Have just bought an old secondhand Primus 632 paraffin blow torch.
A lot of the flame comes out of the side rather than the front.
Any idea what is going on here, and what i might do to fix it? I live
in north west London, does anyone know where i might get this expertly
looked at? Thanks

On 06/10/17 14:06, john.west wrote:
Have just bought an old secondhand Primus 632 paraffin blow torch.
A lot of the flame comes out of the side rather than the front.
Any idea what is going on here, and what i might do to fix it? I live
in north west London, does anyone know where i might get this expertly
looked at? Thanks

When you say 'out of the side', do you mean from the holes in the metal
'pipe' or from a joint?

If the latter- a failed seal would be my first port of call, especially
if you need a lot of effort to pressurise it. A leak of pressurised fuel
will burn rather well.

I would hazard a guess they are perhaps fibre washers or perhaps even
some asbestos type (if not asbestos originally) material. Sourcing them
may take some ingenuity- perhaps parts intended for gas fires, cookers etc.

I only used one of the old style blow lamps once, many years ago (40 or
more) and, as I recall, it did have a lot of 'side flame' as well as the
central one when really 'roaring'. As you may know, you need to
vapourise the paraffin and before it is ignited, therefore there is a
vapourisation system (pipes really) which are heated by the flame. I
always assumed the 'side' flames were the 'spill' from this.

On 06/10/2017 14:06, john.west wrote:
Have just bought an old secondhand Primus 632 paraffin blow torch.
A lot of the flame comes out of the side rather than the front.
Any idea what is going on here, and what i might do to fix it?Â* I live
in north west London, does anyone know where i might get this expertly
looked at?Â* Thanks

Check the jet is clean with a fine wire. You used to be able to buy
purpose made "Prickers" on a handle in the correct size for the jet
specifically for doing this at regular intervals.

Mike

Muddymike wrote:
On 06/10/2017 14:06, john.west wrote:
Have just bought an old secondhand Primus 632 paraffin blow torch.
A lot of the flame comes out of the side rather than the front.
Any idea what is going on here, and what i might do to fix it? I live
in north west London, does anyone know where i might get this expertly
looked at? Thanks

Check the jet is clean with a fine wire. You used to be able to buy
purpose made "Prickers" on a handle in the correct size for the jet
specifically for doing this at regular intervals.

Mike
Pull a wire from a wire brush and make a pricker

In article ,
john.west wrote:
Have just bought an old secondhand Primus 632 paraffin blow torch.
A lot of the flame comes out of the side rather than the front.
Any idea what is going on here, and what i might do to fix it? I live
in north west London, does anyone know where i might get this expertly
looked at? Thanks

Prick? Not you obviously, but are you certain the jet is clear?

--
*How come you never hear about gruntled employees? *

Dave Plowman London SW
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On 06/10/2017 15:00, FMurtz wrote:
Muddymike wrote:
On 06/10/2017 14:06, john.west wrote:
Have just bought an old secondhand Primus 632 paraffin blow torch.
A lot of the flame comes out of the side rather than the front.
Any idea what is going on here, and what i might do to fix it?Â* I live
in north west London, does anyone know where i might get this expertly
looked at?Â* Thanks

Check the jet is clean with a fine wire. You used to be able to buy
purpose made "Prickers" on a handle in the correct size for the jet
specifically for doing this at regular intervals.

Mike
Pull a wire from a wire brush and make a pricker
Or a strand of wire from a cable.

Bill

On 06/10/17 15:37, Bill Wright wrote:
On 06/10/2017 15:00, FMurtz wrote:
Muddymike wrote:
On 06/10/2017 14:06, john.west wrote:
Have just bought an old secondhand Primus 632 paraffin blow torch.
A lot of the flame comes out of the side rather than the front.
Any idea what is going on here, and what i might do to fix it?Â* I live
in north west London, does anyone know where i might get this expertly
looked at?Â* Thanks

Check the jet is clean with a fine wire. You used to be able to buy
purpose made "Prickers" on a handle in the correct size for the jet
specifically for doing this at regular intervals.

Mike
Pull a wire from a wire brush and make a pricker
Or a strand of wire from a cable.

Bill

Or an old guitar string

Nick

On 06/10/2017 15:35, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
john.west wrote:
Have just bought an old secondhand Primus 632 paraffin blow torch.
A lot of the flame comes out of the side rather than the front.
Any idea what is going on here, and what i might do to fix it? I live
in north west London, does anyone know where i might get this expertly
looked at? Thanks

Prick? Not you obviously, but are you certain the jet is clear?


I have a paraffin iron and a couple of heaters, you have to preheat them
first.
This can be done with a small wad of material soaked in meths place near
the exit of the `jet` after about 5 minutes give a few `pumps` and ignite.
It sounds like you are pumping out unvapourized paraffin.

On 06/10/2017 18:06, ss wrote:
On 06/10/2017 15:35, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Â*Â*Â* john.west wrote:
Have just bought an old secondhand Primus 632 paraffin blow torch.
A lot of the flame comes out of the side rather than the front.
Any idea what is going on here, and what i might do to fix it?Â* I live
in north west London, does anyone know where i might get this expertly
looked at?Â* Thanks

Prick? Not you obviously, but are you certain the jet is clear?


I have a paraffin iron and a couple of heaters, you have to preheat them
first.
This can be done with a small wad of material soaked in meths place near
the exit of the `jet` after about 5 minutes give a few `pumps` and ignite.
It sounds like you are pumping out unvapourized paraffin.

The traditional blowlamp has a little well in the top of the cylindrical
fuel container just under the jet, you simply fill this up with meths
and light it.

As someone else said, it's not clear where your leak is coming from,
and/or whether you might have a blocked jet which needs pricking.