.
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sun, 14 Sep 1997 19:04:20 -0700
  ...I vacuumed out the combustion chamber and used a bottle brush to clean out the pipes. I used silicone thermal goo to adhere the...
• Re: Pressurized Cooling Sys./Cyl. Head
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Sat, 5 May 2001 08:49:56 -0400
  ...As I see it the metal rings seal the combustion chamber and the little green "O" rings seal the cooling system. Joe ----- Original Message...
• Re: Running on Tap Water
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Thu, 18 Jul 2002 07:33:31 -0700
  ...To avoid damage to the engine, water is injected, along with fuel, in the combustion chambers in order to provide a water/air/fuel...
• Re: Dometic woes
  Historical mailing list - Paul Chubbuck
  Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:54:31 -0600
  ...Dometic woes Check for a leaking combustion chamber, with the Domeitic still installed. Leaky chamber causes hard staring and flame out when driving. Remove...
• Re: AC Compressor to inflate tires, etc?
  Historical mailing list - -------------
  Mon, 8 Jan 2007 16:51:05 -0500
  What's the likely hood, of hot flaming gasses (your combustion chamber) coming thru the hose and causing a fire else where, or more...
• Re: [vanagon] bubbles in my overflow tank?
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Mon, 31 May 2004 09:14:34 -0700
  ...You'll hear the leak into into the combustion chamber, immediatly. You can't test or shouldn't test the cooling system with the...
• Re: Fridge blows out while driving....
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Mon, 25 May 2009 23:34:26 -0400
  ...Remember to clean your combustion chamber by blowing air down both tubes from the outside, and up the drain tube from the inside. Now...
• Re: Coolant Loss- is it that time again?
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Thu, 31 Mar 2016 10:39:26 -1000
  ...A clean spark-plug electrode is a sign >> of >> coolant getting into the combustion chamber. >> >> Subaru coolant conditioner has worked wonders for a number...
• Re: Exhaust valve leak on fresh top end rebuild-I need a little advice
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 2 Apr 2008 17:00:07 -0700
  ...I mean, when there's no combustion chamber, the rings aren't being pushed out against the cylinder walls, and if the rings and...
• Re: discolored injector
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:58:11 -0400
  ...If the injectors are the faulty one, overnight a certain amount of fuel flood the combustion chamber, so in the morning that extra fuel...
• Re: stove=heater=safe? + update
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Hutton
  Mon, 21 Nov 1994 23:32:16 -0700 (MST)
  ...After cleaning the fridge's combustion chamber, it now runs all night, so I will actually be able to let you know for sure...