Neglected Oil Heating System

paulvon · August 2021

I recently purchased a house where the oil heating system had been neglected. When I removed the panels to brush the fingers there was a lot of junk between them. The fingers were cleaned. Removed the chimney and found a lot of stuff on top of the water jacket. The oil filter had a lot of crud in it and was replaced. I also replaced the nozzle.

With the air temperature being 70 F inside and outside the house I started the boiler. It took temperature readings every five minutes. A summary of them was that after 40 minutes. The temperature shown on the water jacket gauge went from 68 F to 123 F. The outlet temperature went from 70 F to 99 F and the inlet went from 70 F to 88 F.

Equipment Burnham PV73WT-TBWF with Beckett AFG 0.85x80B

I have a few questions:

Does this length of time for the water to heat up seem normal?

Is there something else that I can do to help this system work at better efficiency?

Any other suggestions would be appreciated.

Jamie Hall · August 2021

"Does this length of time for the water to heat up seem normal?"
um... no. Not at all normal.

"Is there something else that I can do to help this system work at better efficiency?"
Yes. Call a reliable chimney sweep to clean and inspect the chimney. The call a reliable oil burner technician and boiler -- one who has the tools to do the job and knows how to use them -- to clean the boiler thoroughly and then clean, replace bits as necessary, and adjust the oil burner.

You are not in DIY territory here.

Steamhead · August 2021

Jamie Hall said:
You are not in DIY territory here.

This.

@paulvon , where are you located?

Neglected Oil Heating System

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