Air is not mixing with the gas inside the burner, it is not a pressure problem. Take the burner apart and clean the air tube out, spiders love to lay their eggs in there and plug it up. BTW, driving with the fridge on propane does not cause any problems. Switching to 12v just uses gasoline instead of propane to power the fridge (via the alternator). Gas is more expensive than propane (usually), but the gas tank is easier to fill! Adam Buckner wrote: > > Strange occurrance. I went to use the stove in my 82 Westfalia which I > have not used in three months or so. I have been running the refer on > propane pretty continuously for the last two weeks. The rear or left > burner (which I tried first) produced a very large lazy yellow flame that > was 6"-8" tall fed by all the jets but producing one large flame. I > immediatly shut down, and puzzled, tried it agin with the same results. > Next, I tried the front, or right, burner - and got the usual results: a > series of small blue 1" flames standing nearly straight out from the > burner like a usual gas stove. I am assuming this is a pressure thing > with the left burner. Hss anyone else had this effect? The only > additional piece of information that I can offer is that I forgot I was > running the refer and tok the van out and drove around Seattle for most > of the day with the refer on propane (oops - hadn't done that before), > but I can't imagine how that would cause the burner to act that way, and > not effect the entire system. > > TIA > Adam -- Stuart MacMillan Manager, Case Program 800-909-8244 ext 208 Getting your share of the Net yet? http://www.cobaltgroup.com http://www.casedealer.com/demo http://www.caseihdealer.com/demo |
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