OIL BURNER

BRUCE MACEY

Hello,

I am desperate for help with a vintage oil burner. I have an International Oil Burner Co. unit that I would love to use, but I need to know how it is supposed to operate. I have used it many times, but it has been dormant for years now. I cleaned the unit out (inside) completely and it was loaded with soot/crud. The oil burner has a control valve in the back which appears to be a float level control which maintains a constant oil level in the valve / burner. Here's my deilema:

I do not know what is supposed to be inside the oil burner drum. It is a stricktly gravity system, but is there a wick of some kind in there? The oil valves feeds oil to the bottom center of the drum throught the bottom of the drum. By hand, I think I can feel a hole where the oil would come into the bottom of the drum, but what controls the rate at which it burns? The oil control valve has a setting dial, but that is just an orifice that opens larger and smaller to allow for more or less oil into the drum. Is it really that simple? The rate of oil determines the operating temperature? There was a circular thin metal disc that came out of the drum with the soot pile. Is this some sort of baffle? How does air enter the drum? Maybe I'm over thinking this a bit, but I dont want to burn down the place!!!

Any insight would be greatly appreciated!

Bruce Macey, Howell Mi
bgmii@yahoo.com

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those old units had wicks or metal sleeves atop oil pool to disperse the vaporized oil & burn. wonder if u have all the parts.i dont know your unit so i dont know if u have all the parts. does it have a chimney connector?
they are very inefficient, require K1 for fuel, & have been outlawed in me. for years. the old float valve is supposed to control the oil level within the burner inside. a malfunction of float valve may be dangerous.

Steamhead (in transit)

That sounds like

an old vaporizing pot-type burner. I don't think they've been made since the 1950s. I'd replace it.

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mtfallsmikey

No parts for these

Available since the mid 80's..sorry!