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Riello pump covers

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gary_6
gary_6 Member Posts: 60
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When doing service on a Riello pump that has phillips screws that are all rounded off how do you get to the pump strainer to make sure it is clean????

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  • Mellow_2
    Mellow_2 Member Posts: 204


    I have use plyers and squeeze real tight. You will only turn a small amount every time but once it snaps free you can get it out. Try a flat head screw driver. The right size will fit and hit the end of the screwdriver in tight so it will grip. good luck
  • J.C.A._3
    J.C.A._3 Member Posts: 2,980
    When we first....

    Started seeing more than a couple Riello burners, I notices that the pump cover screws were made out of butter or something similar in hardness. I went directly to a marine supplier that sold Westerbeke diesels that was nearby. He measured the thread and pitch. He went out back and gave me a box of hex head bolts that were the same except that you could use them more than twice. I bought a box of 100, and after the first 25 tuneups got some more.

    Riello has changed the cover bolt on their pumps to allen heads in the last few years. I would still go to someone who carries metric hardware and get a box or 2 of the same size bolts with hex heads.(as I remember the heads were 5/16, the same as most pumps sold in the American market) The techs coming behind me to service a Riello burner were eternally greatful after the switch. Just a suggestion. Chris
  • TGO_54
    TGO_54 Member Posts: 327
    Pump screws

    You may want to invest in a posi drive phillips head screwdriver from Snap On Tools. It will remove most damaged screws unless they are totaly rounded. I would then replace them with Alen heads.

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