Servicing Hurricane heater

[Roland Laliberte]

Our Hurricane started sputtering and subsequently died and will not restart.  We have a 2000 Beaver Marquis and are currently in Bullhead City, AZ.  No one here services said unit.  Wondering if anyone in Quartsite area has knowledge to service the unit.  We can be in Quartsite within a couple of days notice.  Appreciate any info.  I am ordering a new fuel nozzle from Beaver Coach, just unsure how to clean the unit and install the nozzle.  Expect it will take a week to get it to Arizona. You may also contact me via phone, text or email. (907-388-0398, w.laliberte@yahoo.com)

[Joel Weiss]

Dealing with BCS is fine, but the real expertise with the Hurricane lies at ITR where it was built.  First thing you should do is read the user guide to see what it says about installing a new nozzle.  Since the BAC link for the user guide isn't working use mine:  https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=502F3E54066E9137!16859&authkey=!APuz-cczaQP4qxI&ithint=file%2cpdf

After you've read the manual I strongly suggest you contact Kevin Lambert at ITR in Vancouver WA and he will walk you through the nozzle replacement.  If that doesn't solve the problem, he'll help you figure out what else you need to do.

[Gerald Farris]

Roland,
I have found that replacing the fuel nozzle and/or filter in an inoperative Hurricane heater very rarely cures the problem. However, the heater is a relatively simple system so it is normally fairly easy to determine the problem with a through diagnosis.

My Hurricane has over 2200 hours and although I have cleaned the nozzle and chamber numerous times it is still running the original nozzle. However, I have had to repair the compressor twice, replace the fuel pump twice, replace the combustion fan once (yesterday), and bleed the system for air several times. So if you read the manual carefully, and carefully check the components for proper operation you should be warm soon.     

Gerald

[Joel Weiss]

I agree with Gerald in that I've usually found that a dirty Hurricane nozzle is often a symptom of another underlying problem. 

[Mike Groves]

Though mine has now been replaced by the Oasis Combi, I did have to bleed the fuel line on during the past 2 years.  Not sure if it had anything to do with not running it while I changed to a higher altitude going from Portland to Ashland Oregon but that's all I did - run the system after opening up the fuel shutoff valve and placing that bleed line in a can.  Perhaps since that's the easiest thing to do, you might try that first especially if you saw a lot of white smoke when it sputtered.  If you didn't see white smoke then perhaps not as much chance of that working.

As for ordering parts, no reason to go 3rd party on that.  I'd recommend ordering direct through ITR as did the previous poster on that issue.

Mike