Do you guys remove the ribbed top cast iron plate when cleaning? If so, are there any caveats or precautions, or is it just a matter of removing those four bolts at top?
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Another Austroflamm Cleaning Question
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Also, my exhaust fan is looking really cruddy from creosote, not quite as bad as the photo below, but close. Any recommendations on how to clean this? Should I remove the housing from the stove and use a torch? How would you recommend I clean the impeller without damaging it?
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JDenyer236
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Hdhogger
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I've never removed that top plate on my stove. You do want to vacuum underneath that area inside the firebox when you clean. It tends to plug up with ash after a while.
Used my air compressor. The neighbors probably wondered what exploded on my deck...
What do you guys use to remove creosote? I've seen recommendations from using a propane torch to burn it off, to soap and water or solvents to wash it off. Your thoughts?
Hdhogger
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Never had creosote build up like that, just a powdery ash. There's a product called Anti-Creo-Soot. They say it can be used for pellet stoves. I have never tried it.
Anyone ever use it?
Pull the housing out and scrape all the crap out of there. I remove The impeller off the motor and wire brush it gently. Its a REVERSE thread to take it off. I have never pulled the top of the heat exchanger off my stove. Seems the bolts are REALLY tight and I am afraid of breaking them off or stripping the threads out of the housing. That being said my stove is over 20 years old and as long as you clean that area well a couple times a year there should be no reason to remove it.
Did that, noticed a gasket between the impeller housing and the mounting plate on the stove. Looks like it should be replaced. Any sources for such a thing that you can recommend? Can I use any 6" x 3/8' gasket material that's heat resistant? Or, perhaps some RTV silicone?
JDenyer236
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Yep I use it all the time, I spray my burn pot with and it makes the carbon super easy to remove. The key is that you have to fire the stove after spraying it on, it's heat activated, basically it's a metal catalyst that lowers the ignition point of carbon deposits and creasote. You apply it on a cold stove, never hot as rapidly cooling metals can warp things. I would get that tarry creasote out of that blower assembly first by scraping. No need to catch it on fire and risk it spreading through the vent.
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