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• Refrigerator repair 101 (Long)
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Thu, 26 Aug 1999 21:41:47 -0700
  ...Check the orifice (jet) that meters the flow of fuel into the combustion chamber, and look for other tell-tale signs of problems. 3...
• Re: What's the difference between ecodiesel and regular turbodiesel?
  Historical mailing list - tmiller
  Tue, 18 Jan 2005 20:02:58 -0500
  ...The purpose of the ECOdiesel was to reduce emissions by pumping a little more air into the combustion chambers. There is also a catalytic...
• Re: Frig fan
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 8 Aug 2014 14:13:50 -0700
  ...If you > hear that, you know you are getting gas in the chamber. > >> > >> Absolutely the best mod for monitoring the flame in the chamber...
• Re: Dometic condensation drain
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Tue, 3 Jun 2008 20:04:07 -0700
  ...create turbulence in the combustion chamber and can very > > likely cause the pilot/flame to be blown out. > > > > The combustion intake & exhaust are in...
• Re: Leaky Valve? 85 1.9L Waterbox
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 30 Jan 2015 09:00:31 -0600
  ...of the valve guide and keeps oil from settling into the combustion chamber, especially when parked. Symptoms of a bad valve stem seal would...
• Re: vannie info on cranks and radiators needed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 2 Jul 2010 11:59:56 -0700
  ...the combustion chamber is in the piston top, not in the heads. the heads are actually flat bottomed .....not counting the recess where the...
• Re: Dometic 182 B Fridge- Ad Nauseum
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 8 Aug 2009 09:59:13 -0500
  ...a drill you increase the amount of air sent to the combustion chamber. > > --- On Fri, 8/7/09, Melissa Mourkas <westywoman@MAC.COM> wrote...
• : Re: powder coating exhaust Comments
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 25 May 2000 23:04:43 EDT
  ...Piston tops, combustion chamber, exhaust port, exhaust valve face and radius, intake face, exhaust pipes from head to muffler. I wrapped the muffler in...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 11 Jun 2004 - Special issue (#2004-549)
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Fri, 11 Jun 2004 20:15:32 -0400
  ...an urban myth. > The angle of the plugs entry into the combustion chamber is controlled > by the angle of the spark plug hole or...
• Re: Krazy turbo idea
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:34:43 -0700
  ...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: fresh water pump ain't pumpin'
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 30 May 2010 19:23:12 -0700
  ...wet, and put hose back on. ? Spiders only like living in the Dometic combustion chamber. Maybe Mr. Squirrel could post a video to youtube...
• Re: lifter problems
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 13 May 2004 23:22:48 -0500
  ...It doesn't hurt to run a quart of MMO with a few full tanks of gas to clean your combustion chambers, fuel system...
• Re: Dometic Fridge on my 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Thu, 19 Aug 1999 22:03:36 -0400
  ...See that little port at the bottom left rear corner of the fridge? That is your secret window into the combustion chamber. You can...
• Re: Where is The Heat Going?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sat, 21 Jul 2007 21:58:53 -0700
  ...Since the exhaust flue and the combustion chamber radiate some heat, my guess is that the heat behind the refrigerator will be greater with...
• Re: refrigerator
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 23 Jun 2017 07:38:20 -0700
  ...What I found with this one was that the combustion chamber was very dirty, more than the usual amount of rust and dust. The...
• Re: Gas Brand Preferences?
  Historical mailing list - bernie
  Sun, 5 Feb 2012 20:13:19 -0800
  ...is said to protect the engine�s valves as well as combustion chambers from harmful grimy buildup.[5]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Techron...
• Re: metal cover for refrigerator vent
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 5 Dec 2011 14:04:01 -0600
  ...on my vent, and I've not had water problems in combustion chamber. Mind you I do live in a dry part of the...
• Re: Dometic woes
  Historical mailing list - alfred bagdan
  Fri, 10 Aug 2007 18:38:24 -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: unknown switch?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 6 Jan 2003 01:10:05 -0500
  ...The hose with switch is used to recirculate crankcase fumes back to the intake and combustion chambers. What does this item do?? Forgive my...
• Re: Westy Fridge Project
  Historical mailing list - Bruno Gauthier
  Tue, 18 May 1999 12:54:48 EDT
  ...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: Octane smoctane
  Historical mailing list - chrisrvanagon
  Sat, 26 May 2007 14:23:40 -0700
  ...In high temperature areas (like here in Phoenix) the higher octane is often required to temper higher combustion chamber temperatures, and alleviate pre-ignition...
