Thermocouple Cleaning?

LeftSeat

* Abilene *

• Joined: August 15th, 2014, 11:40 am
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Thermocouple Cleaning?

My YS640 will be three years old in July. The thermocouple has a lot of gunky grease and/or creosote buildup on it which makes me wonder if it is reading the temperatures correctly. Should the thermocouple be cleaned periodically? If so, what is the recommended process?

Thanks!

Conumdrum

* Kingman *

• Joined: September 3rd, 2014, 11:04 pm
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Re: Thermocouple Cleaning?

I do. I just take a stainless scrub pad and wipe it off when I do a major cleaning/scraping. You don't want to get it wet. If water seeps in it can ruin the bits inside,

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Yoder_Herb

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Re: Thermocouple Cleaning?

IF it is really dirty, I squirt simple Green on it and let it sit a bit, then use a green scratch pad to gently clean it.