Beckett oil pump 6527

Snooper48

Is it safe and professional for a boiler 
tech to replace a pump
 doesn’t check pressure for new pump
 doesn’t have gauge with him, but says 
it looks fine ?
 

EdTheHeaterMan

That is not. The factory pump setting is probably 100 PSI
The burner may require 140 PSI.
Call the company and ask if their technicians are required to follow manufacturer instructions when doing repairs or replacing parts?

If the say YES then ask them for the report of the pump pressure and the combustion analysis results as listed in the replacement pump instructions that you found online

BDR529

Replaced pump on what?

EdTheHeaterMan

BDR529 said:

Replaced pump on what?

on any Beckett oil burner equipped with a clean cut pump.
When a fuel pump is replaced on any oil burner, regardless of the application, the fuel to air mixture MUST be known in order to get the adjustments correct.

BDR529

Was it a retro fit burner on a Arco liner? You going to reinvent the wheel with 20 calls backed up?

All pumps are shipped out at 100psi as you know. All industry standard is +/- 5% no matter what it is.

Someone is looking to make problems and call backs for other reasons.

pecmsg

BDR529 said:

Was it a retro fit burner on a Arco liner? You going to reinvent the wheel with 20 calls backed up?

All pumps are shipped out at 100psi as you know. All industry standard is +/- 5% no matter what it is.

Someone is looking to make problems and call backs for other reasons.

Doesn't matter! You justify crappie work because your backed up life's a ****! Don't take any new calls!

You're ASSUMing its correct, Check and verify all parts! The customer is paying for a service, part of that service is to properly set it up, perform a combustion analyses.

MaxMercy

BDR529 said:

All pumps are shipped out at 100psi as you know. All industry standard is +/- 5% no matter what it is.

Like Ed said, not every burner is set to 100lbs.

Still, no repairs should be made to a burner without doing a combustion analysis. What happens if the original setup might have been leaning toward rich (for instance) and the new pump might be 5-10lbs higher than the one that was replaced...

SuperTech

BDR529 said:

Was it a retro fit burner on a Arco liner? You going to reinvent the wheel with 20 calls backed up? All pumps are shipped out at 100psi as you know. All industry standard is +/- 5% no matter what it is. Someone is looking to make problems and call backs for other reasons.

The fact that it's a retrofit burner on a very old boiler makes combustion analysis and measuring pump pressure even more important. There is no excuse for not doing the job properly.  I can do these two things in 15 minutes, that's not going to make or break the rest of the day.  Don't do a job if you don't have the time, skills, knowledge or tools to do it correctly. 

BDR529

Bah HaHa!