Neglected Oil Heating System

paulvon

I recently purchased a house where the oil heating system had been neglected. When I removed the panels to brush the fingers there was a lot of junk between them. The fingers were cleaned. Removed the chimney and found a lot of stuff on top of the water jacket. The oil filter had a lot of crud in it and was replaced. I also replaced the nozzle.

With the air temperature being 70 F inside and outside the house I started the boiler. It took temperature readings every five minutes. A summary of them was that after 40 minutes. The temperature shown on the water jacket gauge went from 68 F to 123 F. The outlet temperature went from 70 F to 99 F and the inlet went from 70 F to 88 F.

Equipment Burnham PV73WT-TBWF with Beckett AFG 0.85x80B

I have a few questions:


Does this length of time for the water to heat up seem normal?

Is there something else that I can do to help this system work at better efficiency?

Any other suggestions would be appreciated.

Jamie Hall

"Does this length of time for the water to heat up seem normal?"
um... no. Not at all normal.

"Is there something else that I can do to help this system work at better efficiency?"
Yes. Call a reliable chimney sweep to clean and inspect the chimney. The call a reliable oil burner technician and boiler -- one who has the tools to do the job and knows how to use them -- to clean the boiler thoroughly and then clean, replace bits as necessary, and adjust the oil burner.

You are not in DIY territory here.

Steamhead

Jamie Hall said:

You are not in DIY territory here.

This.

@paulvon , where are you located?