We purchased our house back in 2002(about 4 years), it has a Ducane DRC
10A oil furnace that was installed in 99. Starting about 4-5 days ago it started to rumble on startup. Also when it starts up you can smell oil fumes coming through the vents. Sometimes it shuts off when it shouldn't. Any suggestions..sounds like it hasn't been serviced since it was put in. Time to get a service tech there and clean it up, set it up properly.
find yourself a heating & ac contractor who will sign you up on a service/maintenance plan.
scheduled maint & replacement of the oil filter is a lot cheaper than unscheduled replacement of the oil pump, know what I mean?
spend money now, to save money for the long term.
Just oil the motor and put a new $0.99 air filter in. You should be good as new. Dont listen to these so called "Experts" in here about servicing your oil furnace. That is a big waste of money. Oil furnaces never need servicing hardly. The oil they burn cleans out the lines, and nozzle by itself. Hope this helps. Happy Kwanza Bubba
HAHAHAHAHAHA.....RLMAO
Good one Bubba
Oh, one more item: buy a soot saber in case you might ever need one. One is all you'll ever need.
Bob
who services the equipment on those deep space probes? :)
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Eric Cartman does....
The same engineers and rocket scientists that expect the cheapest heating and cooling system to run flawlessly with no maintenance *forever* , after its been installed by the lowest bidder.
Either Stormy or Dildo, that's why they get feet and meters confused and go whizzing into the planet at mach 4.
The oil is under pressure (100#) and will wear out nozzle opening over time leading to overfiring in the burn chamber. The extra oil you'll burn as the fuel consumption rises isn't free- VERY BAD ADVICE!!!!!!!
They just say that to cover their butts. Hundreds of thousands of natural gas furnaces and heat pumps never see a service tech unless they are broken. Sometimes they are 15 years old before the first service call. Sometimes the first service call is the last because it's time for a new one. If a natural gas furnace is installed correctly then it doesn't need periodic maintenance. The only thing a periodic service call is doing is looking for something that is about to break. The cheaper alternative is to just wait till it breaks. It's not like the percent of oxygen in the air might have changed since last year.
Not true for oil. Need regular service. Equals downside because you have to pay for the service.
Steve Scott wrote:
This problem could lead to some major explosions! Get it serviced immediately! Some more oil furnace info:
yeah... and most of those failures can be prevented with regular service and maintenance.... but then your the kind of guy that will buy a new car, never have it serviced, drive it until it quits, then wonder why it broke.... and so it also goes with the single most expensive appliance in your home.
That's just crap. Most failures are not caught by a service call.
Car's a different ballgame. It has service requirements. Car has parts that are known to only last part of the car's total service life. Everything in a gas furnace is designed to last the life of the furnace in normal operation. It no more needs servicing than your tv does. Or your pc. Or your clothes washer. Could you go through any of those pieces of equipment and check to see if there are any signs of premature failure or situations now exceeding design limits? Sure you could. Do you? No, because it's not cost effective.
"Servicing" most residential hvac equipment is just a scam to make more money for the service companies.
Cept oil. Oil furnaces really need servic> > They just say that to cover their butts. Hundreds of thousands of
James, You have got to be the dumbest fucker on the face of this planet. We love retards like you. When your furnace quits because of lack of maintenance I usually get to zip fools like you for about $600 - $800. Then you whine and cry like a stuck pig. Its really great. Then comes the big, "I told you so". If you think todays furnaces dont need maintenance Id suggest you get out your furnace owners/operator manual. Dirty filters do extreme damage. Dirty flame sensors cause no heat. Furnace condensate traps clog causing water logged, ruined presure switches, gas valves and inducer motors. Parts are expensive and labor is getting out of this world. A pre-arranged inexpensive preventative maintenance call is more than worth the money. You have just won not only the darwin award of the month, you have just claimed it for the entire year. Nice going, dil-rod. Bubba
First off, if you're talking about 30+ year old gas equipment, you're right it will run forever. Maybe a thermocouple change out. It may also produce copious amounts of CO in the meantime. We find many units that are apparently running just fine with air free CO well over legal limits.
The newer equipment is a whole 'nuther story.
Bubba wrote
Stop beating around the bush and tell us how you really feel, Bubba! LOL :-)
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