Need to pick somebody's brain who is smarter than I.... This morning had a weird noise from my Mt. Vernon insert. By the time I got to the stove to check it out, it stopped. Got an error on the thermostat "check ashpan" so I must have got to the stove when it quit.
Anyway, turns out the autoclean had an issue where it was stuck trying to move the floor of the pot. So I unplugged it and it was still a little warm - it must have been trying to start because the ignitor was on but the floor got stuck after the last cycle. So after it cooled, I cleaned it quick, removed the ashpan, and stuck a mirror in where the ashpan goes to see what I could see (if anything is broken). Nothing - only possible issue I saw was the thermocouple wire was out of its home in that little cutout to stick the wires away from the mechanisms . So I fixed that, and I plugged it in, and immediately it wanted to do the autoclean like it always does when you plug it in. Turns out the strange noise was the laboring of the autoclean motor. While the motor was running, the floor was stil stuck so I helped it by trying to push the floor over. Finally the floor kind of stuttered like I freed it, and it started moving on its own. Been working like a champ ever since. Now this stove is probably 7 or 8 years old.
Anyone have any ideas on this? Is something wearing out or do I need to clean the rails some how?? (Pretty cramped in there for an insert). I'm just hoping it was a fluke but I would imagine this is the first of a problem about to happen.
Thanks
Joe
Anyway, turns out the autoclean had an issue where it was stuck trying to move the floor of the pot. So I unplugged it and it was still a little warm - it must have been trying to start because the ignitor was on but the floor got stuck after the last cycle. So after it cooled, I cleaned it quick, removed the ashpan, and stuck a mirror in where the ashpan goes to see what I could see (if anything is broken). Nothing - only possible issue I saw was the thermocouple wire was out of its home in that little cutout to stick the wires away from the mechanisms . So I fixed that, and I plugged it in, and immediately it wanted to do the autoclean like it always does when you plug it in. Turns out the strange noise was the laboring of the autoclean motor. While the motor was running, the floor was stil stuck so I helped it by trying to push the floor over. Finally the floor kind of stuttered like I freed it, and it started moving on its own. Been working like a champ ever since. Now this stove is probably 7 or 8 years old.
Anyone have any ideas on this? Is something wearing out or do I need to clean the rails some how?? (Pretty cramped in there for an insert). I'm just hoping it was a fluke but I would imagine this is the first of a problem about to happen.
Thanks
Joe
