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John765  
#1 Posted : Saturday, January 3, 2009 8:42:47 PM(UTC)
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Hi
I'm having a problem with my Olsen furnace, the pilot light will light and then go out and will keep doing this until I turn off the furnace at the main power shutoff. The burner will not light. I think its the gas valve but i'm not sure. Any help with this would be great

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John
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ernesto1959  
#2 Posted : Tuesday, January 6, 2009 11:58:05 PM(UTC)
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if it hold it ...cicle on may be ok....if pilot keeps shuting off , is time to get new thermocouple.
SublimeMasterJW  
#3 Posted : Friday, January 23, 2009 12:20:03 PM(UTC)
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Probably a contaminated flame sensor. The brains of your furnace needs confirmation of ignition. If it fails to recieve a capcitance change in the sensor then it shuts down and continues to retry ignition. Check this out:
Central Gas Furnace Quickly shuts down ‎(SublimeMasterJW's Appliance Advice‎)
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