[ManofWires15]

I am helping someone diagnose and fix their Beckett oil burner with Utica 300W boiler. It has a A2va-7116, Suntec 2460GU single-stage pump. The motor, a Beckett Model No. SA55GYKPA-5733 motor 2.0 Amps RMP 3450 1/7HP motor with Honeywell electronics turns on and spins fine. Motor seems fine. The owner of the heating system opened the line near the tank and checked the filter, then closed up the line. So I suggested bleeding the lines. We did one short bleed, then took out of reset. I have not yet checked spark of electrodes. I am a competent engineer, I just have little experience as I grew up with a gas heater, not oil. So I have some knowledge of electronics and general things and I understand full well dielectric breakdown if I need to test the electrodes. I think the electrodes are probably fine. I know the heater had a slight delay on start last year - perhaps transformer, I don't know yet.

One quick question - I will bleed a little more - I think there might still be air in the oil input. But if the pump turns on - and not enough spark - do I need to let the oil out somehow? That's all I want to know right now before I start cleaing stuff like Oil nozzle, or a full blowdown or continue testing stuff.

I realize that there a lot of tools that a technician uses and I might have to buy some of them.

Thank you.

 

[ManofWires15]

i got burner flame on now

I bled the lines some more and turned the heater on - it burns now.

I turned thermostat up to 70 or so - nice flame in boiler.

Fingers crossed

 

[ManofWires15]

When I bled, there were large pockets of air that had to be purged.

 

[roughneck]

When was the last service done on this burner? Nozzle, filter, pump screen, cleaning and combustion analysis?

 

[beenthere]

Sounds like your friend ran out of oil, and then had oil delivered.

 

[ManofWires15]

Why the oil input needed to be bled

Sounds like your friend ran out of oil, and then had oil delivered.

My friend had simply opened the oil filter canister near the oil tank, removed the filter and inspected the filter/canister to look for soot or crud, hence air got into the lines, causing a need to bleed the oil feed after the filter was reinstalled.

 

[roughneck]

My friend had simply opened the oil filter canister near the oil tank, removed the filter and inspected the filter/canister to look for soot or crud, hence air got into the lines, causing a need to bleed the oil feed after the filter was reinstalled.

Why? When was the system last serviced?
The filter isn't usually inspected, it's changed on a semi-annual basis along with the nozzle and if needed pump strainer.

 

[ManofWires15]

Why? When was the system last serviced?
The filter isn't usually inspected, it's changed on a semi-annual basis along with the nozzle and if needed pump strainer.

The filter's doughnuts and wire cage met with our approval on the Crudita scale, ranking only a C-1, thus it gets to be used for another 10 years. One less piece of trash for the environmental mess this country has.

So for us, it's on to a new thread with a new question.

 

[roughneck]

The filter's doughnuts and wire cage met with our approval on the Crudita scale, ranking only a C-1, thus it gets to be used for another 10 years. One less piece of trash for the environmental mess this country has.

So for us, it's on to a new thread with a new question.

Huh?
Oil burner needs service. Can't just ignore it. It's a yearly exercise that needs done.