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Flex Oil Lines

ChasMan
ChasMan Member Posts: 472
in Oil Heating

Is there any other flex oil line supplier /maker other than Westwood? Beckett has run out of the size I need and I'm a little worried we may never see it again.

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  • EdTheHeaterMan
    EdTheHeaterMan Member Posts: 10,141

    I wonder if the Hydraulic Oil Hoses are able to be used for fuel oil. I'm not sure how that would hold up to Bio Fuel.

    https://www.magisterhyd.com/product/hydraulic-hose-assembly-36-inches-x-1-4-npt-fittings/

    Edward Young Retired

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

  • ChasMan
    ChasMan Member Posts: 472
    https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1837181#Comment_1837181

    There sure seems to be a lot of hoses out there for sure but not too many sold for fuel oil. I found these from Crown. Westwood gave you a 2 year warranty and said you should replace them every three years. Mine are approaching seven now. The first set was on for seven. The tigerloop is suposed to be replaced every five. Mine is almost 14. I can either buy metric adapters and use Westwood or I can switch to 36 inch.. I think I will try these.

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  • EdTheHeaterMan
    EdTheHeaterMan Member Posts: 10,141

    You obviously have a tiger loop with 1/4" female NPT to the pump. What burner are you connecting the other end of the flex hoses?

    That will determine of you need the European connector or the flare connector.

    Bottom like… when the tiger loop first came out, I used soft copper and a bending tool to make the connection between the tiger loop and the pump. Do you know how to make a standatd flare on a copper tube?

    Edward Young Retired

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

  • ChasMan
    ChasMan Member Posts: 472
    edited January 24

    It's a riello. It's the British parallel threading but I have the 1/4 npt adapters. Beckett seems to have stopped supplying the 24" riello hoses. The boiler room is so tight. We replaced the an old liberty with this tripple pass and the burner is on the edge of the laundry room. I fear hard lines will get kicked. The liberty being vented out the top sat sideways with the burner facing the wall. I can do flares. The hard line comes out to a firomatic, flared. I have a Ridgid flaring tool. Easy peasy.

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  • EdTheHeaterMan
    EdTheHeaterMan Member Posts: 10,141

    Do you know if your fuel supplier is delivering Bio Fuel? If you are sure you don't have Bio Fuel then go the the closest John Deer dealer and get yourself some flex hydraulic hoses with 1/4" NTP ends. They can go directly into the Tiger loop and the other end can go into the Riello Adaptor fittings. As I recall one of the fittings is male and the other is female, So get the proper end on the hoses or get a 1/4" coupling so you can put the male to male fittings together.

    Edward Young Retired

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

  • ChasMan
    ChasMan Member Posts: 472
    edited January 24

    Thanks, Yes, the 1/4 to 1/4 size is common. I was mostly hoping to eliminate the adapters. I notice a lot.of Westwood stuff is running out of stock. As for Bio Fuel, there was some noise about it being available a while ago but no mention of ot on their website any more. My bill says #2 heating oil.

  • ChasMan
    ChasMan Member Posts: 472

    So, the oil company said that the biofuel mixing is monitored, but not done by them. They claim is meets the current state standards between 5 and 7 percent. But it will be increasing in the future so.. I better get these bio heat rated ones while I still can.

  • mrcoder
    mrcoder Member Posts: 43

    I was still able to order some at Supplyhouse dot com. They had the Becket branded 223* and 222* products which are now B100 compatible. The lead time was over 2 weeks.

  • mrcoder
    mrcoder Member Posts: 43
    edited February 14

    For the past couple of years, most oil suppliers started selling some amount of biofuel blended, e.g. 5% ( B5) My oil vendor is pretty cagey about it, they will not disclose what percentage, they only say they are trying to source their bulk oil with "as little as possible".

  • ChasMan
    ChasMan Member Posts: 472
    https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1841255#Comment_1841255

    Yes, that's the word I got from my heating oil supplier. I ordered a pair of these beckett lines from Supply house. Got notification of shipment yesterday. They were drop shipped from Sparks Nevada which is where Beckett is.

  • mrcoder
    mrcoder Member Posts: 43
    edited February 21

    I ordered 2 from Supplyhouse, I have received 1 so far. PART # S223-24. The tag on it says "Biofuels compatible B20", should be OK for the next 5 years. The B100 reference was from product advertisement at various sellers webpages.

  • techforlife
    techforlife Member Posts: 47

    I have seen many flex lines in operation for over ten years on B20 with no issues. I know that is technically improper, but I have yet to see a problem.

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