Search messages and discussions

Search preserved mailing-list messages and current email and website contributions. Current posts are searchable before weekly archival. Recovery gaps remain possible. Words are matched together; try fewer terms if needed.

Page 4+: 60 results shown for combustion chamber.

Source-balanced relevance: matches from both collections are interleaved, with source dates breaking ties. Restoration time is not the original posting date.

• Re: Reefer Madness one more time
  Historical mailing list - John Pinkham
  Thu, 19 May 94 9:59:03 EDT
  ...Remove the combustion chamber drain cap at bottom left facing the refer and drain. Blowing into the drain with compressed air, *may* work. Use...
• Re: fridge ques
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 17 May 2004 17:52:45 -0700
  ...BTW propane is full, combustion > >chamber > > > is clean and tube from combustion chamber is not blocked. > > > TIA > > > jason > > > 87 syncro westy project > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > FREE pop...
• Re: westy fridge combustion chamber sealing
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 15 Dec 2002 23:18:32 -0500
  At 08:42 PM 12/15/2002, Stan Wilder wrote: >Astounding ! >I would think muffler sealer might work buy anything close to a flame...
• Re: Plugs...The best plugs around
  Historical mailing list - Modl6971
  Wed, 27 May 1998 01:48:08 EDT
  ...Maybe something fell into the combustion chamber when you were changing plugs. Mark McCulley At 02:02 AM 5/26/98 EDT, you wrote...
• Re: fridge problems
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Sun, 11 Feb 2007 19:18:42 -0800
  ...As has been said, cleaning out combustion chamber will help. Even if you're getting gas to burner, it may not ignite if little...
• Re: Re LED and lighting the fridge
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Tue, 18 Apr 2000 07:31:13 -0700
  ...left of the fridge? It is to drain water from the combustion chamber. Water can get in through the exhaust stack. I have never...
• Re: Dometic woes
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 10 Aug 2007 23:24:25 -0400
  ...The basic idea of the pump is to get oxygen to the combustion chamber when the fridge isn't self drawing. You don't...
• Re: BA-6 Eberspacher Gas Heater Parts For Sale
  Historical mailing list - Chris Smith
  Wed, 29 Nov 2000 07:15:22 -0600
  ...603-650-1821 I have the combustion chamber in excellent shape and all but the flame switch and fuel pump. If anyone is looking...
• Re: Dometic combustion chamber cleaning
  Historical mailing list - IR Student
  Fri, 19 Jun 1998 07:54:18 -0700
  ...Dometic combustion chamber cleaning > > Hello folks, > > I'm just about to pull the fridge for the first time. Thanks to > the > listserv,I've...
• Re: spark plug orientation affects performance?
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Wed, 3 Apr 1996 13:41:15 CST6CDT
  ...However, depending upon combustion swirl in the combustion chamber, the front of gas/air mixture may actually approach the plug from the rear. I...
• Re: fridge thingy
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Sun, 5 Nov 2000 10:50:44 -0500
  ...what is the little metal tube coming >out from under the fridge? It is a drain tube for the fridge combustion chamber, unscrew the...
• Re: Dometic manual & HOW TO LIGHT THE REFRIGERATOR
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jara
  Mon, 21 Jul 1997 23:05:12 +0100
  ...The propane seems to linger in the >chamber displacing the air. The combustion chamber is sealed from the >inside of the bus. No air...
• DRL
  Historical mailing list - Roy O.
  Fri, 18 Sep 1998 09:39:13 -0500
  ...The most interesting find was seeing four holes in the bottom of the combustion chamber. These had apparently been drilled by someone during previous...
• Re: Westy Fridge Project
  Historical mailing list - Paul Albert
  Tue, 18 May 1999 10:15:28 -0700
  ...Cleaned out the combustion chamber twice in that time. Always used the flue cover when not in use. Anyway, started it up yesterday- after...
• Re: dometic replacement
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sat, 11 Sep 2021 21:46:33 -0500
  ...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: Fiberglass Exhaust Wrap - Cooler engine compartment
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:10:07 -0400
  ...Expansion causes the flow to slow down and hinders combustion chamber scavange. Since our headers aren't designed with scavange in mind I doubt...
• Re: More horse power from the 2.1??
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 26 Jul 1996 11:12:19 -0400
  ...very wary of the thought of increasing the pressures in >the combustion chamber further than they already get... While the exhaust into the coolant...
• Re: 84 Westy Compression Test
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Thu, 7 Nov 1996 12:30:59 -0500 (EST)
  ...How could this happen? Carbon build up on the piston or other parts of the combustion chamber. Try the old water trick. Eric
• Re: Fixing the refrigerator
  Historical mailing list - Alfred Bagdan
  Sun, 23 Jan 2000 12:24:11 -0700
  ...After cleaning the combustion chamber, orifice and sealing everything off properly it now works great. I even figured out the theory of the lighting...
