Hello. Our kids put crayons(we think) down the heat exchanger vents, resulting in a awful smell. We took the back off under the stove but couldn't find anything. Do we have to take off the parts with the red glue? Has this happened to anyone else?Any advice?
help please! kids/crayons
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nailed_nailer
Minister of Fire
Ain't kids great. 
I'm not familiar with your particular stove. But once you do get to where the heat exchanger is open. A buddy of mine successfully used diesel fuel as as good solvent for crayon.
He had a child draw on his 50" projection screen TV
Another plan is to send the rest of the family out for the day.....crank up the stove and open the windows. Let it "burn" itself clean.
Note: If you do use diesel to clean, let it evaporate before using your stove.
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I'm not familiar with your particular stove. But once you do get to where the heat exchanger is open. A buddy of mine successfully used diesel fuel as as good solvent for crayon.
He had a child draw on his 50" projection screen TV
Another plan is to send the rest of the family out for the day.....crank up the stove and open the windows. Let it "burn" itself clean.
Note: If you do use diesel to clean, let it evaporate before using your stove.
---Nailer---
Fuel not a good idea! Open windows and turn it up and burn it off.What unit do you have? most of the tubes can be taken out without much trouble but some are not so easy.
Kenny1
Feeling the Heat
You may want to post the make and model of your stove. Someone may have advice on how to access it.
BTW, is there anything in your manual that can help?
Cheers
Kenny
BTW, is there anything in your manual that can help?
Cheers
Kenny
Thank you all. I think we might try the burn it off thing. Our stove is a quadra fire castile, I couldn't find anything in the manual to take it apart.
GVA
Minister of Fire
Burn it off with heat, it may take a while but..........
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...............like I said it could take a while...
Oh that red glue is probably high temp RTV
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...............like I said it could take a while...
Oh that red glue is probably high temp RTV
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