Oil in propane line

jferre9570 wrote:
Here's some more discussion on topic:Propane hose conditioningThis PDF document includes a photo of the oily residue accumulated from plasticizers leached from propane hoses.

That may explain the oil that has been dripping out of the regulator on my Weber 220. After I had been using the Weber extension hose when attached to my 20 lb bottle. After about 10 months the hose became very stiff then failed, leaking propane along its whole length. That was very exciting when trying to light the BBQ.

I have since contacted Weber on the subject and all they would say is that they had never had this problem but it has a 2 year warranty and if I would send them a copy of my receipt they would replace it.

I did that and they sent me a copy of the order and it would be sent by Fed Ex, that was 12 days ago and I am still waiting.........

I still have the old hose and after I get the replacement, If I do, I am going to cut it open and see if it looks like the ones in the article and see if I can see how it failed.

I have 12' between the cylinder and Weber Q, normally I turn the valve off and let the Q burn out. Summer or two ago I left the valve open, a few weeks later I fired up the Q, a yellowish oil dripped out of the air intake just downstream of the regulator. I estimate pressure went up to ~200 psi daily in the 110F weather.

Plasticizers Contaminate
Propane Fuel

IAMICHABOD wrote:

jferre9570 wrote:
Here's some more discussion on topic:Propane hose conditioningThis PDF document includes a photo of the oily residue accumulated from plasticizers leached from propane hoses.

That may explain the oil that has been dripping out of the regulator on my Weber 220. After I had been using the Weber extension hose when attached to my 20 lb bottle. After about 10 months the hose became very stiff then failed, leaking propane along its whole length. That was very exciting when trying to light the BBQ.

I have since contacted Weber on the subject and all they would say is that they had never had this problem but it has a 2 year warranty and if I would send them a copy of my receipt they would replace it.

I did that and they sent me a copy of the order and it would be sent by Fed Ex, that was 12 days ago and I am still waiting.........

I still have the old hose and after I get the replacement, If I do, I am going to cut it open and see if it looks like the ones in the article and see if I can see how it failed.

A little update on the hose failure. Weber finally sent me a replacement after I called again. The new one is very plyable and I hope it lasts longer than the last one.

I did cut the old one open and found that the inner hose was hard as a rock and it had failed in many spots. This hose was manufactured by M.B. Sturgis so if you have a Weber Extension Hose made by them I would keep a close eye on it, mine failed in 10 months.

The new hose that they sent me is MFG. by Accuflex of Canada, it seems a lot more flexable than the one that was Mfg by M. B. Sturgis when it was new.

I keep having this issue of yellowish oil coming from my 30 lb. tank on my trailer, that I have attached an extend- flow type fitting and hose for my Q100. It just plugged up the regulator and was running out of the bottom of the burner tube. Q100 would not even operate on the 1 lb. bottle until I got it home and cleaned it out. Now it cranks the heat like normal on the little bottle.
Is there a way to get that oily junk out of the tanks? It can't be good for the appliances on the trailer either!

old guy wrote:
are you sure it is oil? it might be liquid propane.

I know it gets cold in Minnesota, but it would have to be a really chilly day for that to happen.