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    Sprang a leak today.

    Noticed a Kerosene whiff around my tank the last few days. Found had a weep at the tank filter bowl. stripped it down and changed the o-ring and bottom bolt seal. Boxed it back up, turned on the oil, and suddenly oil was shooting out the side of the bowl....wtf ! Further investigation showed...
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    Where to find >25m, 8mm, plastic sleeved pipe

    Yup. Coming to that way of thinking.
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    Where to find >25m, 8mm, plastic sleeved pipe

    I have a tank to install. No static head, about 25m run. Don’t want any joins. Check the books - says I should use 6mm pipe. Cant find a source of 6mm sleeved Copper pipe anywhere. I guess it’ll be 8mm then. Can only find max of 25m rolls of 8mm sleeved. Check distance to tank ...... 26...
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    Grant 50-70 Kerosene Leak

    Fuel leak is clearly an Urgent job. Phone your local service companies. Most are doing urgent call-outs. Where are you? Someone on here may be able to help. I would suggest you don’t try fix it yourself. If it’s a pump seal, then you could make it worse.
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    Help/advice please... (Grant) Kerosine boiler question

    If it’s just dripping....leave it. Good bodge, by the way. Tops marks.
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    Underground Oil Line

    Fair point but is your tank fireproof? If you’re worried do it in copper.
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    Underground Oil Line

    Qual-oil pipe is UV stabilised. Switch to copper as soon as you get above ground. Protect the exposed plastic with a short length of something to keep the light and mice off.
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    Underground Oil Line

    If you don’t want inspection pit, just do it in a single run. Do it in plastic and run inside hose.
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    TIGER LOOP sucking air ? Is there new regs to glass bowl

    Could be the filter choked.
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    Help needed with valves ID

    Assuming you have another filter in your oil line, I wouldn’t bother.
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    HRM Wallstar Oil Boiler - Advice please

    I assume you’ve set the burner up. What flue gasses are you getting? If you’re getting too much air it can cause intermittent ignition problems.
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    Grant VortexBlue Oil Boiler

    So long as your tank and pipes are well insulated, I would leave HW on all the time.
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    Hardened ‘O’ rings

    Servicing a Riello burner and noticed a weep of fuel from under the pump. When I checked, the O ring under the pump filter cover was hard, like plastic. Do you guys normally change these, as a matter of course, during a service?
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    Satronic/Honeywell 832.3 keeps failing

    You’re right. Ignore my previous post. I know less than nowt about Inter burners.
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    Satronic/Honeywell 832.3 keeps failing

    The control box receives 50v from the motor (white wire). If there is a fault on the motor it could be cooking your control boxes. Certainly is an unusual fault. Where are you? Perhaps someone on here could look at it for you. Some of the folk that do servicing are a bit limited in their knowledge.
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    How far can a Oil pump draw from tank

    We use compression fittings all the time on high pressure and safety critical systems, in the oil & gas industry.
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    How far can a Oil pump draw from tank

    Flared fittings have only a single sealing face whereas compression fittings have two, either of which can cause a leak. Both types work fine if done correctly, but flared are generally more reliable, hence their use on brake lines.
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    Fire valve requirement

    Using a digger for a condensate soakaway might be a bit overkill. Have a look online at the ready made plastic containers. They’re not very big.
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    Has kerosene got an additive in it to make it burn cleaner

    If you’re absolutely sure it’s igniting then control box not seeing flame. If you’ve changed the photocell, check nothing is blocking the sight path. If that ok, then looks like a new control box needed.
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    Oil consumption meter

    Doubt you’ll get a cheap flow meter that’ll read at such low flow rates.

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