• Re: higher temperature for higer octane,cleaning your wallet
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 23:32:45 -0600
  ...Knock is the sound made when the > fuel/air mixture > in > the engine s combustion chambers ignites by itself > (auto-ignition), > either > before the...
• Re: Some potentially stupid actions
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 5 Nov 2010 09:23:07 -0700
  dometic fridge has sealed (if drain cap is in place, which it always should be), externally vented combustion chamber. in the unlikely event of...
• Re: skimmed head
  Historical mailing list - Robert Tippey
  Fri, 29 Jun 2001 11:53:33 EDT
  Hi Tim, Presumably if they removed the same amount of material from the mating surface as well as the combustion chamber, it shouldn't...
• Re: higher octane needs
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 28 Dec 2001 12:06:16 -0600
  ...The increase in > temperature is at its worst spot, The combustion > chamber. So again, I question the merits of higher > octane. If you feel...
• How to equalize head volume?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Fri, 30 Apr 1999 15:01:40 -0700
  ...I'm not terribly pleased with the closeness of the volumes of the combustion chambers on my rebuilt heads -- 52cc to 57cc -- so I...
• Re: Ceramic coatings
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 16 Mar 2000 13:33:15 EST
  ...The ceramic coating applied to the internal engine parts also protects from overheating damage on heat sensitive Wasserboxer engines, protects the combustion chamber floor...
• Re: Co alarms
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Sat, 20 Dec 1997 12:59:23 -0800
  ...verify that the heater didn't have a leak in the combustion chamber or something. The NightHawk unit never detected any CO, never read...
• Re: leaking head gasket Question
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Tue, 12 Feb 2002 18:26:46 -0500
  ...coolant level when needed ? > Yes, Coolant can possibly leak into the combustion chambers and do bad things when you sart it some morning. My...
• Re: Dometic fridge works out of the van, but not in it.
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 5 Aug 2011 09:55:42 -0700
  ...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: Non-cooling Fridge on Propane
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 9 May 2000 05:58:08 -0400
  ...1) open up the combustion chamber and observe the flame in the dark first, with particular attention to its height. 2) If you have...
• Re: Refrigerator Problems
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 26 Apr 1999 10:56:59 -0400
  ...The 85W 12v element warms up the system enough to get some stack effect and get air moving through the combustion chamber... david David...
• Interior heater
  Historical mailing list - Rob Gunter
  Tue, 30 Jul 2002 16:26:09 -0400
  ...Since the inside is rather small, I would like one with a sealed combustion chamber and no fan. I am trying to avoid forced...
• Fridge update
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 5 Oct 2005 14:45:41 -0400
  So, the latest news from Dometic was that I can't get the 29" electrode for the combustion chamber as it has been discontinued...
• Re: fridge combustion chamber--cruddy
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 12 Apr 2007 11:33:27 -0400
  Insects are attracted to LP gas smell. So, many times at least one bug is found ,with his head stuffed into the burner,dead...
• Fixed Propane (profane?) Fridge
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Earl
  Sat, 30 Aug 2003 10:47:24 -0700
  ...This will clear out > > the combustion chamber and tubes... > > Frank: I'm not as optimistic about this as you are. > If one looks at...
• Re: exhaust gas into coolant system
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 9 Nov 2010 19:36:39 -0800
  ...Steam is a marvelous cleaner of combustion chambers. Every time you shut the hot engine off, coolant is forced into that cylinder. Start the...
• Re: propex heater problems
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:10:32 -0800
  ...are not getting ignition, that second sound you hear when the combustion chamber actually lights off. So the Propex is shutting down because of...
• Sparkle, sparkle, little fridge
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 7 Apr 2005 01:41:07 -0400
  ...I finally got around to pulling the fridge and checking the combustion chamber. Sigh more ash in there (I thought I had cleaned that...
• Re: fire
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 1 Oct 2005 18:00:13 -0400
  ...I also decided to order a new gasket for the combustion chamber. That costs $33. Kim Brennan 86 Syncro. 91 Westy Syncro. 90 Tristar...
• Re: dometic replacement
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Sat, 11 Sep 2021 19:09:18 -0700
  Dennis, are you saying that Dometic (or other absorption units for that matter) do not have sealed combustion chamber and double flue like the...
• Re: fresh water pump ain't pumpin'
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Fri, 11 Jun 2010 07:18:31 -0700
  neil n wrote: > Spiders only like living in the Dometic combustion chamber. Maybe Mr. > Squirrel could post a video to youtube showing the correct...
