zinpoe
Oct 22, 2008, 08:13 PM
My furnace quit working on me two days ago. After some troubleshooting, I discovered my glow ignitor was shot. Replaced that, new one works, and the furnace sort of worked. First burner lit for a couple of seconds and then quit. The other four did not light. The flame sensor is on the last burner so that's not the issue. Ok, so I was frustrated and when the burner lit again, I simply blew some air at the burners and voilą... the other four lit! Worked fine for about three hours, then all of a sudden, same thing happened. First burner lit, others wouldn't, I blew some air at them, they lit! Any thoughts? Is it something simple like dust blocking the gas? I am learning as I go so I understand that might be a ridiculous solution. But that one sounds cheap which sounds good to me. The furnace was installed in 1999 I think, Rheem Criterion. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.