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• Re: Hybrid Engine Conversion (LVC, but it is nearly Friday!)
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 5 Oct 2007 00:47:16 -0400
  ...Smooth, yes, powerful, yes, > good on > gas, no. > > Its also more difficult to keep the lubricating oil out of the > combustion > chamber, so the...
• Re: [SPAM] Re: Water Injection
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sun, 25 May 2008 12:23:20 -0400
  ...The continued presence of water in the combustion chamber will lead to oil contamination. At the very least, water injection users should consider increasing...
• Re: Cut you spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 10:21:49 -0600
  ...The only 'accelerated wear' I can think of would be caused by more powerful explosions, hence more power, inside of your combustion chamber. So...
• Re: Oil Pan Heater (immersion vs. stickon)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Fri, 1 Oct 2004 14:16:29 -0800
  ...The warm liquid rises up to the combustion chamber where it does the most good. Plus, your heater works a lot sooner." Warm oil...
• Looking for reliable and reasonable repair place in New England
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Mon, 24 Mar 2014 18:22:07 +0100
  ...Over the past few months it appears that it has either a bad head (or two) or bad head gaskets on the combustion chamber...
• Re: Fast German Auto chip and rockers
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 14 Jan 2000 02:05:23 +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: motor swapping
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Tue, 3 Jan 1995 14:12:08 -0600 (CST)
  ...I didn't mean to imply that the compression ratio should be increased - merely that the diameter of the combustion chamber be increased. I...
• Re: fridge problems
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Fri, 9 Feb 2007 19:16:27 -0500
  ...at worst case, pull the fridge and clean out the combustion chamber...after 15-20 years all kinds of crud gets in there... >Hey...
• Re: Best source of parts for a rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:33:01 -0700
  ...the combustion chambers where the metal sealing rings go in the combustion chambers.......... I measured things several times, and I think I can get...
• Re: Help! Problems on the road! Smoke! or something that smells like it, anyhow...
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Tue, 23 Mar 2004 13:11:18 -0500
  ...lost: -Head cracks, can be oil into combustion chamber (Black/blue smoke), coolant in combustion chamber (White smoke), coolant into oil, oil into coolant...
• Re: Dometic fridge question
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 7 Nov 2015 00:03:09 -0800
  ...It is triggered by a thermocouple in the combustion chamber. On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 8:42 PM, Andre Fiedler <fiedlerac@gmail.com...
• Dometic blues - from bad to worse on LP
  Historical mailing list - Ken Olsen
  Thu, 16 Sep 2010 18:57:51 -0400
  ...I'm wondering if I bumped or miss-aligned the piezo sparker in the combustion chamber. Does anyone have a picture or experience aligning...
• HELP!! stripped spark plug hole. ***FIXED***
  Historical mailing list - Chasteen, Jonathan M. MM3 (CVN69)
  Sun, 2 Jul 2006 02:29:34 -0400
  ...high temp thread sealer, grease ( to keep the shavings from entering combustion chamber), 3/8 ratchet and extension, new spark plug, spark plug antiseize...
• Re: Mod keeps your fridge lit while driving.
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 14 Sep 2006 06:50:35 EDT
  ...The fridge combustion chamber is sealed. As long as the fridge is turned off before pulling into fuel stations, I believe the risks are...
• Re: Dometic fridge works out of the van, but not in it.
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Fri, 5 Aug 2011 13:17:24 -0500
  ...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: Wheres Waldo (EGR or no EGR)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 6 Dec 2003 20:50:08 -0500
  ...The exaust gas contains combustable hydrocarbons that weren't combusted the first time through the combustion chamber. When this extra "fuel" is not present...
• Re: Reefer Madness one more time
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Thu, 19 May 94 7:56:47 PDT
  ...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: machining cylinder heads a viable solution to wasserboxer problem?
  Historical mailing list - William Dummitt
  Tue, 5 Jan 1999 10:35:37 -0500
  ...If any significant amount is milled, the inside of the combustion chamber must also be machined the same amount, else the cylinders will not...
• Re: Non-cooling Fridge on Propane
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 9 May 2000 10:22:06 -0700
  ...I'd suggest > >something along these lines: > > > >1) open up the combustion chamber and observe the flame in the dark first, > >with particular attention...
• Re: Water in the exhaust
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 24 May 1999 06:54:52 -0400
  ...I have read about the head gasket problem and >am afraid that coolant is getting into a combustion chamber around one of >the o...
• Re: Dometic Refridge pilot lamp indicator not working!
