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WM QB-180 burner soot through the peek hole.

edplu
edplu Member Posts: 75
edited November 5 in Oil Heating

Burner is showing a little soot puff coming from the peek hole. Flam looks bright and orange…Whats is causing this ??

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  • SuperTech
    SuperTech Member Posts: 2,348

    Well, it's most likely running poorly, sooted up and not drafting properly. Every time the burner fired you get a puff of soot out of the inspection door. You could seal it but that won't fix anything.

    The boiler sections, combustion chamber and flue pipe needs to be vacuumed and brushed out. The nozzle, filter and oil pump strainer replaced. The ignition components need to be evaluated, that burner is an obsolete model and parts are not available anymore. Any reliability issues, I recommend installing a new Beckett AFG or Carlin EZ-1 oil burner. Then the draft needs to be set and the burner adjusted to a true zero smoke with a digital combustion analyzer.

    delcrossvedplu
  • HVACNUT
    HVACNUT Member Posts: 6,173

    The boiler and burner needs yearly maintenance. What you have going on is more than a typical maintenance. I would recommend shutting it down until a competent oil tech can service it, get a zero smoke reading, proper draft, (you might need a sweep) and combustion test.

    First year with oil heat?

    edplu
  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Member Posts: 16,209

    If the burner and boiler have not been serviced in a while you should have that done.

    But a little soot around the peephole doesn't necessarily mean the boiler is plugged with soot.

    edplu
  • edplu
    edplu Member Posts: 75

    The boiler sections, combustion chamber and flue pipe needs to be vacuumed and brushed out.

    This is a WGO-3 Steam boiler, I did vacuum out the flue pipe b4 I fired it up, Does this boiler have the pull out tabs like a hydronic type? I do have spare parts for the burner. Problem Im having is find someone in South Jersey that knows this burner. Im getting ready to do myself. I've done Becketts but this one is a little different. The gun assemble is a little different with that Cam adj..i have the manaul.

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