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**vanity** White smoke from oil burning furnace
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Posted on 02/26/2016 4:36:04 PM PST by Ghost of SVR4

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My furnace is actually running fine. It is when the burner finishes up (it does finish it's cycle no matter how high I set heat) and the blower runs for about a minute more after and THAT is when the white smoke appears. I am thinking it is either latent oil from cycling so much for two days and "nozzle" leak or some pressure difference...Looking forward to freepers input.
1 posted on 02/26/2016 4:36:04 PM PST by Ghost of SVR4
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To: Ghost of SVR4

Blower problem


2 posted on 02/26/2016 4:37:29 PM PST by Chickensoup (Leftism is the biggest killer of citizens in the world.)
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To: Ghost of SVR4
Congratulations! You've just been elected Pope!

...just make sure you do a better job than Francis, OK?


3 posted on 02/26/2016 4:38:08 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Ghost of SVR4

I think your furnace is trying to surrender.


4 posted on 02/26/2016 4:38:16 PM PST by disndat
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To: Ghost of SVR4

Habamus Papa!


5 posted on 02/26/2016 4:40:51 PM PST by MIchaelTArchangel
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To: Ghost of SVR4

Water getting into tank or cracked supply lines?


6 posted on 02/26/2016 4:41:22 PM PST by fruser1
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To: Ghost of SVR4

Flame sensor?

I had a gas furn that had the ‘would light then shut off problem’ it was a dirty flame sensor. The furn would light but the sensor would not recognize the flame so it would auto shut off


7 posted on 02/26/2016 4:42:38 PM PST by Bulwinkle (Alec, a.k.a. Daffy Duck)
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To: Ghost of SVR4

“White smoke” not steam?


8 posted on 02/26/2016 4:43:24 PM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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Is your oil tank underground?
Sounds to me it is water in the fuel


9 posted on 02/26/2016 4:43:46 PM PST by UB355 (Slower traffic keep right)
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To: fruser1

Checked the tank (via my measuring stick and water test gunk).. Nothing showed up.


10 posted on 02/26/2016 4:45:24 PM PST by Ghost of SVR4 (So many are so hopelessly dependent on the government that they will fight to protect it.)
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To: Chickensoup

Blower running “hot” or “low”?


11 posted on 02/26/2016 4:45:51 PM PST by Ghost of SVR4 (So many are so hopelessly dependent on the government that they will fight to protect it.)
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To: Ghost of SVR4

Where is the white smoke coming out of?


12 posted on 02/26/2016 4:46:06 PM PST by HangingTuff
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To: Bulwinkle

Replaced that piece. I don’t have the actual “light sensor”, just a high limit switch. open at 190, closed at 150.


13 posted on 02/26/2016 4:46:39 PM PST by Ghost of SVR4 (So many are so hopelessly dependent on the government that they will fight to protect it.)
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To: HangingTuff

It is coming out of where the electrodes and fuel nozzle are inserted and filters through “the pump” via the air dial.


14 posted on 02/26/2016 4:48:11 PM PST by Ghost of SVR4 (So many are so hopelessly dependent on the government that they will fight to protect it.)
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To: Ghost of SVR4

Water....sounds like your original problem


15 posted on 02/26/2016 4:48:56 PM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Ghost of SVR4

Better than black smoke. That happened to us last year, also with a Beckett. We replaced it.


16 posted on 02/26/2016 4:49:21 PM PST by Andy'smom (How many more acts of love can we take?)
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Lmao...I need that. Ha!


17 posted on 02/26/2016 4:49:51 PM PST by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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I had a gas furn that had the 'would light then shut off problem'...

I did too. My problem, it turns out, was that some ******* little bug crawled up the gas line going to the burner during the summer, and built a nest in there. A safety device in the gas valve realized there was a problem, and wouldn't let it stay lit.

18 posted on 02/26/2016 4:50:10 PM PST by Fresh Wind (Falcon 105)
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To: Ghost of SVR4

Call a professional furnace repair guy who actually knows something - else it could get very expensive very fast.


19 posted on 02/26/2016 4:50:28 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: grey_whiskers

Now wife is getting a good laugh!


20 posted on 02/26/2016 4:51:01 PM PST by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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