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10 year old Central AC and Heating Home Unit

Digitaldiaz
Digitaldiaz Member Posts: 1
in Gas Heating
I read a post here that a AC technician came out and said that the electric heating unit is leaking oil. I had the same thing happen to me the technician showed me a picture of a puddle of oil under my heating unit that is located in my attic. So I been researching on how to fix it. But I do not see any oil reservoir on my unit and the motor only uses small dash of oil. The technician said if I do not replace the motor it will stop working. The fix was $$$$$ but not sure if it is true the my Tran unit has an oil reservoir since I am not an ac technician.

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  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Member Posts: 16,459
    An air handler with electric heat would not have any oil in it. Most blower motors now are sealed.

    Can you post some pictures?
  • HVACNUT
    HVACNUT Member Posts: 6,324
    If your Trane air handler is 10 years old, then then blower motor is permanently lubricated. There are no oil ports. And it's probably a constant torque motor, so that makes it smarter than the tech.

    I'd say the "oil" is some kind of funky condensate pooling. Can you post some pics?
  • pecmsg
    pecmsg Member Posts: 5,290
    Get a different tech, this one sounds like a salesman!
    SuperTech
  • ratio
    ratio Member Posts: 3,787
    There is oil in the refrigerant system, it's possible that it came from there—in fact, finding refrigerant oil is a common indicator of a refrigerant leak.

    Any issues with the AC not keeping up, or icing over, or frost on a pipe when the outdoor unit is running?

    Did you verify it's oil & not water (condensate)?

  • pecmsg
    pecmsg Member Posts: 5,290
    Can you post this picture?

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