Furnace will not stay lit

yhwhufo Posts: 1, Reputation: 1

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Nov 21, 2010, 07:18 PM

Furnace will not stay lit

I have a heil gas furnace and it fires up and shuts down repeately without the fan coming on.

mygirlsdad77 Posts: 5,713, Reputation: 339

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Nov 21, 2010, 07:30 PM

Clean the flame senser first and let us know how things work out.

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