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Boiler Water Increases - no automatic feed

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Eric Tardif
Eric Tardif Member Posts: 38
in THE MAIN WALL
The boiler was designed as oil, forced hot water. It was converted to gas using a Wayne P265 oil-to-gas burner gun. Then the heater man converted the boiler to a steam system.

No domestic hot water - we use a gas hot water tank.

No tankless coil is inside the boiler.

The manual feed valve is at least 30 years old.

Could I just change the rubber washer in the manual feed?

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  • Eric Tardif
    Eric Tardif Member Posts: 38
    How

    does the water rise in the site glass when I didn't manual add water?!! Some times there's gallons and gallons that come out - even when the boiler was cold for a week! There's no other water flow intake except the manual feed. The plumber doesn't believe me or doesn't have an answer. I am stumped.
  • Edward A. (Ed) Carey_3
    Edward A. (Ed) Carey_3 Member Posts: 236
    Overfill

    Is this oil or gas?

    Do you use it to produce your domestic hot water?

    Is there a tankless coil inside the boiler?

    How old is the manual feed valve for the boiler?

    Ed Carey
  • Bruce Stevens
    Bruce Stevens Member Posts: 133
    Three most common problems

    1 Manual feed leaking by

    2 Tankless coil leaking

    3 Coil in Hot Water Maker leaking
  • Eric Tardif
    Eric Tardif Member Posts: 38
    Bruce:

    The manual feed may be leaking but I checked the water meter for any leaks when everything was off. Nothing registered as moving.

    There's no tankless coil.

    We use a gas hot water heater tank.

    It must be the manual feed somehow.
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