Can water get in Propane lines?

ceresone · #1 01/08/13, 09:27 AM

my propane dealer added propane on dec 28-(wasnt empty, routine fill) since then, my propane furnace is making bubbling/popping sounds. It sounds like a lid popping up and down on a pot of boiling water-and my propane range oven is having a little difficult lighting It sounds especially bad when the burners are coming on, can hear it all over the house. Any help? gas man wants 85 to even check it.

frankva · #2 01/08/13, 11:12 AM

I had the line cleaned once when the stove was acting up. Byproduct of the propane going to gas he said. Never had it that sudden or dramatic.

I would call the delivery company first. They did it...

Gianni · #3 01/08/13, 01:11 PM

Water should not be able to get into the propane. How does the flame look on the top burners? Is it steady, does it surge, does the oven make noises when the furnace burners are on also? It might be that a ball of icy distallate has affected a regulator. What are your temperatures running outside both day and nightime? Is it worse at night? I would call the delivery people at minimum.

OkieDavid · #4 01/08/13, 01:54 PM

I know we had an underground line going from the tank to a generator that somehow got moisture in the line. We just disconnected the line at both ends and used compressed air to blow the water out of the line and then covered one end with a rag and ran a shop vac on the other end for about 15 min. Hooked everything back up and been trouble free every since then. I should note that this line went unused for about a year prior so my suspicion was just seasonal condensation within the line.

ceresone · #5 01/08/13, 02:50 PM

Called gas company, they doubted there was water in the lines--called a furnace installer, going to cost me 85 I cant afford to have him check it--but he thinks the condensation line is stopped up, going out of the furnace. guess it will cost more for him to do anything-and he cant get here till tomorrow

fantasymaker · #6 01/08/13, 08:05 PM

When I hauled propane by the semi load a problem would come up occasionally, We would Fill the loading hose with ethanol before pumping a load on and that would take care of the problem.