• Re: Anti-Freeze opinions
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 4 Apr 2017 22:34:14 -0600
  ...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: RATS!! All that work, now Dometic won't cool on LP
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 29 Jul 2007 11:09:56 -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: 2.1 overheating/Heads questions...need input
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Thu, 3 May 2007 09:16:44 -0400
  ...http://www.benplace.com/bjp_head2/100_0043.jpg This one stop the coolant from going into the combustion chamber. There is also another...
• Re: Fridge led glowing on its own again.
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 27 Jul 2014 15:28:04 -0700
  ...It was, as he suggested it might be, the black wire that comes up from combustion chamber to the plastic connector on wire to...
• Re: heads - anti-corrosion
  Historical mailing list - Tom Brunson
  Sun, 19 Oct 1997 19:47:14 UT
  ...On heads a plus is the combustion chamber surface stays clean with minimal build-up. While the anodizing wouldn't coat all the interior...
• Contents of Head Gasket Kit 025 198 102A 025198102A (repost)
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Tue, 29 Mar 2005 15:12:48 -0500
  ...Attached to both sides with Dirko S or "Right Stuff" 4) Dirko S, for sealing water jacket gasket (3) 5) Combustion chamber sealing gaskets...
• Re: Watching Oil Temp (long, as usual)
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 19 Jul 2011 08:14:33 -0700
  ...The coolant surrounds the > jugs, but not the heads, which are part of the combustion chamber and > where oil flows over the hot valve...
• Re: Mark Stephens six-stud system
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Tue, 22 Jun 1999 13:28:15 -0600
  ...Mark Stephens did the heads, just their 'standard' job, including the groovy seats guaranteed not to fall into the combustion chamber. I spent a...
• Re: New-Spark-Plugcebo Effect
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 25 Aug 2012 15:55:00 -0400
  ...and someone would have to CC the combustion chambers to really find out. and wbxr engines are not prone to pinging at all, and...
• Re: stupid refig. question-newbie on the frig
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 2 May 2005 08:43:49 -0500
  ...The " sight glass" into the combustion chamber that is embedded in the lower left rear corner of your fridge is a direct view to...
• Re: Head Pic
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 16 Feb 2014 09:37:43 -0500
  ...It happened hear the cylinder spigots and that is the hottest part of the engine besides the piston and combustion chamber. That spare engine...
• Re: Fridge more sensitive to low pressure than cooktop?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Fri, 7 Sep 2007 10:08:37 -0700
  ...The intake & > exhaust were both vacuumed & visually inspected with a flashlight and > looked good, the combustion chamber & jet had some ash / crud in > them...
• Re: Dometic condensation drain
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Tue, 3 Jun 2008 20:10:57 -0700
  ...create turbulence in the combustion chamber and can very >> > likely cause the pilot/flame to be blown out. >> > >> > The combustion intake & exhaust are in...
• Re: Digifant, barometers, and the AFM
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 1 Nov 1999 13:45:18 -0800
  ...Some sort of O2 sensor pre combustion might help with >this, but it would have to be another type of O2 sensor as the...
• Re: Spark plugs: Gap ?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 6 Dec 2009 21:55:28 -0800
  ...They are an upgrade and they easily last to > 30K. > As there is less "electrode mass" in the combustion chamber to glow they > also...
• Re: Fwd: Westfalia refrigerator issues
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 24 May 2011 22:52:13 -0400
  ...purge the combustion chamber, spark, hold the gas valve open with the button, hold the gas valve open with the thermocouple (and incidentally light...
• Re: Frig fan
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 8 Aug 2014 19:31:17 -0500
  ...If you > > hear that, you know you are getting gas in the chamber. > > >> > > >> Absolutely the best mod for monitoring the flame in the chamber...
• Re: My 2 cents on head leaks. Old hash I'm sure...
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Hogue
  Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:05:25 -0400
  ...Lap the cylinder into the corresponding combustion chamber till both surfaces have a nice dull uniform finish. Make sure to mark the cylinders so...
• Re: GoWesty fridge fan report
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 11 Jun 2015 01:28:52 +0000
  ...I did not bore out any jets, I just cleaned out the intake and exhaust tubes and got the combustion chamber spotless and made...
