HEIL GAS FURNACE ,CRACK IN THE HOUSING

[moorer]

My furnace is about seven years old. The funace operates for several minutes and shuts down. The service people are rather sure that I have a crack in the housing of the four tubes that results in a pressure buildup in one of the tubes which causes the flame to extend out of the tube to a sensor. This sensor gets hot and shuts the unit down. When this occurs I am told the entire unit must be replaced. Currently we have taken the unit out of service to prevent a hazard with carbon monoxide in the house.Is it economical to repair the unit or should it be replaced?

[imeduc]

Id say just get a whole new furnace here and be done with it .

ED

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[Fitter597]

"The service people are rather sure that I have a crack in the housing "
I would start by calling the service people that are positive it is cracked. it's a big expense, i would what to know for sure if i needed a new one?

[lonestarheir]

With the furnace just seven years old, I would find out if the heat exchanger (the part that they are saying is cracked) is still in warranty. What type of furnace is it? Most larger manufactures (carrier, trane, etc...) have a ten to twenty year warranty on the exchange.

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Brandon
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[lonestarheir]

Okay, I just read that you have a heil furnace, I not sure about the warranty on heil, what is the model # and serial # - whith that I am sure one of us can find out for you about the warranty

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Brandon
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[Fitter597]

heil's have twenty year warr. on the heat exchanger, and the same people told you when the heat exch. cracks the whole furnace needs to be replaced? Your being taken for a ride, get another company to look at it.

[Don]

I'm with Fitter597, if they told you to replace the whole system and its only seven years old, and the heat exchanger "might" be cracked, get someone else. Wow! Talk about "parts changing!"