Mt. Vernon AE Insert annual maintainance

[fishpole]

Hi Everyone,

Other than whats written in the manual is there any other maintainance that should be done to the stove. Are there any locations that need any lubrication. I don't see any in the manual.
I plan on doing the cleaning in the next few days to prepare for the upcoming fall/winter.

Thanks

 

[imacman]

........ Are there any locations that need any lubtication. I don't see any in the mainual.
.........

When you remove the blowers for cleaning, the convection blower on some stoves has 2 lubrication ports. They may be covered with yellow caps (not sure if all convection motors have them), and you remove the caps and put 2-3 drops of light weight (10w) oil like 3-in-1 in them....it drains down and lubes the bearings.

 

[jtp10181]

Make sure you pull the combustion blower out and clean it well. Also clean the chute below the back fins where the exhaust travels out the bottom and to the combustion blower. When this gets crudded up the stove runs terrible. Duct tape a small hose on the end of a crevice tool for a vacuum to get down in there good. Some manuals have this information but I think the older ones did not. Download a new one from Quads site if you don't see it.

Also, if your combustion blower has a white gasket on it (which will disintegrate when you remove the blower), make sure you order a new orange silicone one from the dealer. They are cheap and should last the life of the stove. If they are nice they might even give it to you free, seeing as it replaced the old one due to its obvious problems.

 

[fishpole]

Thanks so much for replies. They really helped. I did the cleaning today. The stove looks as if I just bought it. I was surprised when I removed the combustion blower and the amount of crud that accumulated in just one season of burning. Vacuumed it all up and it looked good as new. I must have been lucky because I had no problem with the gasket. It looked good as new but I will pick one up for the next time. The only problem I had was cleaning out the S.S liner. I really didn't have the tools to clean up there so I stuck a vacuum hose up as far as I could but still made quite a mess. Do any of you have ideas on cleaning out the stack? Other than that things went very well. Next year will be much easier. Thanks again for your help.

 

[jtp10181]

To clean the liner get a 3" (or 4" if thats what you have) brush and some flexible rods. Any stove dealer should be able to get you some, or check Ace hardware's online store.

You could also try the leaf blower method, search the forums and you will find lots of info.

 

[Wood Heat Stoves]

........ Are there any locations that need any lubtication. I don't see any in the mainual.
.........

When you remove the blowers for cleaning, the convection blower on some stoves has 2 lubrication ports. They may be covered with yellow caps (not sure if all convection motors have them), and you remove the caps and put 2-3 drops of light weight (10w) oil like 3-in-1 in them....it drains down and lubes the bearings.

im not in agreement. most quad fans are not oilable, most convection fans are fasco, and dont have oil ports anymore. and if they were...

"Anderol 456" 2oz. recomended by Fasco for thier high service temperature motors that have oil ports.

Note: We have been advised by Fasco that use of petroleum based oils(like 3 in 1) will likely cause premature bearing failure on thier motors.

 

[imacman]

........ Are there any locations that need any lubtication. I don't see any in the mainual.
.........

When you remove the blowers for cleaning, the convection blower on some stoves has 2 lubrication ports. They may be covered with yellow caps (not sure if all convection motors have them), and you remove the caps and put 2-3 drops of light weight (10w) oil like 3-in-1 in them....it drains down and lubes the bearings.

im not in agreement. most quad fans are not oilable, most convection fans are fasco, and dont have oil ports anymore. and if they were...

"Anderol 456" 2oz. recomended by Fasco for thier high service temperature motors that have oil ports.

Note: We have been advised by Fasco that use of petroleum based oils(like 3 in 1) will likely cause premature bearing failure on thier motors.

WHS, please notice that I said "on some stoves"...that doesn't mean all.

Obviously, if the motor says "No Lubrication" (like the combustion fan motor on my Astoria), or if it has NO lubrication ports, I don't lube it.

But SOME convection blower motors have lubrication ports. The convection blowers are not "high service temp" motors...they are pulling in cool outside air. I have used straight 10w non-detergent oil on mine, and have had NO problems.

 

[fishpole]

When I removed the blower there were no ports that I noticed so I did nothing, just lightly brushed off the blades, vacuumed and put it all back together.

Thanks for the heads up.

 

[jjmatte]

Does it matter if the annual maintenance is done in the spring or fall?

 

[smoke show]

do my ae annual cleaning when i find time.