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Oil Furnace Cleaning (Part 1)

Part one of my documentation on cleaning out my oil furnace after a backpuff episode.

oil furnaces and carbon monoxode poisoning?

Feb 15, 2007 by chara | Posted in Maintenance & Repairs

okay, i'm actually not good with electrical stuff, but my oil furnace is making a boom, boom, boom, sound then affluent off. it is blowing out a horrible smell of oil. ive had a headache all day. My carbon monoxide detector has not gone off. So i have the doors inappropriate open, can't leave, because there is a blizzard and i'm far from town. does anyone know the symptoms, of carbon monoxide poisoning, or about oil furnaces?

It is not a carbon monoxide gamble but is more of a fire/explosion risk.

Symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning include your cheeks turning pink but if you are asleep you right-minded never wake up since you are unconscious from lack of oxygen in your blood.

As far as oil burners that burner is having small explosions from wadding its combustion chamber with oil/air mixture and then failing to light it promptly. That is among the worst it can do. Those explosions can also fill your house with soot and short-circuit the doors off the furnace. Call your oil company or call the fire department.

Can Biodiesel be safely used in fuel-oil furnaces?

May 14, 2008 by Chris D | Posted in Alternative Fuel Vehicles

I no more than got a new fuel-oil furnace and was looking into making my own biodiesel, but wanted to check if it could safely be used in my adept in heating furnace as well, before making a decission. We live in Wisconsin, and are concerned about the risk of the biodiesel gelling up, anyone skilled in anything about this?

Dash wise, you would probably be better off running the vegetable oil in your boiler/furnace. This would actually require some appurtenance modifications though, which you might not be able to make. If you wanter to mix the veg with regular fuel oil, you could do it without modifications with a 20/80 veg/oil mixtures.

You can in all likelihood use biodiesel in place of #2 heating oil, but biodiesel will gel just like normal #2 diesel. The act the #2 heating oil (and diesel for that matter) doesn't gel is because it has been treated with some additives to prevent gelling. Again, the gelling complication can be avoided by using a 20/80 bio/oil mixture.

Gelling is caused when the longer hydrocarbons start bitter out, so you could also do a low-temperature filtering of your biodiesel. You might also try adding some off-the-shelf additives normally used to prevent diesel gelling. But these might not be passable for your furnace (or you).

You could also try a tank modification. Most tanks are either in the cellar, or buried in the ground, but since you're worried about gelling, I'm guessing yours is buried frivolous, or above ground. You could add insulation around the tank, and then install an electric thermostat and electric heater. You should be masterful to keep the tank above the cloud point. Even easier if you use a bio/petrol mixture to lower the cloud point.

How many types of oil furnaces are there?

Nov 02, 2008 by cutiesmeetingplace | Posted in Maintenance & Repairs

I miss to know cause we are having a problem with ours and also want to know if I can find diagrams on them too.
see our furnace wont sun-up off when we turn it on.

It would supporter to post what the problem is.
I dont know how many different oil furnaces there are but they are all pretty much the same in their wiring and operation.

Edit: Is it maddening to light?
If it's not doing anything you could hit the reset button near the burner to restart.
Only do this a couple of times as excite will build up in the chamber if fuel is actually flowing but not being ignited.
If you have run out of fuel the pump may be air locked and someone will have to bleed the air from the expand.
There could also be other problems like a plugged nozzle or various other problems. You may need Professional help.