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kettlebb

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Performer gas assist cleaning.
« on: August 30, 2016, 01:32:29 PM »
Just wondering if someone can post some tips to cleaning the gas tube on my performer. Gen 3 Crimson. Turn the gas on and I don't hear the gas like I used to. Flame is weak. I want to try cleaning before I call Weber. Thanks for the help.


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captjoe06

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Re: Performer gas assist cleaning.
« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2016, 01:52:53 PM »
Get a wire hanger,  stick it in the tube and swirl it around.  Worked for me.

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indy82z

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Re: Performer gas assist cleaning.
« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2016, 02:39:19 PM »
Captjoe06 got the cleaning right use a pipe cleaner, but usually when my tank starts to get low I experience those symptoms. Might want to swap the tank just to make sure its not that too.

kettlebb

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Re: Performer gas assist cleaning.
« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2016, 06:42:56 AM »
I got a Venturi brush and cleaned the tube. Wire brushed the burner tube and used a bicycle pump to blow it out with air. Called Weber and I'm waiting on a replacement regulator. Should be here next week. Kind of makes me wish I'd bought the premium instead of the platinum. Lighter cubes work fine for starting a chimney.


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