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Capping abandoned oil line for steam boiler

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branimal
branimal Member Posts: 286
in Oil Heating

I was doing some demo in my basement, and decided to pull out the old oil line. Boiler has been upgraded to gas years ago. I crimped the tank side of the oil line with pliers and started rolling up the 1/2" oil line. Of course when I walked into the boiler room there was oil on the floor. The old oil line was clipped flush with the slab.

I'd like to make a small hole where it goes under the slab and then pops up and properly cap. it. Ideally I'd like to suck most of the oil out of the line.

How should I go about this? Pics to follow.

Thanks

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  • Mad Dog_2
    Mad Dog_2 Member Posts: 8,546
    edited March 1

    Oh Boy!!! Fuel oil and Gas piping are NOT D.I.Y. projects. Who knows how much oil remains in the clipped line. Before you make it worse, I rec'd you call in a professional to finish what you started. There are very strict EPA guidelines that need to be observed. Thats MY best rec'd for you. Mad Dog

    Consulting by Mad Dog & Matt Jr.
  • Big Ed_4
    Big Ed_4 Member Posts: 3,530

    You can flare a nut on the end and use a flair plug to seal off the oil line ..

    There was an error rendering this rich post.

    branimal
  • Jamie Hall
    Jamie Hall Member Posts: 27,355

    Oh boy. Do you have any idea what that line is connected to? Was this from an indoor tank? Or… I hope not… an outdoor buried tank? And if the latter, was the tank properly abandoned? For which you would have a record and certification somewhere…

    Might be interesting (👿) to find out…

    Br. Jamie, osb
    Building superintendent/caretaker, 7200 sq. ft. historic house museum with dependencies in New England
    branimalmattmia2
  • branimal
    branimal Member Posts: 286

    It was connected to the oil tank and the old boiler. When the plumber replaced my oil boiler I had them remove the tank.

    Everything was done by the books - well reputed plumber. So I'm sure he got rid of it according to guidelines.

  • branimal
    branimal Member Posts: 286
    https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1890083#Comment_1890083

    Thanks. So don't bother to extract the oil in the line?

  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Member Posts: 20,163

    Just leave it alone. There is not enough oil in that tubing to fill a coffee cup. Just beat the oil line with a hammer.

    mattmia2branimalethicalpaul
  • mattmia2
    mattmia2 Member Posts: 16,732

    i'd probably go with a shop vac or vacuum pump and a jar with 2 pieces of tubing in the lid, one to the bottom of the jar and the other just at the top and hook the long tube to the iol line and the short tube to the vacuum source and collect the oil in the jar.

    branimal
  • branimal
    branimal Member Posts: 286

    I vac'd it out and hammered it shut Thanks guys.

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