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Title: Aquahot no fire/ diesel drip out the exhaust
Post by: DavidS on November 11, 2017, 12:07:36 pm
Aqua hot will not fire. Its dripping diesel out of the exhaust. Works with electric. Used it 2 months ago and was working fine . Lucky I went to the lake instead of the mountains where the nights are I. The 20's. .. lake is 78 today

I check continuity of the thermostats(in the aqua hot)

I also had service done and the flame housing(sp) nozzle and such was replaced. I have to have fixed asap (before thanksgiving) headed to Phoenix and puerto Penasco for a week or so
Title: Re: Aquahot no fire/ diesel drip out the exhaust
Post by: Rudy on November 11, 2017, 01:03:14 pm
David,

There are several things you can check.  Call me in an hour and I will walk you through some tests.

Rudy. 7 one 3 8 one 8. 3234
Title: Re: Aquahot no fire/ diesel drip out the exhaust
Post by: DavidS on November 11, 2017, 02:40:54 pm
Rudy gave me some homework.. sry for interrupting his weekend.. and thanks for the help..I am limited tools but I will see what I can do today in the park. If not , as soon as I get home tomorrow
Title: Re: Aquahot no fire/ diesel drip out the exhaust
Post by: DavidS on November 13, 2017, 07:27:58 pm
For future needs.. the coil was out!! Thanks to Rudy for the help. Found 1 in town and it is purring better than it was ... Probably has been losing power as I Would have smoke and other start issues before it totally failed..

Dripping through the exhaust was caused by a no fire and the coil partially worked so it thought it was trying (the board) so it kept pushing diesel to it so thats why it was leaking through the exhaust
Title: Re: Aquahot no fire/ diesel drip out the exhaust
Post by: John Morales on November 14, 2017, 08:49:19 pm
David,
What coil was out?
John M.
Title: Re: Aquahot no fire/ diesel drip out the exhaust
Post by: rbark on November 14, 2017, 09:53:04 pm
John, that would be the ignition coil. It's what makes the high voltage to ignite the fuel.
 Richard B
Title: Re: Aquahot no fire/ diesel drip out the exhaust
Post by: DavidS on November 14, 2017, 10:24:17 pm
Yes, it was. Funny thing is that it sounded like it was trying to ignite but I think either it was very low on power or 1 leg had given up. When starting it would take a couple tries.. a little smoke and away it ran.. now it starts the first kick and no smoke.. it is working top notch now.. very smooth