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• Re: MYT (Massive Yet Tiny) Engine
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 6 Feb 2010 14:24:12 -0800
  ...The wankel is already a >> headache, and it doesn't have a multidimensionally convoluted combustion >> chamber seal. > > > I'm a skeptic at heart in...
• Re: Dometic question. (yes did search archives.... ;^)
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:39:21 -0700
  ...Here are a few things I have done: - removed fridge and cleaned all fins -cleaned combustion chamber and gas jet - turned the fridge upside...
• Re: True cost of AMC heads for 1.9L and 2.1L: bare for $240 to$216!
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Tue, 9 Jan 2001 09:59:24 -0700
  ...no major hot spot at the valves) which causes all sorts of problems, lower the temperature of the air whoosing into the combustion chamber...
• Re: Humidity and storage
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 1 Dec 2004 08:52:10 -0600
  ...the fluid into the combustion chamber disslodged from the spay valve and > flew into one of the combustion chambers...after calming down I figured...
• 1.6 litre diesel heads - regular vs turbo-diesel
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 6 Dec 1996 03:01:21 -0700 (MST)
  Since I cannot find a source of the damaged pre-combustion chamber cap, I now must replace the head on my turbo-diesel vanagon...
• Re: 2.1 idle adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Brooks
  Thu, 30 Sep 2004 15:40:09 EDT
  ...If I do have a vacuum leak, do I really want to suck water into my combustion chambers? I would think carb cleaner, or...
• Re: Is it normal...
  Historical mailing list - rsf
  Thu, 16 Feb 2006 00:39:08 -0500
  ...Could this be due to excess oil burning through the combustion chambers (from whatever source)? Or is it just from running rich? Or?
• Re: More horse power from the 2.1??
  Historical mailing list - sstones
  Thu, 25 Jul 1996 13:41:32 -0400 (EDT)
  ...very wary of the thought of increasing the pressures in the combustion chamber further than they already get... I'd love a tranny with...
• Re: My Westy fridge -- may be the worst!
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Tue, 25 May 1999 01:01:02 -0400
  ...I found the source of the troubles was a couple of dead roaches in the combustion chamber. Lord knows how they got in there...
• Re: fridge exhaust cover
  Historical mailing list - ccc1
  Sun, 2 May 2004 21:38:40 -0500
  ...SEALED combustion > chamber and it has a drain below the fridge door that you are supposed to use > to drain the combustion chamber in...
• Re: GDI
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 17 Jun 1998 22:54:13 -0700
  ...and air outside the combustion > chamber; this air/fuel mixture is always injected at the same moment > in the combustion cycle. GDI, conversely, injects...
• Re: locating my water/oil leak
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 17 Jun 2011 23:08:07 -0700
  ...and $ 3....consuming coolant in the combustion chambers and sending it out the tail pipe. there's not much oil/coolant interface. in a...
• Re: Running without backpressure
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Arbaugh
  Mon, 11 Sep 2000 17:22:53 -0700
  ...is >that it can cause the exhuast gas to exit the combustion chamber too >fast, which can burn the exhaust valves. The velocity of...
• Re: Trying to light fridge!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Watts
  Tue, 16 Apr 2002 15:01:34 EDT
  ...If you lose the flame the first try it probably won't light until you clear the air from the combustion chamber. Lots of...
• Re: Big bore diesels in a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Wed, 4 Apr 2001 18:02:06 -0700
  ...To a point, combustion is more predictable, controllable, and complete in a smaller combustion chamber. The flame front travels at a nearly constant rate...
• Re: Need Advice on WB Piston replacement
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Tue, 25 May 1999 18:13:06 -0400
  ...I figured that maybe a piece of valve had > broken off and banged around in the combustion chamber. > So I took the head off...
• AW: Proper Storage
  Historical mailing list - Michael Kraewinkel
  Tue, 12 Jan 1999 11:56:04 +0100
  ...If it will be standing for a longer period, you should fill it up completely with oil including the combustion chambers. If you let...
• Re: 1600dp intake manif.
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Tue, 27 Jun 1995 10:16:35 -0700 (PDT)
  ...The greater mass makes it difficult for the droplets to > negotiate the bends encountered on the way to the combustion chamber causing > a portion...
• Confirming a Bad Head Gasket?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Sun, 5 May 2002 23:00:11 EDT
  ...cracked head, or some other ailment that lets coolant into the combustion chamber? Coolant pressure tests have not been reliable indicators for me. Thanks...
