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Re: Dometic Question
Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
Wed, 9 Sep 1998 06:54:53 PDT
...Maybe your plastic thing is just laying on the floor back there???? Good luck, Malcolm S > >If the "combustion chamber" in the Dometic is...
Fw: Re: refrigerator removal and fan upgrades?
Historical mailing list - Roy Olynick
Sat, 8 Mar 2003 22:27:47 -0600
...length of tubing to pump volumes of fresh air into the combustion chamber via the drain tube, as I press the igniter button. This...
Re: dometic preformance, was Re: Kitchen out; Any suggestions?
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Sun, 12 Sep 2010 17:06:35 -0700
...I recall my "blowing through drain tube to ventilate combustion chamber" shenanigans in 1994/5). I didn't mean it as a dismissive reply...
Re: mystery of the missing coolant
Historical mailing list - Daniel Walker
Sun, 21 Apr 2002 16:22:57 -0400
...When engine gets really hot, coolant is either drawn into combustion chamber or seeps out, but in such a fine amount that the source...
Re: leakdown test values needed
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Wed, 2 Jul 2003 16:57:50 -0500
...Needless to say a large leakage amount like 90% indicates that there is a hole in the combustion chamber, and the engine is probably...
Re: Frig fan
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Thu, 7 Aug 2014 18:40:26 -0700
Leaving aside combustion box cleanliness and gas orifice problems, I find that most of the trouble in getting the fridge to light is establishing...
Re: performance engine question
Historical mailing list
Thu, 04 May 1995 14:31:45 +0600
...You have to measure the deck height, the head's combustion chamber volume and calculate the volume which the piston will sweep. You can...
Behind the reefer
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Mon, 16 May 2005 20:58:28 -0700
...Right now the reefer is pulled, its combustion chamber cleaned; its fins cleaned; its mickey-mouse little fin-cooling fan removed and a larger...
Re: Anti-Freeze opinions
Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
Tue, 4 Apr 2017 18:19:50 -0500
...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: Rough Idle on cold start, Oil Smells like Gasoline
Historical mailing list - Patrick Harris
Sun, 4 Feb 2001 19:43:35 -0800
...IF you had excess fuel dump into the combustion chamber, what doesn't burn on the power stroke would exit on the exhaust stroke...
Re: Running on Tap Water
Historical mailing list - Barry E. Muller
Wed, 17 Jul 2002 02:37:17 -0400
...injecting a small amount of water > (finely > > atomized) into the hot combustion chamber, just after ignition. The > theory, > > as explained, was that the thermal...
Advice Rebuilding an 84 : head coating
Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
Wed, 18 Dec 1996 12:56:23 -0800
...When I rebuilt my engine I bought new heads and had him ceramic coat the combustion chambers in order to keep unwanted heat out...
Re: Propex heater or regulator
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:44:26 -0800
...don't need duct work for the air intakes...You can hear the combustion chamber roaring as they burn up the propane... Don Hanson
Re: Valve Clatter? Bardahl ???
Historical mailing list
Mon, 20 Nov 1995 12:11:41 -0400
...When you accelerate the loads on the valve train increase, due to inertia and combustion chamber pressures. At cruise you are still under higher...
Re: Why??? pre-heating to light the fridge.
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 27 Feb 2015 11:10:19 -0500
...The combustion chamber needs be sealed at the bottom plate and often over looked is where the chamber meets the exhaust pipe. I have...
Re: White smoke when cold
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Sat, 18 Jan 2014 18:35:01 -0700
Extensive white smoke could be a head gasket leaking coolant into the combustion chamber. Karl Wolz Sent from my electronic umbilicus > On Jan 18...
Re: Dometic Refrig finally working on gas
Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
Thu, 1 May 97 11:21:36 EDT
...safety valve button because otherwise no gas would get into the combustion chamber because there's no flame. Sean -- ***************************************************************** Sean Bartnik Fahrvergnugen really means...
Replacing coolant level sensor?
Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
Sun, 13 Apr 2003 21:19:07 -0700
...I guess the good news is that the coolant appears to be avoiding the combustion chambers... ;-) Shawn Wright http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright...
Re: Refrigerator: Fup...Fup............Fup
Historical mailing list - David Milo
Mon, 4 Sep 2006 22:16:39 -0400
...I have a Westy > interior > from a 1982 installed in my 1987 Syncro. > After cleaning the refrigerator combustion chamber and intake / exhaust > tubes of...
Westy Fridge Project
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Sun, 16 May 1999 09:30:38 -0700
...I could easily hear the flames of the combustion chamber and the vent got hot immediately. If you can, light your fridge and lets...
