Keystoker 105 Not Running at Full Capacity

 
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Post by oilman » Sun. Jan. 18, 2015 12:50 pm

Your nylon screws are probably worn out. The pusher has too much play in it.

 
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Post by gitrdonecoal » Sun. Jan. 18, 2015 1:16 pm

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Gee thinks this could be it? During clean out I found this junk stuck in the stoker plate. You can just make it out on the left side of the plate. Sorry the pics are rotated, must be an iPhone thing. The handle is the old handle off the stove to show the size of the pieces. It was like coagulated fines. Did a major clean out. Only a few holes were plugged up in the stoker plate. Waiting for the house to drop in temp to fire it back up to see if this makes a difference, I will be surprised if this isn't the solution

 
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Post by Turbogeno » Sun. Jan. 18, 2015 1:46 pm

Vegetable oil will polymerize into some real nasty stuff under the right conditions. Slowly heating it is one of them. The people who run it in diesels never switch over to it till the engine is hot or it will stick to the to the cylinder walls and valves, polymerize and seize the engine. What was its consistency?

 
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Post by gitrdonecoal » Sun. Jan. 18, 2015 2:06 pm

Turbogeno wrote:Vegetable oil will polymerize into some real nasty stuff under the right conditions. Slowly heating it is one of them. The people who run it in diesels never switch over to it till the engine is hot or it will stick to the to the cylinder walls and valves, polymerize and seize the engine. What was its consistency?
The pieces were almost like pumice. They broke apart kinda like peanut brittle


 
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Post by mariohotshot » Sun. Jan. 18, 2015 3:33 pm

That can also be excessive cement sealant.

 
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Post by gitrdonecoal » Sun. Jan. 18, 2015 3:35 pm

mariohotshot wrote:That can also be excessive cement sealant.
I haven't added any to it in a year and a half

 
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Post by gitrdonecoal » Sun. Jan. 18, 2015 3:55 pm

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That's more like it. It's not on full out burn yet either. Happy happy happy in Elba NY

 
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Post by gitrdonecoal » Sun. Jan. 18, 2015 4:42 pm

And on a side note, with the veggie oil on the coal you can smell it in the house. I don't mind it, kinda smells like French fries lol. However my o.c.d. wife is going nuts with it


 
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Post by WNY » Sun. Jan. 18, 2015 4:44 pm

Yay!, glad you got something figured out. :)

 
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Post by 2001Sierra » Sun. Jan. 18, 2015 5:05 pm

gitrdonecoal wrote:And on a side note, with the veggie oil on the coal you can smell it in the house. I don't mind it, kinda smells like French fries lol. However my o.c.d. wife is going nuts with it
Try TSC Mineral oil, found in the horse section. It is pretty much odorless.

 
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Post by gitrdonecoal » Sun. Jan. 18, 2015 6:24 pm

WNY wrote:Yay!, glad you got something figured out. :)
I felt like a horses rear end when I saw the blockage. I sighed and shook my head.

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