stove burner yellow flame

John Sullivan · Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 7:54 pm Post subject: stove burner yellow flame

I have one burner that burns with a yellow flame. The other is the nice blue flame. When I cook on the yellow it gets soot on the pots and pans. Very annoying. Does anyone know how to repair this burner? It must be an air mix thing I am guessing.

Thanks

tencentlife · Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 9:41 am Post subject:

It is, and if you were using it in the enclosed vehicle it would also present a real safety problem. Correct flame color, as you surmised, is blue with flecks of yellow/orange at the tip; anything else indicates incorrect fuel/air mix and will produce carbon monoxide in pretty high concentrations. Get it corrected if you plan on using it. I'm not familiar with the construction of the Westy stove, but most gas burners have some kind of air mixing tube where the fuel jet is. Check that whatever kind of air tube there is isn't blocked by dust, spider webs, and kind of debris. Blow it out with compressed air if necessary. Often there will be some kind of adjustment to the quantity of air that can be drawn in by the heat of combustion. You can adjust this if needed to get the correct color of flame. If in doubt, by all means visit a propane dealer and ask them to check and adjust the mixing tube for you. Soot isn't the only problem that this causes.
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Perales · Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 2:04 pm Post subject:

The Westy stove actually comes with a special "wrench" to open the burner. I will try to get an image of it for you. I suspect that there is some kind of clog happening right at the burner itself, since one works and the other doesn't.
You can open the top of the burner by simply rotating the silver disk (burner top). It is keyed in and will easily lift out if you turn it the right amount. You may be able to see any obstruction at that point. You need the special wrench or something like it to dismantle the burner further.
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Perales · Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 2:15 pm Post subject: Stove Wrench

Here is the stove wrench to open the burners. You have to remove the top disk first as described above.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

For more information you can download the file Stove Manual 01.jpg from Dogpilot's page: http://homepage.mac.com/WebObjects/FileSharing.woa...tml#file36
It shows the above tool and how to disassemble the stove burner.
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John Sullivan · Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 2:58 pm Post subject:

Thanks, I will open and see what's up. The one burner is working well so I don't want to mess that up.

carterzest · Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 11:27 pm Post subject: Re: Stove Wrench

morymob · Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 4:20 am Post subject:

I was wondering what funny looking thing was. seems everything that came with my (new to me) Westy is still with it,too bad most is in FRENCH!! Ihav same burner problem.

sped372 · Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2015 10:24 am Post subject:

Old thread, but for the sake of posterity I blew my stove tube out with compressed air and it solved a yellow flame symptom.
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Steve Arndt · Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2018 1:36 pm Post subject: Re: stove burner yellow flame

Is there a specific place where the wrench is stored originally?
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DanHoug · Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2018 4:19 pm Post subject: Re: stove burner yellow flame

in the drawer!! i've still got mine! Mwaaaa-haa-ha.

even tuned up with a blue flame, running the stove will spike my CO detector pretty fast in an enclosed van. the Mr. Heater Buddy does not.
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Sodo · Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2020 9:59 am Post subject: Re: stove burner yellow flame

This post's very searchable title probably needs this SAMBA Public Service Announcement image too.
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jimf909 · Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2020 9:10 pm Post subject: Re: stove burner yellow flame

Abscate · Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2020 11:19 pm Post subject: Re: stove burner yellow flame

If you have that yellow flame, you will sound the CO alarm quickly.
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otiswesty · Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2020 10:15 pm Post subject: Re: stove burner yellow flame

Here is a real German Westfalia stove pot bushing tool as it is called. Mostly just used to dismantle the stove. This was the Baywindow version of the tool and it is easier to use than the flat later version.
I also believe that cleaning the pipes as noted above is the answer to your problem.

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