But we also know that if your heat exchanger truly is cracked you don t have much time to sit around and wait a cracked heat exchanger will leak potentially fatal carbon monoxide into your.
Rheem furnace cracked heat exchanger.
The heat exchanger is shot.
Rheem tells my furnace guy no heat exchangers are available therefore they will provide me with a several hundred dollar discount on a new furnace.
When faced with that decision something to consider is the age of your unit.
Soot can collect when combustion is incomplete.
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Jose de la portilla technical training manager at hvac learning solutions discusses a simple and easy way to test a furnace heat exchanger that may be crac.
Rheem furnace has a lifetime warranty on their heat exchanger to the original owner.
Every cracked heat exchanger needs to be replaced either by replacing the heat exchanger itself or by replacing the entire furnace.
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In fact replacing a furnace heat exchanger can take up to 8 hours and can cost anywhere from 2 000 to 3 500.
The appearance of a black carbon buildup on the furnace interior is caused by a unit that does not burn cleanly.
This can be caused by burners that are improperly adjusted or a cracked heat exchanger.
Furnaces typically last 15 to 20 years.
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If it s older than 10 to 12 years old you may want to go with replacing the entire furnace.
Yeah we know that s crazy expensive.
The furnace is a rged 10erajs.
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