Re: ugh!! fridge still blowing out!!
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Wed, 2 Jun 2004 00:39:31 -0700
...sealant, > readjusted the flue itself, > pulled fridge and made sure the combustion chamber > was cleaned and sealed, > measured the flue lines to make sure...
head gasket problem ?
Historical mailing list - wolfgang
Fri, 21 Sep 2001 07:36:20 -0500
...I don't know if coolant pressures would be higher than combustion chamber pressures (I suspect not). Anyway, I wonder if anyone's seen...
Re: head gaskets and time bombs
Historical mailing list
Mon, 5 Feb 1996 22:18:53 +0000
...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: Fast German Auto chip and rockers
Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
Fri, 14 Jan 2000 20:42:07 +0100
...The biggest is that because of more > fuel > injected into the combustion chamber, it will burn hotter. It may not be > damaging, but it...
Re: Fridge Exhaust Normal?
Historical mailing list - Will Taygan
Sat, 15 May 2010 12:04:20 -0800
...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: FW: lighting fridge on propane
Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
Thu, 13 Jul 2000 09:33:23 -0700
...wait for the excess fuel to evaporate/clear the combustion chambers, or crank the engine with the throttle at WOT (without pumping) so that...
Fridge problem... which thing is malfunctioning?
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Sat, 16 May 2015 17:23:11 +0000
...Fridge out for combustion chamber cleaning about 4 years ago. I have enjoyed years of great fridge use until two trips ago, about three...
Re: :) Water 'n' Diesels. Welcome to vEnnis.
Historical mailing list - P.J. Kenny
Thu, 2 Feb 1995 01:07:12 GMT
...intake, have some of >that cold water get sucked into your combustion >chambers that are heated to about a million degrees F >and "poof...
Re: 85 - Bucking and misfiring
Historical mailing list - WVVW
Fri, 22 Aug 2003 10:25:50 -0400
...to believe that you may have an internal leak into the combustion chambers.....your best bet in that case would be to do a...
Re: Low Compression after Spark Plug Incident
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Mon, 31 Jan 2005 18:30:19 -0500
...It broke the top out of #3 piston and pieces of it ended up embedded in the combustion chambers of #s 1, 2, and...
Re: Fire (update)
Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
Fri, 30 Sep 2005 13:33:57 -0700
...heck did this happen? I've pulled my reefer and the combustion chamber, the air inlet, and the exhaust outlet are all sealed from...
Re: Busted in the Bay (WestBay Village)
Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
Mon, 12 Feb 2007 18:56:11 -0800
...Myth but Wright now, there is probably a Poole is your combustion chamber waiting to be ignited. It's Nat your day. Just kidding...
Re: Running on Tap Water (was Re: Attention California Vanagonites)
Historical mailing list - Fryday
Thu, 11 Jul 2002 19:01:52 -0700
...the car, seen that it had no gas, seen the electrolysis chamber where the water was put. A flame was put next to the...
Re: White smoke when cold
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 19 Jan 2014 13:54:28 -0500
...Combustion chamber, head gaskets, and even cracked heads in the exhaust ports are all possibilities. Careful coolant monitoring and oil analysis will help determine...
Re: ReRe: Fryeday Question & MythBusters!! Naphlene
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Fri, 24 Mar 2006 13:00:24 -0800
...When the gasoline with the dissolved > sugar makes it to the combustion chamber very bad things will happen. The > heat and pressure of combustion...
Re: Fridge again....
Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
Sun, 5 Oct 2008 17:52:04 -0400
...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: Dometic fridge works out of the van, but not in it.
Historical mailing list - neil n
Mon, 1 Aug 2011 23:37:47 -0400
...Condensation drain is closed. > > I have cleaned a bit of accumulated dust from the combustion chamber and > blown compressed air through the fridge intake...
Re: Cam timing
Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:10:32 -0700
...Just a device to let > the proper amount of airflow through the combustion chamber so most of > the exhaust is pushed out. > > I haven...
Re: [wvwv] oh fridge guru
Historical mailing list - Marshall
Tue, 16 Jul 2002 00:07:03 -0500
...The fridge needs fresh air to be forced > into the > > combustion chamber. No one, on the Mother List anyway, seems to know why > fridges...
Re: Dometic mystery ....more clues!
Historical mailing list - Mike S
Sat, 18 Aug 2007 12:33:54 -0400
...Take the cover off the combustion chamber, and you can then shine a flashlight through to see if it's blocked. I used a...