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Sat, 19 Sep 1998 08:38:04 -0800
  ...They figure that >in our case, a little piece of rust has fallen from the combustion chamber >and gotten into the sensor and is...
• black smoke pouring out exhaust?!?!
  Historical mailing list - Bill Layton
  Sat, 18 Feb 1995 16:57:09 -0400 (EDT)
  ...happen like this-boom then lots of oil pouring in the combustion chamber. Thanks for your opinion ! Bill Layton wjl@vms.cis.pitt.edu...
• ceramic coatings
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Tue, 19 Aug 1997 16:15:34 -0700
  ...Silicon nitride drops heat conduction coefficient to 1/6th of that of steel, and boosts combustion chamber temps hence efficiency. Better coating is zirconia...
• Re: 84 Westy - water in the flue?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 1 Aug 2004 23:41:44 -0400
  ...This is the drain for the combustion chamber. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rocket J Squirrel" <j.michael.elliott@ADELPHIA.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON...
• Fridge again....
  Historical mailing list - Stu Schwartz
  Sun, 5 Oct 2008 13:45:29 -0600
  ...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: Dometic question (combustion chamber seal)
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Thu, 19 Jul 2007 19:44:47 -0700
  hey thanks Pascal. Already got a warning, but appreciated the heads up. Would've ended up being a big waste of time if I...
• Re: Overheating, '87 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 9 Jul 1996 17:11:35 -0700
  ...I still bet on a combustion chamber leak. malcolm
• Re: Refrigerator: Fup...Fup............Fup
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 4 Sep 2006 21:41:06 -0400
  ...Debris may have fallen into the combustion chamber after use. The pipes do rust internally. You can try blowing the burner assembly out by...
• Re: fridge problems
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Sun, 11 Feb 2007 19:45:19 -0800
  ...Mine was not firing, so here's what I did. > > > > Took out refer, cleaned out combustion chamber, drain tube, cleaned up > > burner (w/fine...
• Re: leaking on the pavement, this won't help.
  Historical mailing list - Milo's Kitchen
  Sun, 22 Dec 2002 16:22:30 -0500
  ...It's purpose is to keep the combustion gasses (pressure) in the combustion chamber. It is not an effective coolant seal. In this same...
• '91 Injector Recall
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Redford
  Tue, 13 Sep 94 13:13:18 PDT
  ...It involves new in- jectors, hoses, everything from where the gas line enters the engine compartment to the combustion chamber is replaced. Don't...
• Re: Fast German Auto chip and rockers
  Historical mailing list - Jerry Granito
  Fri, 14 Jan 2000 13:35:47 EST
  ...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: 2.1 idle adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Mark Edwards
  Thu, 30 Sep 2004 12:25:01 -0600
  ...If I do have a vacuum leak, do I really want to suck water into my combustion chambers? I would think carb cleaner, or...
• Question to any fridge freak...
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Mon, 20 Mar 2006 22:47:29 -0500
  ...Fridge remove, cleaned, tested in any way i can, combustion chamber cleaned and re-seal, fan work great, new propane tank, good flow to...
• Re: Head gasket leak - does retorquing work?
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Mon, 13 May 2002 15:03:26 -0400
  ...But if you have coolant in the system (combustion chamber, and you should have with smoke in the back) there is a good risk...
• Aux. heater questions.
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Oct 94 23:18:52 CDT
  ...I took the whole thing appart yesterday, and there don't seem to be any leaks in the combustion chamber, so the only thing...
• Re: Techron Saved My Tush (Was:Bus Bummed By Bad Gas)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 17 Nov 1995 16:47:39 -0400
  ...Passing water through the injectors sure quenches any fire in the combustion chamber fast, as you know! This is especially bad in spring or...
• unlevel fridge operation
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Sun, 22 Aug 1999 14:05:42 -0700
  ...Looks like I'll be pulling the fridge out this afternoon to check for debris in the combustions chamber and vents, etc. What about...
• Re: Thermostat for Dometic Fridge (fan), where to find?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Mon, 12 Jun 2000 17:46:12 -0700
  ...If my memory serves correct, there is a solid > wire from the combustion chamber to the mechanical thermostat which conducts > heat from the flame...
• Re: Dometic won't light troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:43:01 -0400
  ...There's a button you depress that allows for propane to flow into the combustion chamber. When first firing up the fridge this button...
• Re: Dometic refrigerator cooling mystery, '89 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Mon, 20 Aug 2001 15:47:41 -0400
  ...In our case, we found that the combustion chamber had a layer of ash and the burner jet was partially blocked and the heat...
