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Date:         Tue, 16 May 2006 14:19:02 -0700
Reply-To:     Jeffrey Earl <jefferrata@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         Jeffrey Earl <jefferrata@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      flue vent cover: usually unnecessary
Comments: To: wildebus@GMAIL.COM
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Maggie wrote; >> OK, I'm just going to expose my ignorance (again). Why do I need a flue vent cover - I thought the metal one *was* the cover?

Maggie,

I just grabbed my camper Supplement to the Volkswagen Vanagon Owner's Manual, so that I could cite you chapter and verse regarding the urgent need for a flue vent cover, and here is what I found:

"The FLUE VENT must be kept uncovered at all times. Only when you wash the Camper, or while taking the vehicle through an Automatic Car-Wash, should the FLUE VENT be covered. "To drain accumulated water due to normal condensation, open the screw on the condensation drain pipe."

So I've apparently been incorrectly covering mine all these years, not to mention the countless precious hours squandered in Goodwills and St. Vinnies', seeking an aerodynamic saucepan lid of just the correct proportions.

Not sure how I got started covering it; I seem to recall it was upon the advice of a veteran fellow Westy-owner who suggested it as a way to keep bugs and spiders and other crud out of the delicate flues and boiler chamber. It has certainly served this purpose well, but apparently increases the likelihood of rust-causing condensation ...

Jeffrey Earl 1983 diesel Westfalia "Vanasazi" http://www.vanthology.com/

"OK, I'll leave it at that since I've already gone on for far too long about something I don't know a whole lot about ..."

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