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Furnace smoke/soot K Baker 5-21-01  
My 20 year old Okanagan RV has a hydro-flame furnace.Has worked great until the first time this year after storage.It works OK, no smell or anything,but the exhaust grille on the outside has turned black with soot.The flame is more yellow than blue.Anything I can do?
Re: Furnace smoke/soot Harold 5-22-01  
My 20 year old Okanagan RV has a hydro-flame furnace.Has worked great until the first time this year after storage.It works OK, no smell or anything,but the exhaust grille on


the outside has turned black with

soot.The flame is more yellow th

lue.Anything I can do?

I figure that the air intake is blocked. It sounds like that the furnace is not getting enought air. Check the air intake and if nothing is found you will need to check the jet.
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