Tripped Oil Valve and Friendly Tech

Brent H.

So…. Both my wife and myself are stuck at home with Covid. To top it all off, this morning my wife went to take a shower and it was luke cold. I went to the basement to check my system and the Logamatic was showing ERR so I attempted one restart. I could tell something was wrong as my flex fuel line that runs between the filter and burner was vibrating. I then checked the handle of the firomatic and discovered it had tripped and cut the fuel off. The system was serviced a week or 2 ago so wonder if they over tightened when changing the filter.

Next problem…. where to find a new handle for the firomatic. I drove to the nearby hardware store and masked up and ran in praying they might have a whole valve if nothing else but struck out. As I left the store I noticed a service van for a local oil company in the lot and a guy in his work blues walking to it. I yell out to him and asked if he might have what I need. He quickly dug through the back and found one and wouldn’t take any money for it.

The moral of the story, there are still a lot of good techs out there. (Beside the ones on this forum😀)I think we get a slanted view sometimes from reading about bad installs and service nightmares.

STEVEusaPA

You should've forced a 20 on him. I wouldn't take it either, but have helped people similarly many times with things like this.

There was a long stretch of time where it was pretty mandatory to carry a bag full of those wheels. Seems like it's straightened out for the most part.

Intplm.

I can't count how many times that's happened to me. I've had competing company guys approach me like this, as well as "future" customers.
I have found that a little goodwill goes a long way.

Feels good.

What goes around comes around.
@Brent H. Thanks for sharing.