Furnace Draft Inducer Motor Noise

Usually the inducer motor assembly can be removed and replaced in a half hour or so.

Furnace draft inducer motor noise.

Furnace draft inducer blowers push air and gases out of your furnace and towards outside improving the quality of the air that moves through your furnace. If the motor bearings are worn out the motor will be loud. This could be a tapping noise or a humming or whirring sound. You can fuse the furnace model number to shop around for the inducer motor assembly and probably buy it for 200 250 or so.

If the draft inducer motor is unusually noisy replace it. Since this motor begins to operate during the start up phase of furnace operation one of the tell tale signs of a failing inducer motor is a notable increase in noise shortly after the thermostat alerts the furnace to begin a heating cycle. The draft inducer motor draws air into the burner and then exhausts it out the flue. A failing inducer motor may create a noise shortly after a heating cycle begins.

If the motor bearings are worn out the motor will be loud. If the unit will turn on but the blower motor is not turning on there are a couple of ways to check if the draft inducer motor has gone bad. This is a handy dandy piece of equipment that keeps harmful chemicals like carbon monoxide out of your home. If the draft inducer motor is unusually noisy replace it.

If you find yourself hearing a strange noise from the furnace inducer motor we just might have the solution. The draft inducer motor draws air into the burner and then exhausts it out the flue. Do you hear the motor whining or some other problem.