I live in northern Maine (nasty stuff on the roads in the winter) and do
drive my westy year 'round.  I keep a cover over my flue and the stuff
that collects on the outside of the cover (especially at the front of
it) I wouldn't want in the burn chamber!

Mike

Keith Ovregaard wrote:
> I've never had a vent cover and it seems to me that it's not necessary.
> Have any of you ever had water in the flue or on the floor near the
> intake port? Never an issue with my 84 or 90 Dometic fridge. So, what
> is the concern here? By the way, my van always gets hand washed by
> yours truly because I never thought it would be a good idea to take it
> to a commercial car wash with the roof racks, etc. Maybe the high
> pressure sprayers could get water into the flue? After inspecting the
> burn chambers of both my 84 and 90 Dometic fridge's, there was some ash
> and a bit of rusty scale, but no standing water or major rust-through
> problems. If I were to convert to a compressor fridge (Norcold, or
> whatever) then I would want to seal off the vent/intake port
> completely. Whole different ball game. So, what gives here?
>
>
> Keith O.
> 90 Westy Syncro "VikingWagen"
> Past VeeDubs in the family
> 1984 Westy "Brownie"
> 1980 PU diesel
> 1978 Rabbit diesel
> 1979 Rabbit gasser
> 1963? 23 window Splitty
> 1965 Bus
> 1969 Bus
> 1959 Bug
>