Frymaster E42: the vat did not empty during filtration
During automatic filtration the FQ4000 opens the drain and expects the oil level to drop.
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- Water, fill and drain
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What E42
actually means.
During automatic filtration the FQ4000 opens the drain and expects the oil level to drop. If it does not, the controller logs E42 and asks the operator to clear the drain and follow the prompts. Breading and crumbs packed into the drain opening are the usual cause.
Frymaster commercial appliance display · also shown as CLOGGED DRAIN (Gas)
What to do when E42 shows on the commercial applianceKind of codeWater, fill and drain
Water is not arriving, not reaching its level, not heating or not leaving on time. A dish machine may be short of fill because a supply valve is half closed or its line strainer is clogged, it may drain slowly through a scrap basket full of debris, or its booster may be too scaled to heat the rinse; a combi's steam generator may be scaled or its water treatment exhausted; a washer-extractor may time out on a slow drain. Opening the supply valve, cleaning strainers with the unit off and checking the drain line are fair; a pump, a fill valve, a heater or a leak near wiring is a visit.
Usually leads toDish machine repair
Undercounter, door-type and conveyor dish machines: tank heaters, boosters, wash pumps, fill and drain valves.
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). Frymaster lists E42 for gas FilterQuick fryers.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Frymaster's own guidance for E42 on its commercial appliances. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Let the controller finish its prompts and keep the vat closed while hot oil is still inside.
Once the fryer is off and the oil has cooled, clear the drain opening with the clean-out rod supplied for the fryer, as your staff are trained, never by hand.
Skim crumbs more often during service; if E42 repeats with a clean drain, the drain valve itself needs a technician.
What not to do
E42 is a flow problem, not a valve position problem: when the valve itself fails to confirm open or closed, the fryer logs E32 or E33. It is also different from E39, which is the filter pad reminder.
What you may
notice with it.
The commercial appliance problem E42 tends to arrive with. Answer these at the commercial appliance before anyone is booked.
All problems
Where E42 usually leads
Dish machine 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
Vat did not empty during filtration. Ensure
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). Frymaster lists E42 for gas FilterQuick fryers.
Frymaster E42 commercial appliance repair,
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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 E42.
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Still showing E42?
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.