Atwood Furnace Malfunctioning

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jodellking

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The atwood furnace in my Bounder 39Z is malfunctioning. On a trip from GA to MD the furnace started blowing black smoke out the exhaust. Then we had the smell of propane inside the motorhome and it set off the propane alarm. Has anyone had a similiar problem and what was the issue with the furnace?



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Joe

Bounder 39Z

Toad: 2007 VW EOS
 
Check out the Furnace Troubleshooting article in the forum Library. See http://www.rvforum.net/miscfiles/Furnace_Trouble-2.pdf

One guess is that the gasket around the exhaust and air intake has broken. That messes up the air/fuel ratio in the burner (causing smoke) and also allows the exhaust to enter the coach interior. The furnace has two fans on one motor shaft and they are separated by a gasket that isolates the interior (circulation hot air) from the burner intake & exhaust. If that gasket breaks down, the two air streams get mixed and cause problems.
The other likely cause is a hole in the burner heat exchanger, which lets combustion by-products from the burner get into the air that circulates inside the RV. They are normally separated by a metal wall and the inside air gets heated by contact with the hot metal. If a hole burns through the metal, the burning gas fumes get circulated inside the RV, and the burner smokes because it gets too much air.
 
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