• Re: Water Pump O-Rings, Sealant Needed?
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Fri, 14 Jun 2002 02:35:48 -0400
  ...don't want to loose compression or have coolant in the combustion chamber this section of the head need to be perfect. Also check...
• Re: Watching Oil Temp (long, as usual)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:38:49 -0700
  The coolant pulls heat from the heads ie the roof of the combustion chamber, the valve seats, the exhaust valve guides and ports and...
• Re: [T2] A cc'ing the heads question-answered
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 3 Mar 2003 15:16:08 -0800
  CC'ing the heads is the process you use to measure the volume of each combustion chamber in your heads, in cubic centimeters. Hence...
• Re: [Syncro] Westy Fridge Project
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 16 May 1999 10:40:37 -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: Westy fridge won't light
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Mon, 15 Nov 1999 21:14:57 -0500
  ...hose, whatever) The idea is to move the debris in the combustion chamber. 3) light the gas stove and burn until flame is blue...
• Re: california smog issues and synthetic oil
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 2 May 2005 19:05:30 -0400
  ...My vanagon has a bit of blow by as in blowing past the rings into the combustion chamber. On the passat I clearly notice...
• Re: Frig fan
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 8 Aug 2014 13:18:35 -0500
  ...If you > > hear that, you know you are getting gas in the chamber. > > >> > > >> Absolutely the best mod for monitoring the flame in the chamber...
• Re: 2.2L Eurocars Rev E piston needed
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 10 May 2005 20:21:26 -0600
  ...The Cofap > piston comomly used in the states by most rebuilders has a slightly lower > deck hieght to prevent the combustion chamber from getting...
• Re: water heaters; also space heaters
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 4 Mar 2005 08:38:24 -0700
  ...The good thing is > that the combustion chamber can stay outside, and it can either heat inside > air or draw in fresh air from...
• Re: Two propane tanks
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Tue, 12 Jul 2016 13:32:58 -0700
  ...If the fridge is lighting hard, I have found sucking it > empty (tastes bad), then blowing a little more oxygen into the combustion > chamber...
• Re: Oxygen Sensor / Full Throttle Switch
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 21 Nov 94 14:04:35 EST
  ...it also reduces peak temps by inserting inert gas into the combustion chamber no consensus on that one either ------DC -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- David Carment School of...
• Re: White smoke when cold
  Historical mailing list - Alain Thibault
  Sun, 19 Jan 2014 17:27:02 -0800
  ...will pass the rings and also add > to the vapor cloud. > > Combustion chamber, head gaskets, and even cracked heads in the exhaust > ports are...
• Re: Pointing out the Facts on Vanagon Diesels - why breaking!
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:22:30 EST
  ...I would argue that this would lead to overheating, then head warpage, then water in the combustion chamber then bang. I have had several...
• Fridge igniter doesn't
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 21 Nov 1994 23:46:19 -0800
  ...from the igniter switch on the top panel down to the combustion chamber. My Dometic (non-Westphalia) had a similar problem. You only have...
• wasserleaker comments
  Historical mailing list - James T.
  Thu, 10 Jan 2002 18:57:26 +0000
  ...is hard to turn over as coolant must be in one combustion chamber. >In other words can you drive with cofidence? Not really, but...
• Re: Fridge Help?? won't light when cold outside??
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Thu, 27 Oct 2005 09:03:10 -0700
  ...While > I had it out I cleaned the combustion chamber and > nozzle, checked gaskets, > igniter, wiring, cleaned chimneys etc. In short, I > checked/maintained...
• Re: Running on Tap Water - attempt at de-confuscation
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Thu, 18 Jul 2002 16:55:04 +0100
  ...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: Thermostat for Dometic Fridge (fan), where to find?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 12 Jun 2000 18:43:45 -0400
  ...See below... > If my memory serves correct, there is a solid >wire from the combustion chamber to the mechanical thermostat which conducts >heat from...
• Re: Hmm. It won't budge - Well it does now!
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 19 Mar 2014 08:24:48 -0700
  ...any of the little shims and keepers from dropping into the combustion chambers. Somewhere during the long long tedious process of trying to time...
• Head/Engine rebuild lots of questions
  Historical mailing list - Bob O Shaughnessy
  Sat, 25 May 2002 23:01:13 -0400
  ...The heads are cracked between the valves in each combustion chamber, not huge cracks, but maybe .5mm wide from valve seat to valve seat...