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Oil Guage (petrometer) - Is it accurate before or after you push the 'button' on top

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personalt
personalt Member Posts: 1
in Oil Heating
When I check the oil I get a lower value when I first inspect the gauge, there is a 'pump' type valve at top. When I give that a few pumps the value jumps up. Is the original resting value or the post pump value the correct reading?


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  • leonz
    leonz Member Posts: 1,152
    edited December 2022
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    When you finish pumping the value shown is the oil level in gallons in the tank.
    EdTheHeaterMan
  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Member Posts: 15,574
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    Yes to what @leonz said. Haven't seen one of those in years
    EdTheHeaterMan
  • EdTheHeaterMan
    EdTheHeaterMan Member Posts: 7,926
    edited December 2022
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    Yes to waht @EBEBRATT-Ed and @leonz said. Looks like it is time to order an oil delivery

    Edward Young Retired

    After you make that expensive repair and you still have the same problem, What will you check next?

  • Big Ed_4
    Big Ed_4 Member Posts: 2,795
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    The shop that made them was still in Lindenhurst NY a few years ago ..

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  • EdTheHeaterMan
    EdTheHeaterMan Member Posts: 7,926
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    Big Ed_4 said:

    The shop that made them was still in Lindenhurst NY a few years ago ..

    You had to break the chain Ed...
    looks like the model 1329 PetroMeter. https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.supplyhouse.com/product_files/Petrometer - 1329-112 - Brochure.pdf

    Edward Young Retired

    After you make that expensive repair and you still have the same problem, What will you check next?

  • STEVEusaPA
    STEVEusaPA Member Posts: 6,505
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    I have 2 customers that still have them in service. And yes the company still makes them.

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  • leonz
    leonz Member Posts: 1,152
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    The old one this place came with had a square dial and a plunger located on the bottom.
  • ChrisJ
    ChrisJ Member Posts: 15,735
    edited December 2022
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    Could be a stupid question and I think I've asked before but I can't remember.

    Is there any reason no one ever uses a gauge glass like on a steam boiler on an oil tank? Wouldn't that be much simpler and always dead accurate vs all of the convoluted contraptions they sell?
    Single pipe quasi-vapor system. Typical operating pressure 0.14 - 0.43 oz. EcoSteam ES-20 Advanced Control for Residential Steam boilers. Rectorseal Steamaster water treatment
  • Big Ed_4
    Big Ed_4 Member Posts: 2,795
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    The level gauge mentioned in this post is for buried tanks . Glass on above ground tank ? I would be afraid , pressure alone from a oil delivery , 42' gauge glass and glass . I recommend the Rocket type gauge for COD home owners .

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  • ChrisJ
    ChrisJ Member Posts: 15,735
    edited December 2022
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    Big Ed_4 said:
    The level gauge mentioned in this post is for buried tanks . Glass on above ground tank ? I would be afraid , pressure alone from a oil delivery , 42' gauge glass and glass . I recommend the Rocket type gauge for COD home owners .

    Gauge glasses are used on industrial boilers and steam engines and even standard ones are rated several hundred psi at high temperature, but sure..... Pressure from an oil delivery is scary.......


    Single pipe quasi-vapor system. Typical operating pressure 0.14 - 0.43 oz. EcoSteam ES-20 Advanced Control for Residential Steam boilers. Rectorseal Steamaster water treatment
  • EdTheHeaterMan
    EdTheHeaterMan Member Posts: 7,926
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    I don't believe that the high pressure steam boiler glass tubes at lengths over 36" with the associated fittings and tank tappings are practical when the Scully econo-gauge is so inexpensive.

    Edward Young Retired

    After you make that expensive repair and you still have the same problem, What will you check next?

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