Oil boiler question

JayinNY · Mar 19, 2015

I burn wood in a wood boiler I shut it down last week because of the warm temperatures , wanted my oil boiler to heat the house but the Beckett gun keeps flashing a green light and will not restart anybody have any ideas why this would happen? I press the reset button and it just keeps shutting off? Thanks for any help .

Janicholson · Mar 19, 2015

Failure to ignite. There is an interlock to prevent pumping unburnt fuel into the chamber. Jim

Bob · Mar 19, 2015

Look at the flame safety control and note the make/model, probably a Honeywell, then GOOGLE it.

Once you have that info, you can identify what code/issue is being flashed.

JayinNY · Mar 19, 2015

I understand, but what would cause frailer to ignite?

Bob · Mar 19, 2015

"what would cause frailer to ignite? "

Lack of fuel, contaminated fuel, the need for the fuel system to be bled, no ignition spark/weakspark, shorted/worn/improperly aligned electrodes, electrodes fouled with carbon because of a bad nozzle, etc., etc.!

JayinNY · Mar 19, 2015

Thank you bob, I will look into that.

TomH in PA · Mar 19, 2015

Could be the sensor is dirty or has a bad connection. Even if it lights it will shut off if the sensor doesn't see it.

MarkB_MI · Mar 20, 2015

You'll probably have to hold the button down for 45 seconds to get it to reset. And if that doesn't do it, purge all the air out of the system; there should be a bleeder on the pump.

MarkB_MI · Mar 20, 2015

You may need to replace the filter if you can't get the fuel line to bleed.

johnlobb · Mar 20, 2015

If you're still having problems, go to heatinghelp.com and ask your question on "the wall". This site is attended by many oil heat experts.

W_B · Mar 20, 2015

We have professionals come out once a year to service our oil fired boiler... change the nozzle tip, clean the combustion chamber and change the filter, and other as is needed. One thing that really helped combustion was putting in a flue liner a couple of years ago, the guys said it's never run better. Never any issues in the 13 years since we put it in when we bought the place. The old one had not been serviced and was half plugged up, filter never changed and the burner never cleaned. When we first fired it up that fall it was blowing exhaust out the inspection port into the room.

rdandersom · Mar 22, 2015

Water in the fuel from condensation in the tank? I used to get it when I first wanted heat in the fall where I used to live. You may need to bleed your lines and change the filter if it is water.

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