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Put my fridge on over night(on gas) to get it nice and cold before we set of the following day. Went down to the van and found a black mark from fumes on the vent and up the caravan side.

  I have noticed a smell in the van but we have a battery operated carbon monoxide detector in the van and it has not gone off.

  A couple of things i have noticed.

1. I can usually here the burner going when i first light it. I listen by the vent and it is quite loud. I can no longer here this

2. The little indicator on the fridge which moves up to the green when the thermocouple is  hot enough to hold the gas valve open now only just gets into the green.

3. Lots of black soot on the metal deflector plate inside the vent.

Does this sound like blocked burner jets. If so are they easy to unblock.

Thanks Andy

have a word with gary too as it does not sound to good,feel sure he has come across this problem before.

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Hi everyone

Yes the fridge is a thetford.

Michael i take it i just go to his web site and send him an email. I am a bit far away for him to come and service it. Would he mind me asking him his advice if he is unlikely to get some work out of it.

Thanks Andy

Quote: Originally posted by nickandsall on 16/12/2009

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and i know less than both gary and metz , so should i carry on with my knitting

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Hi all

I had this problem as did my friend and it would seem to be the burner that need cleaning as well as the exhurst pipe,

We did ours, on my van we did it throught the fridge vents, on my friends we had to move the fridge forward in the van slighty to gain access again through the vents.

It took us about 30 mins start to finish.

Well i finally got some time to get down to the van and have a look at the fridge.

I had to pull the fridge forward a bit but i then managed to get into the back of the fridge and remove the burner.

Yes as you lovely people said it was the burner. All the slots in it were allmost blocked. i used a wire brush and they cleaned up lovely. I put it back and fired it up. The gauge which tells you it is lit went right up to the top of the green area (before it only just got to the green) and i could now hear the gas burning from out side the van.

I was contemplating cleaning the flue when the heavens opened. Do you think the flue will be ok or will i wait for another dry day and clean that as well.  

Any way thanks for all your help Andrew

I was contemplating cleaning the flue when the heavens opened. Do you think the flue will be ok or will i wait for another dry day and clean that as well.  

Any way thanks for all your help Andrew

check for cobwebs in the flue as this can cause problems.