Propane guys... got a question. A strange one.

[joeynbgky]

I have had to have my lg jets cleaned out twice in the last few months.

This time only 3 jets were burning. Took apart.. and the orifices were clogged with hard white sand like granuales.
Second time. Tcs or my disty has never seen or heard of it. Bad propane? Anyone know?

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[floorguy]

I think its a extra dose of smellys in the propane....i THINK.....

one reason i like my burner over the rings.....but i kinda like the rings to...

 

[Mike Draper]

You know, I took mine apart at 350 hours to see if there was any silt or whatever at the bottom of the burner.....not so much as a grain of anything came out and all my burners were working perfect. You guys must have dirty propane or something, maybe your propane tank is dirty inside before you hooked it up.

 

[Leslie Judson Jones]

I have had to have my lg jets cleaned out twice in the last few months.

This time only 3 jets were burning. Took apart.. and the orifices were clogged with hard white sand like granuales.
Second time. Tcs or my disty has never seen or heard of it. Bad propane? Anyone know?

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Joey,

Your problem is that when you cleaned your jets the first time you accidentally cleaned the jet orifices too large. This caused the gas mixture to be too rich at the jet. If you look at the jets you will see they are venturis with holes at the base. This is actually air mixture like a carburetor.

Once the orifice is too large you will see the white sand-like material. This material is carbon. You need to replace the complete burner ring. The jets really cannot be replaced. They heat-seize into the burner ring. Make sure that you watch my maintenance video and notice that I stress the point of not making the orifices too large.

 

[joeynbgky]

Thanks les. I have never cleaned them. My disty has always done it. So I am going to explain this to them. Cause there gonna pay to replace it, and give me my money back for all the extra cleanings. would I be rude to ask them this?

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[Leslie Judson Jones]

Thanks les. I have never cleaned them. My disty has always done it. So I am going to explain this to them. Cause there gonna pay to replace it, and give me my money back for all the extra cleanings. would I be rude to ask them this?

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Joey,

I don’t think it would be rude. If I had done it you would never have had to ask me.

 

[joeynbgky]

I wonder if that caused my regulator on my tank to have to be replaced a few months ago? And liguid came out if it then

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[Leslie Judson Jones]

I wonder if that caused my regulator on my tank to have to be replaced a few months ago? And liguid came out if it then

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Joey,

Only vapor is supposed to come out of the propane tank. If you have liquid coming out of the tank, this can also cause the jets to carbon up and also cause the regulator to fail. Have you noticed the regulator icing up? This is a good indication of liquid. If liquid is coming out of your propane tank, the tank is being overfilled.

 

[joeynbgky]

Sometimes its cold not ice. So my burner ring might be ok? And it was overfilled? I watch them when they fill it up. They open the bleeder valve and seem to be filling untill there machine makes a.loud noise and stops pumping

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[K P]

I have had to have my lg jets cleaned out twice in the last few months.

This time only 3 jets were burning. Took apart.. and the orifices were clogged with hard white sand like granuales.
Second time. Tcs or my disty has never seen or heard of it. Bad propane? Anyone know?

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Joey,

Your problem is that when you cleaned your jets the first time you accidentally cleaned the jet orifices too large. This caused the gas mixture to be too rich at the jet. If you look at the jets you will see they are venturis with holes at the base. This is actually air mixture like a carburetor.

Once the orifice is too large you will see the white sand-like material. This material is carbon. You need to replace the complete burner ring. The jets really cannot be replaced. They heat-seize into the burner ring. Make sure that you watch my maintenance video and notice that I stress the point of not making the orifices too large.

I replaced the jets on my ring over a year ago, no problems

 

[Ron Werner]

I find I have to clean my jets about every 6mths. No white grains, but the jets start to clog. Been like this since I started using it.

 

[Mike Draper]

Your tank should only be filled to 80%. Figure out what that is. Also, just after I had my tank filled I went and cleaned on a hill, I had liquid coming out of my regulatore and it was icing up. Parking on a hill and working when your tank I full could cause this.

 

[dgargan]

"Thanks les. I have never cleaned them. My disty has always done it. So I am going to explain this to them. Cause there gonna pay to replace it, and give me my money back for all the extra cleanings. would I be rude to ask them this?"


Let us know how that works out. I have never had a distributor own up to a mistake that they made.

 

[Desk Jockey]

Every regulator I had to replace was due to the dumbass propane guy over filling the tank. You've got to watch them, our guys were always trying to do too many things at once and they would let the tank overfill. :x

 

[ascrubabove]

My tank won't fill over 65%

 

[Ron Werner]

auto shut off

 

[floorguy]

yea now a days it shouldnt get overfilled...

all the tanks have over fill protection....newer tanks

 

[Desk Jockey]

Yea that was back in the 70's-80's then we went HE after that.