Where we camp, was Re: dometic replacement
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Sun, 12 Sep 2021 08:28:49 -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: The Head is Off, Assume Cracked?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 7 Apr 2014 20:11:01 -0400
...With plug in place set up head with combustion chamber facing up. Fill each chamber with the brake cleaner. It should hold it. Leaky...
Re: OPOC engine
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Fri, 4 Dec 2009 11:32:56 -0500
...cylinders, but the swept area is the same. > Maybe the shared combustion chamber somehow reduces emissions, but I > still > don't buy the oil...
Re: Heads, corrosion etc.
Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
Mon, 8 Dec 1997 18:56:17 -0800
...rubber headgasket (should help keep the headgasket from deteriorating) and the combustion chambers and exhaust ports were done to keep heat out of the...
Re: [Syncro] Dometic Fridge experts: help!
Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
Thu, 23 May 2002 00:11:04 -0700
Carbon in the combustion chamber would indicate faulty fuel/air mixture or impurities in the gas. This may be related to your blowing out...
Re: Dometic woes
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Thu, 9 Aug 2007 18:28:22 -0700
...i can monitor flame with it, it changes intensity with combustion chamber temp and is really noticeable. I haven't found that the air...
Re: What damage to expect when waterpump blows?
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Sun, 16 Apr 2006 23:24:44 -0400
...yes, they have pitted > surface, dead valve seat, burned valve, dammage combustion chamber.... but > NO Crack... bad sealing (including head gasket)will cause many...
Re: NOx high
Historical mailing list - jimt
Fri, 9 Sep 2005 09:05:57 -0600
Induction air will have little to no effect on the combustion chamber as concerning the burn temperatures for nox creation. Depending on year of...
Re: Fridge Propane Mode No Start
Historical mailing list - Imua Camper Co.
Tue, 5 Sep 2000 14:47:20 -1000
...convection flowing so that propane won't pool and flood the combustion chamber and a also a proper amount of oxygen (or atmosphere at...
Re: RATS!! All that work, now Dometic won't cool on LP
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Sun, 29 Jul 2007 10:41:38 -0700
...It was around 80 F outside, but it should have at least cooled a > little. > > Took apart combustion chamber to check things. > > All assembled...
Re: Best source of parts for a rebuild
Historical mailing list - Chris S
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:46:17 -0400
...9 and 2.1. >> Which >> means ..........they must compromise on the combustion chamber volume. >> I believe, that if you increase the bore of any...
Re: Fridge blows out while driving....
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 19 May 2009 23:02:21 -0400
...spill or other accident gasoline fumes could get drawn into the combustion chamber and then ignite. How long does it take to turn off...
Re: Fridge Blues
Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
Mon, 8 May 2000 08:49:33 -0700
...I pulled it out, pulled apart the combustion chamber, and found that a little caterpillar had decided to make his home in there. When...
Re: Fixed Propane Fridge
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Sat, 30 Aug 2003 06:45:31 EDT
...my photos one can see all of the CRUD > in the combustion chamber. If one just blows air in > there, one may disturb the...
Re: How can I get the stove/fridge to work 1st time user HELP PLEASE
Historical mailing list - Joe Gawzner
Thu, 31 Jul 2003 13:15:57 -0400
...This little box can easily get flooded with gas such that there is not enough air to mix with the gas to cause combustion...
coolest of the cool (engine that is)
Historical mailing list
Tue, 26 Mar 1996 13:39:33 -0700
...8:1 compression ratio as long as I use the "unshrouded" combustion chambered cylinder heads (they provide). Is there anything I'm missing that...
Re: Smoke coming from under the van
Historical mailing list - JordanVw
Wed, 11 Mar 1998 22:05:00 EST
...they are a small furnace operated by a spark plug (gas) or glow plug (diesel) and have a combustion chamber, their own fuel pump...
Re: Marvel Mystery Oil
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Tue, 15 Nov 2005 12:21:08 -0600
...This will clean your piston tops, undersides, ring lands, valves, combustion chambers, fuel injectors, crankcase etc. Then change your engine oil and don't...
SOLUTION - Refrigerator did cool, but no more!
Historical mailing list - Paul Chubbuck
Thu, 5 Jul 2007 18:25:14 -0600
...I focused on the gas nozzle and the combustion chamber, suspicious that possibly the flame was lower than it should've been. The previous...
Re: Fridge led glowing on its own again.
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Sun, 27 Jul 2014 10:24:42 -0700
...I can't > believe that it might be heat from the sun on van body transferring to > combustion chamber that is the cause, but...