• Re: Help: Green cylinder O-ring question.
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Wed, 24 May 2000 06:29:49 EDT
  ...The flat metal rings between the heads and the cylinder sleeves do 100% of the combustion chamber sealing. Let me know if you hear...
• Re: Ceramic coated heads?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
  Sun, 28 Jan 2001 10:26:57 -0800
  ...like to replace the existing heads with heads that have coated combustion chambers and mating surfaces. The latter to prevent future corrosion and leakage...
• Re: Water in the exhaust
  Historical mailing list - Shortlidge D Joel
  Mon, 24 May 1999 23:49:32 -0400
  ...I have read about the head gasket >problem and >>am afraid that coolant is getting into a combustion chamber around >one of >>the o...
• Re: Refrigerator gasket and flame goes out remedies
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 6 Aug 2012 17:26:12 -0400
  ...The thermocouple controls the flow of gas to the combustion chamber. You should only need to hold the button in for a few moments...
• Re: Has anyone saved a burnt engine?
  Historical mailing list - Harald Rust
  Tue, 4 Mar 2003 14:58:47 -0800
  ...Also gives you a chance to clean it up inside, whatever gunk might have gotten into the combustion chambers. The head gasket jobs on...
• Fridge flame led always on fixed
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 26 Jun 2014 16:27:15 -0700
  Over the last year the led ( replacement one in my case, brighter and blue) that indicates flame in the fridge combustion chamber, has been...
• Re: Anti-Freeze opinions
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 3 Apr 2017 12:23:04 -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: Does The Fridg Fan Blow or Suck? & Combustion Chamber
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 22 Aug 2005 15:29:43 -0700
  On 8/22/2005 9:13 AM Alistair Bell wrote: > > I love this fridge, when it works it works well, when it doesn't...
• Re: BLUE TEC
  Historical mailing list - Scott Foss - Shazam
  Mon, 26 May 2008 16:45:00 -0700
  ...Heck...........just in Combustion Chamber shape ALONE.........you can't change a horse cart into a space ship, or even a car. First it...
• VW diesel no-starts
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 7 Jul 2001 19:41:43 -0500
  ...When the engine is shut off, the engine coolant will correspond very closely to the temperature of the combustion chamber walls, so that is...
• Re: 2.0l engine tech Q?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sat, 23 Dec 2000 13:03:34 -0800
  ...I carefully cc'd each combustion chamber in each head. One engine had AMC heads, one had VW heads. All heads were non-flycut...
• Re: Better Mileage Anyone? (without going ala Lilley)
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Sun, 27 Aug 2000 17:12:06 -0400
  ...This does not leave enough unburned fuel to cool > >things inside the combustion chamber. So the plug that gives you hotter > >heads may actually...
• Water in the exhaust
  Historical mailing list - Keese, Brian W
  Sun, 23 May 1999 12:06:54 -0500
  ...I have read about the head gasket problem and am afraid that coolant is getting into a combustion chamber around one of the o...
• Re: Dometic fridge question
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 7 Nov 2015 07:50:08 -0500
  ...It is triggered by a thermocouple >> in the combustion chamber. >> >>> On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 8:42 PM, Andre Fiedler <fiedlerac@gmail.com...
• Re: Refrigerator FUBAR Followup
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 1 Sep 2002 13:52:56 -0700
  ...Different combustion chamber IIRC. http://www.rvmobile.com/PARTS/partq.ihtml Mark Jeremy Speer wrote: > > Well, i figured out what i did wrong.... when...
• Re: water injection
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 19 Jul 2002 19:25:17 EDT
  ...Mike Miller was the pioneer of with water injection when he let water leak via his headgaskets into the combustion chamber. Al Knoll, well...
• ugh!! fridge still blowing out!!
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Wed, 2 Jun 2004 01:58:16 -0400
  okay, i check the archives, tried gasket sealant, readjusted the flue itself, pulled fridge and made sure the combustion chamber was cleaned and sealed...
• Re: Fixed (Re: dometic pilot goes out when thermostat turned up)
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Tue, 11 Jul 2006 07:15:42 -0400
  ...I pulled the fridge and checked the combustion chamber. There was a little bit of gunk and rust in there, but not very much...
• Re: Westy refrigerator removal
  Historical mailing list - S Sittservl
  Fri, 13 Aug 1999 16:44:44 EDT
  ...be substituted.) - The bottom of the fridge is not flat - the combustion chamber extends an inch or two below the rest of the fridge...