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Oil Furnace smokes
I have had my furnace worked on and cleaned (twice now), but there was
some junk in the lines ( after oil delivery) so I ended up changing the nozzle my self (after unit cut off a few times). I had a few weeks of cleaning or changing nozzles, but it seems to be running better now. The unit calls for a 1.0 gph 80 degree type A, but I used a type W because the guy at hardware store said it was ok to use. Is this correct? The problem I'm having now is that when the heat comes on and the unit runs for a while, smoke is coming out near the chamber somewhere. Would the wrong nozzle cause this? It is a delvan nozzle. This is a Columbia Boiler with a becket burner. Thanks for reading. |
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Oil Furnace smokes
K_man wrote:
I have had my furnace worked on and cleaned (twice now), but there was some junk in the lines ( after oil delivery) so I ended up changing the nozzle my self (after unit cut off a few times). I had a few weeks of cleaning or changing nozzles, but it seems to be running better now. The unit calls for a 1.0 gph 80 degree type A, but I used a type W because the guy at hardware store said it was ok to use. Is this correct? The problem I'm having now is that when the heat comes on and the unit runs for a while, smoke is coming out near the chamber somewhere. Would the wrong nozzle cause this? It is a delvan nozzle. This is a Columbia Boiler with a becket burner. Thanks for reading. Mine did that when a bunch of 20 year old soot in the chimney fell into the firing chamber. It was vacuumed out and the burner did not blow smoke out anymore. I should have paid attention to the soot particles that fell over everything outside whenever the burner kicked on. I bought a chimney sweep kit after that and cleaned the whole chimney, which produced a half garbage bag full of soot. -- Bill in Hamptonburgh, NY To email, delete the double zeroes after @ |
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