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Hi guys, a good friend of mine has a 1984 t25 and has a problem with his fridge. We were recently away at the Isle of Wight festival in our vans and we had great difficulty firing his fridge on gas.last night he plugged it in on electric hook up at home and although the green light was lit he's come out this morning and the fridge is still warm. Does this mean the fridge is knackered or does it sound fixable??


1983 t25 2.0 air cooled


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Three way fridges!

If it is not working on any form of power at all, you can try the turning it over ritual !
Inside is not gas , but ammonia based coolant, which crystallises if allowed to dry on any surface, so if the fridge hasn't been used for a while , and therefore no circulation , the crystals build up , eventually blocking the smaller pipes....so turning the fridge upside down, leaving it for a couple of hours, and then righting it for a couple of hours and doing this two or three ( or more) times, flushes the coolant through, and it washes the crystals back into the coolant, and they dissolve .

If it is working on mains , but not on has, chances are the flu is blocked, or the jet is blocked, or partially blocked .
If it's working on gas, but not on either one, or both of the electric sources, it's an element issue , providing you are sure it is actually getting power to the element

It is also important to remember that a flame only ever burns vertically in a drought free environment, so the fridge must be within a couple of degrees of level for the flame to "hit the mark" , this however will not have much effect on electric only gas

In the good old days when we were skint but happy as pigs in poo - Funny that! - we used to have to periodically take our domestic fridge for a ride upside down in our Frod Thames camper conversion to kind of reboot it.
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Ok guys great thanks, I'll let him know and see what's what. He asked me yesterday but (touch wood) in the two year one had my van I haven't had one problem. Thanks again


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Thanks to Steve for explanation of why fridge needs to be on the level for use on gas. The reason was a mystery to me, though I had discovered the need to be level was right enough!

Cheers,

Julia