• Re: gas in the oil
  Historical mailing list - Allen Hill
  Tue, 31 Oct 2006 11:43:26 -0600
  ...one or more FI injectors is leaking overnight into the combustion chamber, a classic problem! have a GOOD mechanic do a fuel pressure test...
• Re: Head gasket leak - does retorquing work?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew
  Fri, 10 May 2002 20:01:47 -0700
  ...If I have a water jacket leak, is it likely that I have coolant in my >combustion chamber leak also? (as I said, otherwise...
• Re: scratch on heads mating surface for cylinders
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sun, 22 Jul 2007 08:31:51 -0400
  ...Any leak into the cooling chamber means replacement of >the cylinder head unfortunately. Whenever combustion gas is leaked through >the head gaskets into the...
• Re: dometic problems...
  Historical mailing list - Wes Neuenschwander
  Wed, 26 Aug 1998 23:03:33 8
  ...Ultimately though you will probably have to pull the fridge and dissasemble the combustion chamber to thoroughly clean the burner and exhaust flue. BTW...
• Re: metal cover for refrigerator vent
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 5 Dec 2011 11:08:01 -0800
  ...I don't have cap on my vent, and I've not had water problems in combustion chamber. Mind you I do live in...
• Re: westy fridge combustion chamber sealing
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 15 Dec 2002 22:33:09 -0600
  Its not a point worth arguing about but if the fridge runs for 72 hours I'd think it had to build some measurable...
• Re: cylinder hone/rings/pistons
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Thu, 22 Jan 2004 16:49:46 -0800
  ...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: Fridge....should it stay on...
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 27 May 2005 08:12:37 EDT
  ...What I should have said was the intake and exhaust tubes leading from the combustion chamber to the port on the side of the...
• Re: Diesel head question
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 10 Sep 2002 16:58:27 -0400
  ...The machinist called me back > and said the head was no good because of the cracked preheat chambers and > would leak coolant. I was...
• Re: 1.9L white smoke
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 7 Mar 2001 23:15:39 -0600
  ...When that happened, the pressure in the combustion chamber pressurized the case, pressurizing the push rod tubes pressurizing the valve cover s where-upon...
• Re: They said it couldn't be done....
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Thu, 28 Aug 2014 22:42:18 -0400
  ...Glow plugs are great for heating a combustion chamber but that's about it. Later TDIs didn't have these, guess they figured out...
• A "Installing the heads" Question
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Tue, 27 Apr 1999 18:15:10 -0700
  ...The combustion chamber volumes on either head are fairly close on the same head, but not so close between the two heads. The volumes...
• lewd pictures of a naked dometic fridge
  Historical mailing list - John Tomljenovic
  Tue, 20 Aug 2002 22:09:45 -0400
  ...fan http://home.att.net/~zadar72/dometicexchanger.jpg inside of the combustion chamber, you can see some rusty debris below the burner. http://home...
• Re: jet powered engine conversion.....check this out..(f)
  Historical mailing list - Kitzmann
  Thu, 8 Mar 2001 14:35:11 -0500
  ...The combustion chambers appear to be several round units in the trunk of the car. The exhaust turbine is feed by another large pipe...
• Refrigerator help-yes, I've already searched the archieves
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Wed, 4 Jul 2007 14:00:05 -0600
  ...Above some point, more gas will simply starve the combustion chamber of air and the flame goes down (eventually out) Martin -- Martin Jagersand University...
• Re: water in fridge vent?
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Mon, 2 Feb 2009 11:11:34 -0800
  ...the cap off the drain tube could let air into the combustion >chamber and possibly allow dangerous fumes to came out. I doubt that...
• Re: Dometic condensation drain
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Wed, 4 Jun 2008 10:40:41 -0700
  ...I believe though that if > this > doesn't fix the problem you should try resealing the combustion chamber > next > and inspecting for damaged or...
• Re: what to do when you have the fridge out?
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Mon, 2 Mar 2009 18:47:59 -0800
  ...Definately clean out the combustion chamber, but be aware that the > gasket is no longer available from Dometic, so exercise care in separating > the...
• Re: Belly Pans for speed or MPG
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 18 May 2008 19:12:21 -0700
  ...And..........the combustion chamber shape and technology of a waterboxer engine combustion chamber - just pathetic to what is more modern. No swirl for example...
