Smoke smell after cleaning Enviro M55 FS

[ToddO]

Just cleaned my 5 year old stove. I took the exhaust blower off cleaned the fan after the chimney was cleaned. Now I am getting a smoke smell from that side. I have a T fitting coming off the stove is it possible the smell is coming from the clean out on the T? No sign of smoke coming from around the exhaust fan.

 

[johneh]

Did you replace the gasket when you had the fan out ?
Did you seal the clean out t with metal tape , silicon tap
or RTV ?
If they are the only places you opened up they are the
only two places smoke can escape from !

 

[ToddO]

Did you replace the gasket when you had the fan out ?
Did you seal the clean out t with metal tape , silicon tap
or RTV ?
If they are the only places you opened up they are the
only two places smoke can escape from !

On the M55 there is no gasket sealing the exhaust fan. Enviro depends on a friction fit to seal. Thinking of putting a small bead of high temp silicone in between the surfaces. Going to get a new silicone gasket for the clean out tomorrow. Had this thing apart many times and this is a first.

 

[vinny11950]

Yeah, my vote is the tee or some other exhaust vent joint leaking. By the way, I put a small bead of RTV on the exhaust blower mounting plate joint. Not sure it made a difference but it made me feel better. Not too much though, so it's easy to cut.

Did you try the flash light trick on start up?