Can you hear an air leak on a Jotul F600?

[Ron34422]

Yes you can!...loaded this morning from a cold start...cracked the side door 1/4 " like usual until the wood gets totally involved...leaned down to shut the door and heard a slight whistling sound near the top corner of the door...ran my thumb around the door checking for a leak but the sound continued...moving my thumb above the top of door near the right front corner and the sound stopped...(see photo)...there's a small decorative gap in the casting from the top of the stove to the door that's about 1/4" wide...struck a match and slid the flame along the gap and the air would suck the flame toward the stove and would blow the flame out...I decided on a quick fix and stuffed an old piece of door gasket in the gap to plug the leak...must have been leaking since I got the stove in August because the primary air is bit more sensitive now...I'll have to check on the inside when I get time and see what's going on...maybe some missing stove cement?...Are there any other F600 owners that have found any air leaks?

 

[semipro]

When we first got our F600 and was unpacking it outside I capped the outlet and tossed a few wadded up sheets of lit newspaper into it.
The smoke filled the stove then started leaking out at numerous locations.
I noted leaks around all doors, where the top meets the sides, at the air control lever, and elsewhere.

When we bought our F500 years later the first thing I did was partially disassemble it, clean the flash off the castings at the seams, and seal up the leaks that I could.
I posted photos of the process here about 3 years ago.

 

[schortie]

That is the exact spot that was leaky on mine. I stuffed some cement in there last year and it's been fine.