• Re: Just one head?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 23 Oct 2001 20:39:57 EDT
  ...This prevents you reinstalling a head that has a leak between the combustion chamber and the coolant jacket. Have this done at your local...
• Re: inline hybrid motor?
  Historical mailing list - PSD
  Sat, 28 Mar 2015 21:19:26 -0400
  ...If the compression goes up it's because the combustion chamber is smaller in the 92 head. -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
• Re: Dometic 182 B Fridge- Ad Nauseum
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 7 Aug 2009 23:29:04 -0700
  ...to exhaust flue to aid in flow of fresh air into combustion chamber. Just can't see it making that much of a difference...
• fridge non-igniter
  Historical mailing list - Fred Brittain
  Sat, 3 Oct 1998 01:44:14 EDT
  ...of the stove and check the wire going down to the combustion chamber(?). Listee said his was loose and duct tape fixed his problem...
• Re: high nox
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Mon, 9 Feb 2004 10:22:46 -0800
  ...From what I understand we have no egr valve or exhaust recirculation to cool our combustion chambers. I have farly low compression so what...
• Re: water heaters; also space heaters
  Historical mailing list - Ed
  Thu, 3 Mar 2005 22:15:21 -0500
  ...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: Dometic mystery ....more clues!
  Historical mailing list - Paul Chubbuck
  Sat, 18 Aug 2007 11:20:05 -0600
  ...Take the cover off the combustion chamber, and you can then shine a flashlight through to see if it's blocked. I used a...
• Re: Dometic woes
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 10 Aug 2007 21:30:42 -0700
  ...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: Anti-Freeze opinions
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Tue, 4 Apr 2017 17:47:19 -0400
  ...makes Its Educated > Guesses as to the Conditions In & Around The Combustion Chamber, in > part, from Temp' > > Info It gets from the Coolant Temp...
• Fw: Advancing timing for more power, was: Boston Bob's web site
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sat, 4 May 2002 08:45:01 -0400
  ...The air-cooled engine is very different than the water-cooled engine due to the temp ranges of the combustion chambers. Water-cooled engines...
• Norcold update
  Historical mailing list - W Li
  Mon, 27 Oct 1997 09:11:33 -0800
  ...I added insulation to the output tube from the combustion chamber, and cut an extra ventialtion hole in the grey side panel, and got...
• Re: spark plugs: 8 plugs in a 4-banger!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 7 Sep 2000 22:36:14 EDT
  ...The combustion chamber is reshaped. You are supplied with a single HI output coil and a special distributor cap for the 009 that has...
• Re: Fridge more sensitive to low pressure than cooktop?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Sat, 13 Jan 2007 10:55:09 -0800
  ...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: Thermostat for Dometic Fridge (fan), where to find?
  Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
  Tue, 13 Jun 2000 09:52:11 -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...
• Fw: Re: info on the fridge
  Historical mailing list - Roy Olynick
  Wed, 19 Sep 2001 22:58:16 -0500
  ...This will generate some | heat in the flue stack of the fridge which will induce enough circulation | to prevent flooding the burner chamber. You...
• Re: Fridge again....
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 5 Oct 2008 17:33:59 -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: What is pinging? (Was Re: 73 bus / timing question...)
  Historical mailing list - Douglas
  Thu, 27 Jun 1996 13:04:24 -0700
  ...If the air/fuel mix in your combustion chambers explodes it is called "detonation". Its about like hitting the tops of your pistons with...
• Re: Case and pistons shot?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 7 Feb 2000 17:25:45 -0800
  ...It has nothing to do with the method of delivering gas to the combustion chamber. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Young tomyoung1@home.com Lafayette, CA 94549 '81...
• Re: black smoke + more
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Sun, 2 Sep 2001 18:12:57 -0400
  ...the tailpipe. > > Now, I thought black smoke meant oil in the combustion chamber, is that > right? > > My only other ideas on the hesitation are...
• Re: flue vent cover
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Tue, 16 May 2006 13:06:48 -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...
• was, URGENT: combustion chamber.........
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 07 Jun 1996 10:04:01 -0500
  Thanks for all the help. I now know that the heads can not be milled (even though the mechanic did it). There is a...
• Re: To those '83-'85 Vanagon folks
  Historical mailing list - sstones
  Wed, 7 Sep 1994 02:57:40 -0400 (EDT)
  ...The only way for air to get into a pressurized system (cooling system) is to come from a place of higher pressure (combustion chamber...