Frymaster E13: the FQ4000 cannot trust its oil temperature probe
The FQ4000 compares the oil probe signal against the band a working probe can produce.
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What E13
actually means.
The FQ4000 compares the oil probe signal against the band a working probe can produce. When the reading falls outside it, the controller logs E13 and shows TEMPERATURE PROBE FAILURE, because it can no longer regulate the heat in that vat. Frymaster lists the probe, its wiring harness or connector, and the controller itself as the possible causes.
Frymaster commercial appliance display · also shown as TEMPERATURE PROBE FAILURE, E03 (M3000), PROB (CM3.5)
What to do when E13 shows on the commercial applianceKind of codeSensors and probes
A probe is handing the controller a reading it cannot trust, or none at all: a box or coil sensor torn loose from its clip, a fryer probe coated in carbon from oil left too long between filterings, a combi core probe with a kinked cable, or a connector gone green from steam and cleaning chemicals. The unit then runs on, stops, or shuts the heat or the cooling off to protect itself. Letting it cool and restarting it as the manual describes is fair; a probe that still reads wrong sits behind a panel, and that is a visit.
Usually leads toCommercial controls and board repair
Controllers, touch panels, relays, contactors and interlocks tested, and replaced only when the evidence says so.
Shows up asCommercial Appliance Error Code on a Combi, Fryer, Dish Machine or Laundry Display
A commercial appliance error code appears as letters or numbers on a combi, fryer, reach-in controller, dish machine or laundry machine display, or as a flashing light or an alarm tone.
MakeFrymaster
A Frymaster fryer is serviced cold: the visit waits until the oil has come down and the vat has been drained by the crew.
SourceFrymaster FilterQuick FQG30U easyTouch gas fryer manual with FQ4000 controller (error log codes, section 5.6)
FQ4000 easyTouch touchscreen controller on FilterQuick fryers (FQG30U and related FilterQuick gas and electric models). The M3000 controller on LOV fryers logs the same condition as E03 ERROR TEMP PROBE FAILURE, and the OCF manual lists TEMP PROBE FAILURE or PROB.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Frymaster's own guidance for E13 on its commercial appliances. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Turn the vat off from the controller and let the oil stand; do not try to fry on that side by watching a thermometer.
Note which vat shows the message and whether the other side of a split pot still reads normally, so the technician starts on the right circuit.
Leave the probe alone and keep hands out of the hot frypot; a technician needs to measure the probe, its harness and the controller.
Still there?
It usually turns into commercial controls and board repair. Book with the code and the model number.
What not to do
E13 is not the high-limit story: a hot vat with E16 or E17 means the oil actually got too hot, while E13 means the controller has lost its view of the oil. It is also not a low-oil warning; a fryer short of oil logs E81 instead.
What you may
notice with it.
The commercial appliance problems E13 tends to arrive with. Answer these at the commercial appliance before anyone is booked.
All problems
Where E13 usually leads
Commercial controls and board repair.
Frymaster
commercial appliances.
A Frymaster fryer is serviced cold: the visit waits until the oil has come down and the vat has been drained by the crew.
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In Frymaster's own words
TEMP Probe reading out of range. Call service.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. FQ4000 easyTouch touchscreen controller on FilterQuick fryers (FQG30U and related FilterQuick gas and electric models). The M3000 controller on LOV fryers logs the same condition as E03 ERROR TEMP PROBE FAILURE, and the OCF manual lists TEMP PROBE FAILURE or PROB.
Frymaster E13 commercial appliance repair,
where we come out.
The same visit in every metro below: the code, the model number, and a diagnosis before any part is ordered.
All service areasTampa BayFL · 31 areas
Miami / South FloridaFL · 47 areas
New York MetroNY · 75 areas
HoustonTX · 36 areas
ChicagoIL · 50 areas
Los AngelesCA · 95 areas
San DiegoCA · 31 areas
Questions
about E13.
Can I clear E13 myself?
Can I keep frying on a Frymaster that shows E13?
Is E13 on a Frymaster always a bad probe?
Why does only one side of my split-pot Frymaster show E13?
Back to your everyday
Still showing E13?
A booking with a code goes further when it has the code as shown, the model and serial from the data plate, and a word on whether the unit still holds temperature, heats, rinses or spins. With those three, the office can match the likely part to your unit the same day.