Posted by BRIAN on October 17, 2001 at 06:49:22:
In Reply to: Oil fired steam boiler - Can't restart posted by Richard Bradley on October 17, 2001 at 06:21:35:
WOW YOU HAVE YOUR HANDS FULL!
MY RESPONSE TO YOUR QUESTION #4...
IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF FUEL OIL IN THE BOTTOM OF THE BURNER, YOU WILL HAVE TO REMOVE IT! THAT IS SERIOUS! IT WILL IGNITE AND BURN OFF AND MAKE YOUR BOILER TOO HOT! IT CAN CAUSE A CHIMNEY FIRE!
MY RESPONE TO QUESTION #1
THERE ARE MANY POSIBLE CAUSES FOR IT NOT TO START.
1)IGNITER TIPS DIRTY , PULL BURNER AND CLEAN.
2)IGNITER TIPS TOO FAR APART, REGAP
3)TRANSFORMER NOT GROUNDING
4) CONTROLLER NOT WORKING
5)NOZZLE NOT SPRAYING ENOUGH FUEL , REPLACE
6)NOZZLE SPRAYING TOO MUCH FUEL, REPLACE
7)YOUR HEAT EXCHANGER COULD BE PLUGGED WITH CARBON SOOT.
THE LIST GOES ON AND ON...
I HAVE FOUGHT MY BOILER FOR 8 YEARS AND AT THIS POINT I FEEL LIKE AN EXPERT AND I AM STILL FIGHTING IT! I AM NOW REPLACING MY BOILER WITH A GAS FIRED VERSION THAT WILL ELIMINATE ALL THE FUEL/AIR RATIO PROBLEMS AND TOO HOT/TOO COLD START PROBLEMS ONCE AND FOR ALL. MY ADVISE TO YOU IS TO DO THE SAME AND SAVE YOURSELF A LOT OF HEADACHES.