Oil in propane line
Anyone ever had oil in a propane line? I was having issues getting my water heater to light on propane and took the gas line off and it had a bunch of oil in it plugging the line. Once I blew the li...
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wally-eye wrote:
Anyone ever had oil in a propane line? I was having issues getting my water heater to light on propane and took the gas line off and it had a bunch of oil in it plugging the line. Once I blew the line out the water heater started right up. Very strange but a simple fix once I figured it out.
Yes, I have had a personal experience with a fellow traveller in a 5th Wheel. We were both south bound and camping next to each other in Mesquite NV in October.
His symptoms were that the furnace would work during the day when the furnace was not needed but would not work at night when he needed the heat.
Long story short, oil had accumulated in a trap in the copper line to the furnace.
