White plume of smoke

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joe143
joe143 Posts: 26
in Oil Heating

Hi - Just changed the oil pump on beckett burner and now everything it's on I'm getting a lot white smoke or steam from chimney. Had a very slow stream and it just stopped pumping so I replaced it.

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  • Jamie Hall
    Jamie Hall Posts: 27,906

    Is this a steam system? Or hot water? Either way — a nice puffy plume of white smoke from the chimney is not a good sign.

    Do you also need to add water to the boiler?

    Br. Jamie, osb
    Building superintendent/caretaker, 7200 sq. ft. historic house museum with dependencies in New England
    joe143
  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Posts: 21,169

    White smoke from an oil burner usually means a fire that is way too lean….too much air in relation to the oil. Did you disturb the air adjustment while changing the pump?

    Also the replacement pump may not be set to the correct oil pressure.

    In either case you need a tech with a combustion test kit to adjust.

    SuperTechbburd
  • EdTheHeaterMan
    EdTheHeaterMan Posts: 12,857

    If your boiler is Catholic, you may have just elected a new Pope

    Edward Young Retired

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

    CLambIntplm.delcrossvtechforlife
  • ethicalpaul
    ethicalpaul Posts: 9,035

    Too soon Ed!!

    NJ Steam Homeowner.
    See my sight glass boiler videos: https://bit.ly/3sZW1el

    Intplm.delcrossvjoe143

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