• Re: AW: Water deliberately added to gasoline?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 10 Dec 2002 13:27:41 -0500
  ...That's probably part of it, but it also lowers combustion chamber temperatures so higher compression can be run without detonation. Turning the water...
• Re: Watching Oil Temp (long, as usual)
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:14:06 -0400
  ...The coolant surrounds the > jugs, but not the heads, which are part of the combustion chamber and > where oil flows over the hot valve...
• Fixing the refrigerator
  Historical mailing list - Paul Borghese
  Sat, 22 Jan 2000 20:36:22 -0500
  ...Should I also open the combustion chamber and give that a good clean (that square silver box with the window)? I also noticed for...
• Re: Dometic drain plug removal; 86 Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Wed, 5 Aug 1998 21:07:38 -0400
  ...The idea here is to let propane into the combustion chamber and flush out any air in the line. {%^$#&#} Unscrew the drain cap at...
• Re: Uh-oh, cooling system way pressurized
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 30 Apr 2001 08:58:51 -0700
  ...That will tell you immediately if you have a combustion chamber seal failure. -- Stuart MacMillan Seattle '84 Vanagon Westfalia w/2.1 '65 MGB...
• Overheating Issues
  Historical mailing list - Baja Leo
  Mon, 9 Dec 2002 18:27:26 -0800
  ...O-ring that seals the combustion chamber from the coolant passage has failed. I've got the same situation. Thinking of an engine swap...
• Thermostat for Dometic Fridge (fan), where to find?
  Historical mailing list - Ezra Hall
  Mon, 12 Jun 2000 16:41:08 -0400
  ...Also, I sealed the combustion chamber with Blue permatex after cleaning, now it stays lit while driving at highway speeds. There have been a...
• Re: Dometic fridge problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 13 Aug 2002 22:26:00 -0400
  ...Also, if the gasket for the bottom cover of the combustion chamber is missing or broken, this will happen. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon...
• Re: fridge smells and sights
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Mon, 5 Mar 2001 12:32:57 -0500
  ...You say you vacumned the duscts and cleaned the back but you don't mention cleaning the combustion chamber --- I'd guess that there...
• Re: heads - anti-corrosion
  Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
  Tue, 21 Oct 1997 22:44:16 -0800
  ...On heads a > plus is the combustion chamber surface stays clean with minimal build-up. > While the anodizing wouldn't coat all the interior...
• Re: Some potentially stupid actions
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 5 Nov 2010 13:05:46 -0500
  ...vented combustion chamber. > > in the unlikely event of TC failure, gas will make its way out of van. > > > domestic water heaters take combustion air...
• Compression Ratios
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 22 Jul 1995 15:02:23
  ...zero deck height and "unshrouding the combustion chamber." From what I can gather, "unshrouding" is similar to a semi-hemi cut, but they cut...
• Nitrogen Injection (was air scoops)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 26 Dec 1999 18:41:02 -0600
  ...significantly therefore you can actually get MORE fuel air into the combustion chamber before ignition, thereby increasing power significantly. Anyone know more about this...
• Re: [T2] A cc'ing the heads question-answered
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 3 Mar 2003 20:02:54 -0800
  ...Since I'm cc'ing the heads using a plate that sits on the ridge I'm including in my measurement of combustion chamber...
• Can heads be welded?...
  Historical mailing list - Richard Bias
  Tue, 14 Dec 1999 12:17:00 PST
  All, What had originally appeared to be a "coolant in the combustion chamber" problem, now appears to be a "crack" or leak in the...
• visit to GEX
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Mon, 6 Nov 1995 19:51:25 -0800 (PST)
  ...All four combustion chambers had undergone extensive welding (sloppy) and there were helicoils in two of the spark plug holes. I told him I...
• Re: FW: Vanagon replacement engines
  Historical mailing list - Tom Shanley
  Thu, 22 Aug 2002 22:37:14 -0400
  ...detonation because the shape and proportions of the parts in the combustion chamber are set up to cancel a condition known as surface detonation...
• Re: Westy fridge combustion chamber gasket replacement
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Fri, 15 Oct 2004 11:58:15 -0500
  Yeah. If you still have local hardware store. Wall Mart (and- in truth- incompetance) put ours out of business. Luckily, we've got a...
• Re: heads - anti-corrosion
  Historical mailing list - Scot Douglas
  Wed, 22 Oct 1997 02:39:15 -0400
  ...A ceramic coating on in your combustion chamber and valve faces will lower the heat rejection to your cylinder heads, allowing lower head temps...
• Re: Fridge blows out while driving....
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 19 May 2009 18:04:21 -0700
  ...Today I pulled the > fridge (again), cleaned out the combustion chamber, intake, and exhaust, > installed a muffin fan on the inside, installed a bigger...