Smokey!

[Jiga]

Hello all new member here.
I bought and installed an older pellet stove a few weeks ago in my loft. It's an earth stove mp40. It's directly vented out through my wall. I have been running this stove nightly and it's been flawless! Well i woke up at 2am and my loft was full of smoke so i shut her down! Going to clean her out again but wondering if anyone knows what might cause this Smokey problem? This is my only heat source in a in a loft that is not insulated (working on it) in New England so i need to address pronto! Thanks in advance.
Jeff

 

[alternativeheat]

When is the last time you cleaned the vent pipe out ?

 

[Jiga]

When is the last time you cleaned the vent pipe out ?

I just installed it two weeks ago. All new pipe. Fire was still burning nice when i woke up to the smoke filled room. Wasn't Windy outside at all either.
Going to vacuum her out good now and try again!
Thanks

 

[Jiga]

Took out the burn pot. As i was vacuuming i noticed a good amount of half burned pellets in the ash bin. Is this normal and if not could this be what caused all of the smoke?

 

[Jiga]

So after cleaning her out good i fired her up. Using a flashlight i noticed smoke coming from the ash pan drawer. Gasket is shot. I put a little high temp silicone around it to get me through the night. Smoke stopped now it's making a loud humming noise on and off. Sorry I'm a newbie and confused!
PS: I'm aware I'll have to cut free the silicone tomorrow when i get gasket material.
Thanks

 

[Cleetussnow]

Smoldering pellets...what kind of pellets? The ash bin should have just ash and Mcnally whole or not fully burned pellets. I encountered some pellets that did this 1 they never burned right.

I do not know this stove, so all I can say is the usual and start simplest fixes first.

 

[Jiga]

I replaced the ash pan gasket and also the hopper gasket and she's burning like a dream! Problem solve

 

[Jiga]

Solved

 

[alternativeheat]

I replaced the ash pan gasket and also the hopper gasket and she's burning like a dream! Problem solve

That's great !