Large Winterwarm door gasket leaks

[texasoak]

I replaced the gaskets on my (winterwarm )door and even then I have a length of 12 inches on top right corner and above door handle that leaks air in. I can slide a dollar or thin photo paper across easily this area easily. Fire burns hot and when I cover the area with rag for a few seconds it slows down so I know I have a leak.

Suspect something warped over 10 years
Any ideas on how to raise the gasket or seal this area up?

 

[webby3650]

Almost everything warps on a winter warm...
I have seen one where the owner put flat fiberglass gasket on the stoves face, where the leak was.

 

[Fsappo]

I've marked the spot on a door where the suspected warping was and when putting in the new gasket, just "scrunched" it up to increase diameter. Took some trial and error but some customers preferred that to a new door. Sometimes its the face of the stove itself. If I recall, the Winterwarm face around the door opening had a few different castings involved. Going back decades, I seem to recall just one casting "moving" or warping enough to create the issue.

So scrunch, retest with the dollar bill, etc. Was normally my plan of attack.

 

[texasoak]

I've marked the spot on a door where the suspected warping was and when putting in the new gasket, just "scrunched" it up to increase diameter. Took some trial and error but some customers preferred that to a new door. Sometimes its the face of the stove itself. If I recall, the Winterwarm face around the door opening had a few different castings involved. Going back decades, I seem to recall just one casting "moving" or warping enough to create the issue.

So scrunch, retest with the dollar bill, etc. Was normally my plan of attack.

Thanks, I did that today founds some strips with adhesive at local wood stove place and that helped close the door leaks.

I started a test fire today only to still find my fire burning still to hot and too fast I am getting air from some where else in my large winter warm, back to the drawing board!

 

[Fsappo]

Like Webbie said, everyplace on that stove can create an air leak. Another trick I have tried in the past was to close up everything, light a cigarette (back when folks smoked) or incense stick. Something that made a nice small trail of smoke, and slowly work it around the insert. See where the smoke pulled towards the unit and check there for leaks. Your unit has a cat installed in a ceramic housing behind a cast iron inner fireback, right?

 

[texasoak]

Like Webbie said, everyplace on that stove can create an air leak. Another trick I have tried in the past was to close up everything, light a cigarette (back when folks smoked) or incense stick. Something that made a nice small trail of smoke, and slowly work it around the insert. See where the smoke pulled towards the unit and check there for leaks. Your unit has a cat installed in a ceramic housing behind a cast iron inner fireback, right?

Thankyou
I will give the incense stick idea a try and see where I can go from there. I did recently replace the CAT, It was totaly trashed. I thought that was going to fix this high flame and burn issue intially. I also repalced the door gaskets.
Will aslo take look again at damper gasket and ash tray gaskets.

 

[Fsappo]

I have an odd love/hate relationship with old VC stoves. I'd love to hear how you make out.